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• Infants under 12 months most at risk of physical abuse

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/infants-under-12-months-most-at-risk-of-physical-abuse

  Research co-authored by a Professor from our University has found infants under the age of 12 months are most at risk of serious physical abuse. The large study of severely injured children is published online in Emergency Medicine Journal.

• Documentary highlights how humans created an artificial planet Earth

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/documentary-highlights-how-humans-created-an-2018artificial2019-planet-earth

  The impact humans have had on planet Earth and how we have created an ‘artificial' planet will be explored in a new documentary by an award-winning journalist featuring Professor Jan Zalasiewicz (pictured) from the Department of Geology.

• The right rubber for the job

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/the-importance-of-using-the-right-rubber-for-the-job

  Researchers from the Department of Geology have discovered that when it comes to rubbers, textured surfaces, and reproduction, more fluid formulations have greater reliability than those that are thick and sticky.

• Childrens maths difficulties research wins top award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/childrens-maths-difficulties-research-wins-top-award

  Leicester researchers who investigated why children who are born prematurely struggle with maths have scooped a top national award for excellence in research.

• Hive of activity how genes turn bees into workers and queens

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/hive-of-activity-how-genes-turn-bees-into-workers-and-queens

  Biologists have discovered that one of nature’s most important pollinators - the buff-tailed bumblebee – either ascends to the land of milk and honey by becoming a queen or remains a lowly worker bee based on which genes are ‘turned on’ during its lifespan.

• Like father like son most European men descend from a handful of Bronze Age forefathers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/like-father-like-son-most-european-men-descend-from-a-handful-of-bronze-age-forefathers

  A team of researchers from the Department of Genetics led by Professor Mark Jobling and Dr Chiara Batini have discovered that most European men descend from just a handful of Bronze Age forefathers, due to a ‘population explosion’ that took place several...

• New technology to revolutionise bedside tumour diagnosis in patients

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/new-technology-to-revolutionise-bedside-tumour-diagnosis-in-patients

  Researchers from the Universities of Leicester and Nottingham are developing a revolutionary mini gamma ray camera that will improve the diagnosis of tumours and lymph nodes from patients’ bedsides.

• Art and science seen in a new light at evening lecture

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/art-and-science-seen-in-a-new-light-at-evening-lecture

  A former artist in residence is returning to the campus this week to present a talk ‘The Library of Light’ as part of a lecture series celebrating the International Year of Light 2015.

• Lad culture in education promotes misogynistic messages researchers say

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/lad-culture2019-in-education-promotes-misogynistic-messages-researchers-say

  Researchers will be debating the rise of ‘lad culture’ in education and how it promotes a ‘nexus of sexism’ at an upcoming free public event on 22 June.

• Leicester in new study on social identity

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-in-new-study-on-social-identity

  The University has been selected as the only UK university to be involved in a Europe-wide project studying social identity.