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https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/mns-disorders-in-guyanas-jails/people
Professor Clare Anderson (Principal Investigator, HyPIR) Clare Anderson has a research background in the history of incarceration and penal transportation in the British Empire, including in South Asia, the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean region.
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Latest MBRRACE-UK figures for maternal and perinatal mortality in the UK are published
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/maternal-perinatal-mortality
Researchers from the University of Leicester and Oxford Population Health’s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit publish new data on women who died during, or up to six weeks after, pregnancy.
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Leicester scholar’s Bible ushers in new royal chapter (and verse)
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/coronation-bible-king-james
The Quatercentenary Edition of the King James Bible, prepared by University of Leicester academic Professor Gordon Campbell in 2011, will be used for the King's Coronation Oath.
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Researchers make sand that flows uphill
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/sand-microrollers
Paper published in 'Nature Communications' details how applying magnetic forces to individual 'microroller' particles spurs collective motion—with counterintuitive results
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Long-term cognitive and psychiatric effects of COVID-19 revealed in new study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/brain-health
Many people who were hospitalised with COVID-19 continue to have cognitive and psychiatric problems even two to three years post-infection, according to a new study published by researchers from the University of Leicester
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Address misinformation and mistrust to help tackle COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in healthcare workers, study suggests
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/uk-reach-vaccine-hesitancy
Addressing misinformation and mistrust, inclusive communication, involving healthcare workers in the vaccine rollout, and promoting vaccination through trusted networks could play an important role in helping to tackle vaccine hesitancy amongst healthcare workers from ethnic...
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Research seeks to improve care for families living with Motor Neurone Disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/mnd
New research being carried out by the University of Leicester will examine health and social care services in the UK for families living with Motor Neurone Disease (MND).
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Space Park Leicester to host 100th ESA BIC UK start-up
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/skyfarer-esa-bic-uk
Elliot Parnham, Founder and CEO at Skyfarer, said: “Making drone delivery possible is an audacious challenge and one that requires collaboration and expertise in various areas to realise the vision.
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First Cowrie Scholar excited to shine ‘positive light’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/cowrie
The first recipient of a Cowrie Foundation Scholarship at the University of Leicester designed to provide opportunities for talented Black British students has described her excitement at becoming a role model to a new generation of students.
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New telescope to be the ‘GOTO’ for gravitational wave events
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/goto
GOTO is designed to fill this observational gap by searching for optical signals in the electromagnetic spectrum that might indicate the source of the gravitational waves – quickly locating the source and using that information to direct a fleet of telescopes, satellites and...