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Research finds Earths technosphere now weighs 30 trillion tons
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/research-finds-earths-2018technosphere2019-now-weighs-30-trillion-tons
An international team led by our geologists has made the first estimate of the sheer size of the physical structure of the planet’s technosphere – suggesting that its mass approximates to an enormous 30 trillion tons.
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Student Profile: Megan
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/student-profiles/megan-esrc-midlands-grad
PhD Topic My topic is Vagrancy in the Midlands between 1832 and 1896. Where did you study your undergraduate/masters? I studied a BA in Modern and Contemporary History at Bangor University and an MA in History at Bangor University.
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Successful flight for aircraft carrying Leicesters pioneering NO2 scanner
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/successful-flight-for-aircraft-carrying-leicester2019s-pioneering-no2-scanner
Our University has successfully carried out the flight of an aircraft equipped with pioneering space technology to measure air pollution, in particular nitrogen dioxide (NO2), in the environment.
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New research sheds light on how reward-induced behaviour in the brain may be controlled
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/new-research-sheds-light-on-how-reward-induced-behaviour-in-the-brain-may-be-controlled
A new study has shed light on how reward-associated behaviour can be controlled by different groups of neurons in the brain.
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Spend DNA Day with a strawberry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/spend-dna-day-with-a-strawberry
During the 4 minute video, Professor Turi King, Reader in Genetics and Archaeology takes you through a step-by-step guide, making the experiment easy and straightforward enough to replicate at home and celebrate the day with us.
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Leicester scientist leads project to investigate ways to improve welfare of fish in research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/research-project-to-explore-use-of-less-invasive-swabbing-technique-to-reduce-stress-while-sampling-fish-dna
A new project, led by our University working with scientists from Nottingham Trent University and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), will explore how less-invasive swabbing techniques can be used to collect DNA from fish during...
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West Antarctic Ice Sheet loss over the last 11000 years shown in new study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/west-antarctic-ice-sheet-loss-over-the-last-11-000-years-shown-in-new-study
An international team of researchers led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and involving our University has shown that wind-driven incursions of warm water forced the retreat of glaciers in West Antarctica during the past 11,000 years.
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Leicester sows the seeds to grow more green graduates
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-sows-the-seeds-to-grow-more-green-graduates
Our University is on track to produce another crop of 'green graduates' ripe for the jobs market thanks to a programme set up by our Environment Team.
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Leicester experts praise translation of diabetes risk-testing tool
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-experts-praise-translation-of-diabetes-risk-testing-tool
The translation of a tool to help people find out their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes has been described by Professor Kamlesh Khunti from the Diabetes Research Centre as a “breakthrough”.
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Ian Imlay
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2021/ian-imlay
The University has learned, with regret, of the death of Mr Ian Imlay MBE, who for more than 30 years played the organ at our graduation ceremonies. Mr Imlay was born in 1937, just a few streets away from De Montfort Hall.