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Centenary Inaugural Lectures: Black Holes to Giant Planets
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/09/02/centenary-inaugural-lectures-black-holes-to-giant-planets/
Members of the School of Physics and Astronomy are invited to two Professorial Inaugural Lectures in September.
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Graduate doctor rushes to aid of stab victim in London tube station
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/graduate-doctor-rushes-to-aid-of-stab-victim-in-london-tube-station
A heroic doctor rushed to the rescue after a man was stabbed in a terrorist attack in a London tube station.
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Students Union pays tribute to victims of the Paris terror attacks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/students-union-pay-tribute-to-victims-of-the-paris-terror-attacks
People gathered at the Clock Tower in Leicester on Sunday evening to remember those killed and injured in the Paris terrorist attacks on Friday 13 November.
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Members of the public given the opportunity to name their own planet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/members-of-the-public-given-the-opportunity-to-name-their-own-planet
The University has joined forces with the Leicester Mercury to give the people of Leicester the opportunity to name their own planet.
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Diabetes milestone for Leicester researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/diabetes-milestone-for-leicester-researchers
A method for assessing people’s chances of having or developing Type 2 diabetes created by Leicester researchers has reached a major milestone - one million people have now been through the Know Your Risk section of the Diabetes UK website, which identifies people who may be...
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Pro Bono Society speaks to BBC about volunteering in the local community
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/pro-bono-society-speaks-to-bbc-about-volunteering-in-the-local-community
Law students at our University showcased the work they do for the local community recently on BBC radio.
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UK medical sciences would have to scale back ambition if we became isolated from the European Union says academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/uk-medical-sciences-would-have-to-2018scale-back-ambition2019-if-we-became-isolated-from-the-european-union-says-academic
UK medical sciences may have to ‘scale back its ambition’ if Britain leaves the European Union, according to Professor Andrew Tobin (pictured) from the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology.
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Community event raises awareness of prostate cancers silent symptoms
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/community-event-raises-awareness-of-prostate-cancers-silent-symptoms
A Leicester health campaigner has called for men to get checked out for prostate cancer because of its “silent symptoms” – after a high-profile journalist was diagnosed with the condition.
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Surgical interventions to reduce infection risk
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/about/heart-surgery/national-cardiac-surgery-clinical-trials-programme/infection-prevention/risk-factors/patient-risk-assessment/surgical-interventions-to-reduce-infection-risk
To reduce the risk of patient developing an infection the surgical team have a list of actions that are used prior to and during surgery.
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Powering to new destinations in space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/powering-to-new-destinations-in-space
Experts in nuclear power systems for spacecraft are to gather at an international innovation exchange event co-organised by the University of Leicester.