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Astrophysics Seminar Wednesday 15th Dec, 3pm (POSTPONED from 8th Dec)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/12/06/astrophysics-seminar-wednesday-8th-dec-3pm/
Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 6 December 2021 This week’s seminar will be by Rowan Smith (Manchester), on “The Cloud Factory: resolving star formation in its galactic context” Abstract: I present suites of simulations that resolve individual molecular...
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Unwell or Unwanted? The Mental Health of Western Australia’s Convict Population
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/10/17/unwell-or-unwanted-the-mental-health-of-western-australias-convict-population/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on October 17, 2016 By Kellie Moss Western Australia welcomed the transportation of convicts in 1850 as a solution to the economic problems which had affected the colony since its foundation as a free settlement in 1829.
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Leicester school leader’s devotion to education is recognised with honour from her old university
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/carolyn-robson
A Leicester school teacher who became a national leader in education has returned to her old university to receive an honorary title.
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Academic discusses Anthropocene for BBC Radio 4s The Life Scientific programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/academic-discusses-2018age-of-man2019-for-bbc-radio-42019s-the-life-scientific-programme
Professor Jan Zalasiewicz (pictured) from the Department of Geology featured on BBC Radio Four’s ‘The Life Scientific’ programme to discuss research into the Anthropocene, a man-made epoch changing the planet’s geology.
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Super rare and venomous centipede found in University of Leicester academic’s home
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/centipede
Explore the intriguing discovery of Scutigera coleoptrata, the fastest-moving centipede in the world, in Nottinghamshire, UK.
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Leicester diabetes expert’s research supports ‘game changing’ obesity breakthrough
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/semaglutide
Ground breaking research in diabetes led by a team of Leicester researchers has played an integral role in laying the foundations for new research published today, which reveals that a new anti-obesity medication is almost twice as effective in helping people lose weight than...
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Tim Peake describes the first time he saw Earth from space in new video
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/tim-peake-to-receive-an-honorary-degree
The University has conferred the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science upon British astronaut Tim Peake during a visit to the National Space Centre in Leicester on Friday 14 October as part of a wider tour of the UK.
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Pancakes, and how life flipped upside down for Leicester’s Bake-Off chemist
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/pancakes-josh
Dr Josh Smalley from the University of Leicester School of Chemistry has been keeping busy since his appearance on the Great British Bake Off.
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What do grasshoppers eat? It’s not just grass! New Leicester research shows similarities with mammal teeth like never before
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/grasshopper-mandibles
But analysis of the ecological importance of grasshoppers is not straightforward, and finding out what they eat requires detailed study of the contents of their guts or painstaking and time-consuming observations of how they feed in the wild. There is, however, a better way.
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New East Midlands Freeport will help unlock Leicester’s economic potential
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/freeport
The University of Leicester has today welcomed the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s announcement that East Midlands Airport is to become one of the UK’s new Freeport sites.