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The Attenborough family and the University
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/attenboroughs
The University of Leicester and the Attenborough family have a special connection that spans 90 years. Frederick Attenborough was our second Principal and this sons David, Richard and Michael grew up on the campus.
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Fear Across Borders: Peasant Violence and Anti-Semitism in Russia, Romania and Austria-Hungary
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/fear-across-borders
Leverhulme Trust Early-Career Fellowship October 2013 – September 2016 Dr Irina Marin Fear across Borders is a postdoctoral project which examines the proliferation and interconnection of peasant unrest and anti-Semitic violence along the triple border between Tsarist Russia,...
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Surface analysis
https://le.ac.uk/cse/research/facilities/advanced-microscopy-facility/microscopes-and-equipment/surface-analysis
Browse The University of Leicester's Advanced Microscopy Facilities research and surface analysis.
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Student and graduate taking on 3100 mile trek across the USA pass halfway mark
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/student-and-graduate-taking-on-3-100-mile-trek-across-the-usa-pass-halfway-mark
Two amateur hikers who are taking on the challenge of a trek across the United States have spoken about their experience so far as they enter Wyoming – the halfway point of their journey.
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Leicester space scientists developing innovative camera system to detect most luminous objects in universe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-space-scientists-developing-innovative-camera-system-to-detect-most-luminous-objects-in-universe
The latest iteration of the Cherenkov Telescope Array’s (CTA) science case, Science with the Cherenkov Telescope Array, has been made available via the CTA website library and arXiv and will be published in a special edition of International Journal of Modern Physics D in the...
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Women are more fairly funded in the social sciences
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/women-are-more-fairly-funded-in-the-social-sciences
Accounting for academic position, women are as successful as men at winning grants from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and they receive grants that are actually slightly larger than those won by men.
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Study suggests Mobile Scan and Pay Technology could promote supermarket theft
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/study-suggests-mobile-scan-and-pay-technology-could-promote-supermarket-theft
Allowing customers to scan products and pay for them using their own mobile phones or iPads is becoming an increasingly common sight in retail outlets.
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Botanic Garden Festival a roaring success
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/botanic-garden
The University of Leicester’s Botanic Garden Festival was a resounding success, drawing in crowds of all ages to enjoy a fun-filled day of community spirit.
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Severe asthma symptoms worsen when treated with psoriasis medicine, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/risankizumab
A medicine licensed to treat psoriasis worsened symptoms in patients with severe asthma, according to trial results published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Leicester team awarded prestigious prize from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/rcog
The team are the first in the world to use handheld scanners to help children with a complex eye disorder.