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Attenborough Arts to host British artist’s largest solo exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/11-aaron-williamson-attenborough-arts
A new exhibition of the work of renowned British artist Aaron Williamson opens at the University of Leicester’s Attenborough Arts Centre on Saturday 11 May 2019.
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Leicester researchers to evaluate training for health and adult social care staff in England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/oliver-mcgowan
Researchers from the University of Leicester are to investigate whether the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training, introduced for health and adult social care staff following the death of autistic teenager Oliver McGowan is meeting the needs of people with a learning disability...
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Stem cell research to help fight brittle-bone disease osteogenesis imperfecta
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/stem-cell-research-to-help-fight-brittle-bone-disease-osteogenesis-imperfecta
A study involving Professor Raymond Dalgleish (pictured) from the Department of Genetics is to be conducted for the first time involving the transplantation of stem cells into foetuses with the brittle-bone disease osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), which causes repeated...
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Monday 7th January 2013 Sol 150
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/01/07/monday-7th-january-2013-sol-150/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 7, 2013 The recent images of sedimentary rocks at Yellowknife are creating a lot of interest within and beyond the MSL science team.
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A change of plan for Juno’s orbit
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/11/14/a-change-of-plan-for-junos-orbit/
Posted by Rosie Johnson in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on November 14, 2016 This artist’s rendering shows NASA’s Juno spacecraft making one of its close passes over Jupiter.
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Student and alumnus to take on 3100 mile trek across the USA
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/student-and-alumnus-to-take-on-3-100-mile-trek-across-the-usa
Two amateur hikers from our University are daring to take on a gruelling walk across the diverse landscape of the United States, documenting the extraordinary environments that they travel through.
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Study reveals how dietary phosphate can increase heart disease risk
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/study-reveals-how-dietary-phosphate-can-increase-heart-disease-risk
A new study has found that high phosphate levels can cause a stress signal inside the cells that line blood vessels, leading to the release of microparticles that promote the formation of blood clots. Inorganic phosphate is a nutrient in nearly all diets.
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Leicester Centre for Mental Health Workshop to take place
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/university-of-leicester-joins-forced-with-de-montfort-university-and-leicester-partnership-trust-to-organise-workshop-on-the-leicester-centre-for-mental-health
Our University is involved with a new initiative to strengthen Mental Health research and education. In collaboration with De Montfort University and Leicester Partnership Trust, a workshop has been organised to take place on 13 October.
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Pick up the pace! New study finds slow walkers four times more likely to die from Covid-19
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/slow-walk-covid
Slow walkers are almost four times more likely to die from COVID-19 and have over twice the risk of contracting a severe version of the virus, according to a team of researchers from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre led by...
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Students and staff express their delight at meeting The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/29-student-staff-delight-meeting-duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge
Students discuss their experiences of meeting Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.