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  • Researchers shed light on why and how Stonehenge was built

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/researchers-shed-light-on-why-and-how-stonehenge-was-built

    Excavation of two quarries in Wales by a team of archaeologists and geologists - including Dr Rob Ixer, a researcher with the Department of Geology - has confirmed they are sources of Stonehenge’s ‘bluestones’, shedding light on how they were quarried...

  • Link between hibernation in animals and Alzheimers prevention identified

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/link-between-hibernation-in-animals-and-alzheimers-prevention-identified

    Research by scientists at the Medical Research Council’s Toxicology Unit, based at the University, has identified a protective mechanism that kicks in when body temperature is lowered, activating a process that prevents the loss of brain cells and the connections between them.

  • The death penalty and international anti-drug operations

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/the-death-penalty-and-international-anti-drug-operations

    A human rights campaigner is to speak at our University on how European Union support for anti-drug operations internationally should change in light of the increased use of the death penalty for drug offences.

  • Academic receives prestigious engineering fellowship

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/academic-receives-prestigious-engineering-fellowship

    Professor Stephen Garrett from the Departments of Engineering and Mathematics, is among seven researchers to have received a prestigious Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering this year.

  • 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...

  • Archaeologists discover rare evidence of Late Roman official in Leicester

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/archaeologists-discover-rare-evidence-of-late-roman-official-in-leicester

    Archaeologists from University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) have recently excavated a Late Roman cemetery at Western Road in Leicester’s West End and amongst the 83 skeletons recorded by the team, one burial is proving to be very exciting.

  • The Queens 90th University reflections

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/queens-90th-university-reflections

    To mark the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, we take a trip down memory lane to remember her visits to the University of Leicester.

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