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Moles hate eating sand, Leicester research reveals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/moles
Anyone who has had their day at the beach ruined by the sound and sensation of biting into a sandy sandwich can look to the humble mole for ways of avoiding this unpleasant experience over the summer.
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Mars Sample Return DWI
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/space-projects-instrumentation/projects/mars-sample-return
The University of Leicester is leading a UK consortium of industry and academia to develop a Double Walled Isolator (DWI) Qualification Model (QM) for the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return Campaign.
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Competing on the centre right: An examination of party strategy in Britain
https://le.ac.uk/politics/research/research-projects/previous-research-projects/competing-on-the-centre-right
This research project provided a detailed analysis of the ideology, policies and strategy of the Conservative Party and UKIP at the 2009 European Parliament and the next general election.
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/law/research
Leicester Law School is a research-led department committed to producing the highest quality of scholarship while recognising the important relationship between excellence in research and in teaching. Find out more about the research undertaken by the School.
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Leicester scientists in discovery of new type of plant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-scientists-in-discovery-of-new-type-of-plant
Dr James Higgins from our Department of Genetics and Genome Biology has been involved in the discovery of a new type of plant growing in Shetland. Scientists at the University of Stirling discovered the plant – with its evolution only having occurred in the last 200 years.
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Influential artist Jenny Holzer on display at Attenborough Arts Centre through ARTIST ROOMS
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/holzer
ARTIST ROOMS Jenny Holzer 14 June – 29 September 2024 Free Entry Attenborough Arts Centre brings a new exhibition to Leicester, in partnership with Tate & National Galleries of Scotland: ARTIST ROOMS Jenny Holzer.
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Countering arguments against learning outcomes with scrutiny and evidence – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/loproject/2014/06/24/counter/
The 'Learning Outcomes Project' at the University of Leicester. Countering arguments against learning outcomes with scrutiny and evidence.
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James Webb Space Telescope makes first detection of heavy element from star merger
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/gamma-ray
Merger of neutron stars that generated an explosion that created a gamma-ray burst identified. Some of the rarest and most precious elements in nature are being produced by these very rare explosions.
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Urban History Resource Hub
https://le.ac.uk/urban-history/resources/urban-history-resource-hub
A American Geographical Society Library (AGSL) - library and map collection of the American Geographical Society (AGS) of New York. Includes several digital collections of importance to urban history.
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Women exposed to MWI emissions show small increase in breast milk pollutants
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/mwi-emissions
Study involving Professor Anna Hansell, from the University of Leicester Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability, analysed impact of emissions from municipal waste incinerators