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Criminal Laws on Homosexuality in African Nations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/03/21/criminal-laws-on-homosexuality-in-african-nations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 21, 2014 Criminal Laws on Homosexuality in African Nations Useful chart produced in February 2014 by the Law Library of the Library of Congress which summarizes the treatment of...
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State of Broadband 2013 Report
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/27/state-of-broadband-2013-report/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 27, 2013 State of Broadband 2013 report released by the Broadband Commission for Digital Development.
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Occupy Wall Street protest site
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/17/occupy-wall-street-protest-site/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2011 http://occupywallst.org/ This website is a good example of the Internet being used to organise protests. The website includes user generated maps, video streams and organisers materials.
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Saturn’s high-altitude winds generate an extraordinary aurorae
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/02/08/saturns-high-altitude-winds-generate-an-extraordinary-aurorae/
Leicester space scientists have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism fuelling huge planetary aurorae at Saturn.
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Cities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/cities-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014 Cities of Opportunity Interesting new report on urban demographics from PriceWaterHouse Cooper. Covers 30 major cities worldwide.
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Solar System lightshows to be probed by Leicester astronomers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/jwst-saturn-uranus
Team from University of Leicester has been given observation time on the James Webb Space Telescope for two projects that will study the aurora on two neighbouring gas giants, Saturn and Uranus
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Space scientist makes giant leap towards becoming an astronaut
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-scientist-makes-giant-leap-towards-becoming-an-astronaut
Space scientist Dr Suzie Imber from our Department of Physics and Astronomy will be competing to realise her dream of becoming an astronaut as part of a televised competition broadcast by the BBC.
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Energy research at our University set to accelerate following 180M investment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/energy-research-at-our-university-set-to-accelerate-following-ps180m-investment
Our University is set to play a crucial role in the next step towards the transformation of the UK’s energy sector after the Government confirmed £60m investment for the Energy Research Accelerator (ERA).
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Developing a research network to advance 21st-century museum ethics in theory and practice
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/research-network-to-advance-museum-ethics
RCMG brought together a research network to explore how the emerging theory of museum ethics can be translated effectively into practice.
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Traceability in food supply chains for improved global and national competitiveness
https://le.ac.uk/research/projects/traceability-food-supply
The war in Ukraine is doing untold damage to food supply chains. Food products consumed locally and exports will be under increased scrutiny for their quality and safety due to damage to infrastructure and the environment, as well as human resources issues.