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• Student study investigates how lasers can control lightning

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/student-study-investigates-how-lasers-can-control-lightning

  Physics students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy have investigated the possibility of inducing, directing and controlling lightning strikes using lasers.

• Website showcases inspiring examples of inclusive arts

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/website-showcases-inspiring-examples-of-inclusive-arts

  A new website has been launched containing stories from arts organisations across the East Midlands around art practice with disabled children and young people.

• Heart professor stars in BBC documentary

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/heart-professor-stars-in-bbc-documentary

  A leading Leicester professor is to appear in a BBC documentary after finding a link between red meat and heart disease. Professor Toru Suzuki (pictured) from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences was asked to conduct an experiment looking at how steak affects the body.

• Alex Young

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/alex-young

  We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Dr Alex Young, who taught Engineering at Leicester in the 1960s and 1970s. Dr Young, who was an expert in the use of concrete in civil engineering, passed away in Cambridge on 23 October 2024.

• Crystallisation robots

  https://le.ac.uk/mcb/about/facilities-and-services/biophysical-instrumentation-and-anaerobic-facilities/crystallisation-robots

  Learn about the crystallisation robots in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Leicester.

• Why do we still love James Bond

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/why-do-we-still-love-james-bond

  On Monday 26 October, another new James Bond movie will hit our cinema screens and the publicity machinery seems to be in overdrive. Spectre is the twenty-fourth in the continuous film series based on Ian Fleming’s British superspy and is produced by Eon Productions for MGM/Sony.

• Easter eggs hot cross buns and the microorganisms that help create them

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/easter-eggs-hot-cross-buns-and-the-microorganisms-that-help-create-them

  With supermarket shelves filled with chocolate at this time of year, little thought goes into how the humble cocoa bean eventually becomes the popular Easter egg.

• Managing older people in emergency settings

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/managing-older-people-in-emergency-settings

  The challenges and solutions in for clinicians dealing with older people in emergency settings will be explored in a course designed fill gaps in knowledge and understanding.

• Publications

  https://le.ac.uk/cces/publications

  The Consumer and Essential Services Unit (CESU) provides links to resources which are useful for academic purposes.

• Barrister alumni

  https://le.ac.uk/law/study/careers/graduate-profiles/barrister

  Hear from Michael Humphries QC, who became a barrister after graduating from Leicester Law School. He became a Queen's Counsel in 2003 and a Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple in 2010.