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Researchers develop new genetic tool to identify people at risk of coronary heart disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/researchers-develop-new-genetic-tool-to-identify-people-at-risk-of-coronary-heart-disease
A new genetic risk score that could help to identify individuals at risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) much earlier and potentially improve its prevention has been developed by a team including a University of Leicester Professor in research part-funded by the British Heart...
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Cracking the complexities of metal processing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/cracking-the-complexities-of-metal-processing
The Royal Academy of Engineering has appointed Professor Hongbiao Dong to a five-year Research Chair at our University, with the aim of developing a step change in metal processing.
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Expert to discuss gene-editing research at free public lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/expert-to-discuss-gene-editing-research-at-free-public-lecture
A leading expert will be discussing the latest breakthroughs in gene-editing research during this year’s Frank May Prize lecture on 31 October.
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PhD student receives prestigious research grant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/phd-student-receives-prestigious-research-grant
A PhD student has been awarded funding to investigate the ‘fingerprint’ of organic matter in the Carboniferous Bowland Shale.
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Fallen soldier whose family founded local building society remembered by our University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/fallen-soldier-whose-family-founded-local-building-society-remembered-by-our-university
A local soldier who fought during the First World War is being remembered on the centenary of his death by our University on Friday 4 November.
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New observations reveal Jupiters Great Red Spot as mysterious energy source
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/new-observations-reveal-jupiter2019s-great-red-spot-as-mysterious-energy-source
Researchers from the University of Leicester and Boston University’s (BU) Center for Space Physics report today in Nature that Jupiter’s Great Red Spot may provide the mysterious source of energy required to heat the planet’s upper atmosphere to the unusually high values...
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Expert comment Tony Blair is right Prime Ministers must be allowed to take difficult decisions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/expert-comment-tony-blair-is-right-prime-ministers-must-be-allowed-to-take-difficult-decisions
The Iraq war was a ‘catastrophic error’ and shows us that going to war should always be the last resort, according to Dr Robert Dover from the Department of Politics and International Relations.
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Astronomers join hunt for Einsteins gravitational sirens
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/astronomers-join-hunt-for-einstein2019s-gravitational-sirens
The first detection of gravitational waves was announced today by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration - and Leicester astronomers were among the first to respond to the detection, searching for the counterpart with X-ray and infra-red telescopes.
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Ancient supereruptions in Yellowstone Hotspot track significantly larger than expected
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/ancient-super-eruptions-in-yellowstone-hotspot-track-2018significantly-larger2019-than-expected
A number of giant super-eruptions between 8 and 12 million years ago that could be larger than the colossal eruptions known to have taken place at Yellowstone have been identified in the United States through research led by Dr Tom Knott, Professor Mike Branney and Dr Marc...
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Football formula for the perfect goal every time
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/football-formula-for-the-perfect-goal-every-time
To mark the opening day of The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair, England international will test a formula for footballing excellence.