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New Exoplanet-hunting Telescopes worked on by Leicester scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/new-exoplanet-hunting-telescopes-worked-on-by-leicester-scientists
A new project involving University scientists will search for transiting exoplanets — planets that pass in front of their parent star and hence produce a slight dimming of the star’s light that can be detected by sensitive instruments.
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Historian to take part in stand-up comedy challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/historian-to-take-part-in-stand-up-comedy-challenge
Kevin Schürer (pictured), Professor of English Local History in our School of History and lead genealogist in the discovery of King Richard III, has been announced as one of the contenders in a stand-up comedy challenge in Leicestershire.
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Explosive moment in the media
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/explosive-moment-in-the-media
University geologist Dr David Hawthorn, who set up equipment near the former city council HQ to record the effects of the controlled demolition of the site, has published his results. Dr David Hawthorn is a seismologist in our Department of Geology.
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Expert opinions cover Brexit football hooliganism and the aging process
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/expert-opinions-cover
Professor Clare Anderson from the School of History has written an article discussing some of the positive benefits of EU membership and how it is vital in securing our influence across Europe and all over the world.
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New project to save sole surviving population of rare wildflower
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/new-project-to-save-sole-surviving-population-of-rare-wildflower
A new conservation project at the Botanic Garden hopes to save a rare wildflower that is almost extinct throughout Leicestershire and Rutland - and has a declining population nationwide.
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Stop the clocks: Brisk walking may slow biological ageing process, study shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/walking-speed-ageing
A new study of genetic data published today (Wednesday) of more than 400,000 UK adults has revealed a clear link between walking pace and a genetic marker of biological age.
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Exhibition: Women, Politics, Textiles
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/03/14/exhibition-women-politics-textiles/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 14, 2022 What Lies Beneath: Women, Politics, Textiles is a 2022 exhibition being held physically in New Hall Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, it also has an accompanying...
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Exceptions
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-5/exceptions
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Experts probe Mumbais history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/experts-probe-mumbai2019s-history
The history of India’s richest city, Mumbai, has been explored at an international conference co-convened by the University of Leicester.
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Researchers provide new insights into gene regulation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/researchers-provide-new-insights-into-gene-regulation
A team of researchers led by the our University has shed new light on how the regulation machinery that controls gene expression works by characterising a complex known as the NuRD complex.