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Leicester scientists discover ‘Star Wars’ planet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/leicester-scientists-discover-star-wars-planet
Scientists from the University of Leicester has revealed for the first time that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disc, leaving it warped and with tilted rings - similar to the planet Tatooine in Star Wars.
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EXPERT COMMENT Donalds Disappointing Days Trumps First Hundred Days in Office
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/expert-comment-donald2019s-disappointing-days-trump2019s-first-hundred-days-in-office
In an article for Think: Leicester, Dr Andrew Johnstone, Director of American Studies, has commented on President Trump's first 100 days in the Oval Office.
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Obesity ‘accelerates’ COVID-19 mortality risk amongst ethnic minorities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/covid-19-obesity
A stronger association exists between deaths from COVID-19 and obesity in people of Black, South Asian and other ethnic minority groups than in White people, latest research published in the journal Nature Communications demonstrates.
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Disorder, dissent and disruption
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/disorder-dissent-disruption
A collaboration between RCMG and the Wellcome Collection considering the challenges surrounding the embedding of disruption in permanent galleries.
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School of Business
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business
The University of Leicester School of Business is a vibrant, international and interdisciplinary community of over 150 academics. We are internationally renowned for our courses in accounting and finance, management, marketing and economics.
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University researcher awarded prize for work with the World Health Organization on protecting ethnic minority groups from future pandemics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/dan-pan
A University of Leicester researcher in infectious diseases has won a prestigious award for research he conducted into health inequalities.
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New earthbased images prepare for Junos encounter with Jupiters Great Red Spot
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/new-earth-based-images-prepare-for-juno2019s-encounter-with-jupiter2019s-great-red-spot
A space scientist from our Department of Physics and Astronomy has been involved in new Jupiter imagery from two telescopes in Hawaii that is providing context for upcoming close-ups of the Great Red Spot by NASA's Juno spacecraft.
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Scientists investigate if red grape chemical can keep bowel cancer at bay
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/karen-brown
Trial led by University of Leicester scientists is giving participants resveratrol as a potential prevention drug for bowel cancer.
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Copyright and citation guidelines
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/catalogue/copyright-citation-guidelines
Find out more about copyright and citation guidelines when using East Midlands Oral History Archive materials.
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Sex workers in research study call for greater legal protections against sexual violence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/sex-worker-access-justice-sexual-violence
Researchers from the University of Leicester, University of Strathclyde, Queen's University, University of Nevada and University of Otago interviewed more than 700 sex workers.