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World’s first picture of the molecular machinery that makes cilia beat
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/cilia
A picture of the structures that power human cilia – the tiny, hairlike projections that line our airways, has been produced by scientists for the first time.
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9th May 2016 Sol 1336
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/05/09/9th-may-2016-sol-1336/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 9, 2016 We have followed up the Lubango drillhole quickly with another one at a nearby Stimson aeolian sandstone outcrop (Okoruso). The idea is to compare unaltered sandstone (Okoruso) to altered Lubango.
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Leicester Heroes event aims to recruit hundreds of new potential stem cell donors
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-heroes-event-aims-to-recruit-hundreds-of-new-potential-stem-cell-donors
Our University has once again teamed up with The Rik Basra Leukaemia Campaign to host an event on Monday 30 October which aims to recruit hundreds of new potential donors to the Anthony Nolan stem cell register.
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Solar System samples touch down in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/winchcombe-hayabusa2
Samples from other worlds have touched down in Leicester, to be analysed by space scientists studying the building blocks of our Solar System.
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Up to a third of people with type 2 diabetes not taking prescriptions properly
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/05-type-2-diabetes-prescriptions
Leicester researchers have used a unique screening approach to suggest that nearly a third of people with type 2 diabetes may be putting their health at risk because they are not taking their medications correctly.
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Improving cardiac surgery benefits through key research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/11-cardiac-surgery
Over 35,000 adults undergo cardiac surgery in the UK every year with a further 1 million worldwide. While short-term results of surgery are excellent, many patients fail to obtain long-term benefits the reasons for which remain unclear.
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New app to help with real time crime scene reporting across borders
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/new-app-to-help-with-real-time-crime-scene-reporting-across-borders
A revolutionary app that allows scene of crime officers to record evidence centrally in real time, thus speeding up crime scene investigations, has been celebrated at a flagship innovation event.
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Movies
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/epc/movies
The following short video-clips illustrate the involvement of the European Petrophysics Consortium (EPC) in the coordination of downhole logging operations and the acquisition of core physical properties measurements from a number of IODP expeditions.
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HGV navigation app by Leicester scientists takes to the road
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/hgv-navigation-app-by-leicester-scientists-takes-to-the-road
University of Leicester scientists will demonstrate a new application to help HGV drivers find safe routes in urban areas at a roadshow showcasing new technologies that aim to minimise traffic congestion, noise and air pollution.
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6th November 2013 Sol 445
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/11/06/6th-november-2013-sol-445/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 6, 2013 Curiosity is having a software upgrade this week, so no science operations. We are still at Cooperstown and thinking about the close up images of the outcrop layers.