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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 3 9 December
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-3-9-december
Dr Alan Cann from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour has written an article for the Leicester Mercury discussing how bacteria have been evolving ways to shrug off the effects of antibiotics.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 12 18 November
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-12-18-november
Dr Athina Karatzogianni from the Department of Media and Communication has written an article for The Conversation about 'hacktivist' group Anonymous and how it hopes to challenge the Islamic State.
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East Midlands Policing Academic Collaboration launch
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/east-midlands-policing-academic-collaboration-launch
The University of Leicester has joined a new collaboration of seven universities, five police forces and five Police and Crime Commissioners looking at how academics and the police can work more closely to shape the future of policing.
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New wasp database explores genetic world of tiny parasitic stingers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/new-wasp-database-explores-genetic-world-of-tiny-parasitic-stingers
Parasitic wasps are able to survive by keenly predicting the changing of the seasons based on the length of days throughout the year - and a new online database, WaspAtlas, launched by researchers from the Department of Genetics led by Dr Eran Tauber explores...
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University study will look at harmful air pollution in our homes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/air-pollution-leicester-study-funding
Researchers from the University of Leicester have been awarded £2 million to investigate how harmful particles in the air inside our homes affect the breathing and lung health of both children and adults
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Research suggests exposure to violence during pregnancy increases risk of prematurity and low birthweight
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/research-suggests-exposure-to-violence-during-pregnancy-increases-risk-of-prematurity-and-low-birthweight
Exposure to violence during the first trimester of pregnancy could lead to an increase in the risk of prematurity and low birthweight, according to research by our University and Queen Mary University of London.
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Fingers off the button
https://le.ac.uk/centenary/events/difficult-conversations/fingers-button
Fingers off the button On Thursday 5 May, Turi King, Professor of Public Engagement and Genetics, facilitated another talk in our ‘Difficult Conversations’ series where Professor Andrew Futter and guests explored the risks of the rising use of nuclear weapons, along with how...
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Showcase on Asian radio in city
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/showcase-on-asian-radio-in-city
The important role played by BBC Radio Leicester in the development of Asian radio in Britain is being showcased at an event in the city.
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Library Special Collections: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 4
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/page/4/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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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.