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University receives funding for groundbreaking research in global health and development
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-receives-funding-for-groundbreaking-research-in-global-health-and-development
Professor Martha Clokie (pictured) from the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation has been awarded funding to develop bacteriophages to target bacterial infant diarrhoea in the developing world where it causes significant mortality.
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University geneticist warns of pseudoscience in industries
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/university-geneticist-warns-of-2018pseudoscience2019-in-industries
A University scientist has joined leading scientists from across Europe in raising an alarm over the ‘pseudoscience’ concerning regulation of compounds used in agriculture, healthcare and industry.
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Leicester academics message to returning British astronaut Tim Peake
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-academics2019-message-to-returning-british-astronaut-tim-peake
Space scientists from our University have praised the successful completion of British astronaut Tim Peake’s six month mission aboard the International Space Station.
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Leave economics built on dangerous fantasies says academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leave-economics-built-on-dangerous-fantasies-says-academic
Leicester economist and Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen Hall (pictured) is among leading researchers who have issued a stark warning on the risks of Brexit.
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Military History Live event in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/military-history-live-event-in-leicester
An Alumnus of the University who was involved in the establishment of the Centre for Hate Studies at Leicester is launching his book at a Military History Live event in Leicester.
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Medical research paper gains over 1000 citations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/medical-research-paper-gains-over-1000-citations
A key medical research paper published in 2003 led by Tim Coats MD FRCS FFAEM, Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Emergency Medicine Academic Group and Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at the University, has received more than 1,000 citations.
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What is the Anthropocene and why is it relevant for international law
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/what-is-the-anthropocene-and-why-is-it-relevant-for-international-law
An article written by Professors Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams from the Department of Geology with Professor Davor Vidas of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Norway is for the third month in a row ranked in the top 50 of the most-read articles in the Oxford University...
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UK medical sciences would have to scale back ambition if we became isolated from the European Union says academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/uk-medical-sciences-would-have-to-2018scale-back-ambition2019-if-we-became-isolated-from-the-european-union-says-academic
UK medical sciences may have to ‘scale back its ambition’ if Britain leaves the European Union, according to Professor Andrew Tobin (pictured) from the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology.
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Jupiter awaits Junos arrival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/jupiter-awaits-juno2019s-arrival
Stunning new images and the highest-resolution maps to date of Jupiter at thermal infrared wavelengths give a glowing view of Juno’s target, a week ahead of the NASA mission’s arrival at the giant planet.
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Crime and its Representation in the Anglophone Caribbean, 1834-2018
https://le.ac.uk/crime-representation-anglophone-caribbean
Bringing together participants from Jamaica, Trinidad, Guyana, Barbados and the UK, the ‘Crime and its Representation in the Anglophone Caribbean’ project addresses the acute and complex problem of crime in Anglophone Caribbean societies from various disciplinary perspectives.