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• International team put single molecules in super-fridge

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/international-team-put-single-molecules-in-super-fridge

  An international team of researchers led by our University has for the first time observed how a single two-atom-large molecule rotates in the coldest liquid known in nature.

• Fossils solve mystery of how life moved onto land

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/fossils-solve-mystery-of-how-life-moved-onto-land

  A collection of Scottish fossils which solve the mystery of how vertebrate life came to move from water to land will be displayed in a new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland entitled Fossil Hunters: Unearthing the Mystery of Life on Land running from Friday 19...

• Leicester research cited in new series of the X-Files

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/leicester-research-cited-in-new-series-of-the-x-files

  Actors David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson have solved countless mysteries and battled a variety of fierce aliens throughout the years playing agents Mulder and Scully on the X-Files - and now they've turned their attention towards research...

• Leicester artist to reveal new animal bone artwork

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/leicester-artist-to-reveal-new-animal-bone-artwork

  A distinctive bone-themed exhibition named ‘The Reliquary Project’, conceptualised and created by Leicester artist Jo Dacombe, will be unveiled at a free preview evening at the Attenborough Arts Centre from 5.30pm to 8pm on Friday 6 May.

• Using portable nanopore DNA sequencers to combat wildlife crime

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/using-portable-nanopore-dna-sequencers-to-combat-wildlife-crime

  A team from our University has been awarded a prize for their proposal to crack down on wildlife crime using a portable DNA sequencing device, the MinION - developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies - to read the ‘barcode genes’ of animals affected by illegal trafficking.

• Leicester academic curates major art exhibition in Rome

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-academic-curates-major-art-exhibition-in-rome

  A University of Leicester academic has curated a major art exhibition currently being shown at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome. Professor David Ekserdjian, from the University of Leicester’s Department of History of Art and Film, curated “Correggio e Parmigianino.

• Geographer to receive national award for promoting diversity in teaching

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/geographer-to-receive-national-award-for-promoting-diversity-in-teaching

  The efforts of Dr Margaret Byron (pictured) from the Department of Geography to bring the subjects of race and diversity into geography education have been recognised by a prestigious professional body.

• Diabetes professors support ban on junk food adverts

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/diabetes-professors-support-ban-on-junk-food-adverts

  Junk food advertising aimed at children has “no place in a fit and proper society”, according to a leading diabetes expert in light of a further clampdown.

• Nick Cummins achieves double sporting success

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/22-nick-cummins-leicester-tigers-wheelchair-rugby-quad-nations

  Nick Cummins|Sports scholar Nick Cummins wins league with Leicester Tigers Wheelchair Rugby Team and gets selected for Great Britain.

• World-renowned sociologist to deliver Anthropocene lecture

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/17-bruno-latour-anthropocene-lecture

  Professor Bruno Latour, the award-winning and renowned sociologist, philosopher and anthropologist, will deliver a lecture on the Anthropocene at the University of Leicester on Monday 3 June 2019.