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• Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys to be guest speaker at unique fundraising event

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/professor-sir-alec-jeffreys-to-be-guest-speaker-at-unique-fundraising-event

  Students and academics are invited to attend the Science Museum’s IMAX Theatre in London on Monday 16 May 2016 and spend an evening with the inventor of forensic DNA fingerprinting and emeritus professor, Sir Alec Jeffreys. The event, starting at 7.

• Was the Force behind Leicester's football success? Students explore the secrets of Yoda's Force power

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/was-the-force-behind-leicester2019s-football-success-students-explore-the-secrets-of-yoda2019s-force-power

  For many fans around the world May 4th is Star Wars Day, playing on the popular phrase ‘May the Force Be With You’ uttered by many characters in the films including Luke Skywalker’s mentor, Yoda.

• Road noise makes your blood pressure rise – literally

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/road-noise

  Study shows the sound of traffic is associated with increased risk of hypertension, calls for public health measures to reduce noise exposure

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  https://le.ac.uk/library/search-collections/databases-az/r

  Reaxys Reaxys is a database of experimentally validated data for chemists including structures, reactions (including multi-step reactions) and physical properties. Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) Provides access to working papers on economics, banking and finance.

• Professor Heiko Balzter shares hopes for COP29 and the path toward global climate action

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/cop29-heiko

  Professor Heiko Balzter, Director of the Institute for Environmental Futures, speaks as he attends COP29 on behalf of the University of Leicester

• Overcoming Challenges in Strangulation Research

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2024/01/30/overcoming-challenges-in-strangulation-research/

  Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on January 30, 2024 Harriet Smailes PhD Student Undertaking research in the area of strangulation is vital to better understanding the nature and extent of these acts.

• The origin of humans a tale of tangled roots

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/the-origin-of-humans-a-tale-of-tangled-roots

  Dr Daniel Zadik from the Department of Genetics has written an article for his blog examining evidence regarding where humans originated.

• University launches pioneering new centre to study bacteriophages to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/martha-clokie

  A pioneering new centre to study bacteriophages to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria has officially launched at The University of Leicester.

• Multimillion-pound lifespan research project will look at why some people live longer than others in Leicestershire

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/leicestershire-lifespan-project

  University of Leicester researchers will be investigating why some people in the county live longer than others thanks to a multimillion-pound project.

• New AI tool helps doctors treat cancer patients after heart attack

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/ai-cancer-patients-heart-attack-leicester

  University of Leicester researchers have pioneered a new tool to determine the risk of secondary heart attacks in cancer patients using Artificial Intelligence