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Genetics expert solves family mysteries for new TV series
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/dna-family-secrets
A leading genetics expert from the University of Leicester is part of team seeking to solve ‘DNA Family Secrets’ for a new primetime programme on the BBC.
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Common childhood eye disorder is best treated by patching earlier, new study shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/lazy-eye
Most children with a ‘lazy eye’ benefit from earlier patching, new research by University of Leicester experts show
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Space firm behind pioneering ‘shoebox-sized laboratory’ comes to Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/frontier-shoebox-laboratory
Frontier Space Technologies is the latest company on the European Space Agency – Business Incubation Centre for the United Kingdom (ESA-BIC UK) programme at Space Park Leicester, the University of Leicester’s pioneering £100 million science and innovation park
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University research plays ‘vital role’ in fighting climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/climate-exp0
Professor Susan Page, from the University of Leicester’s School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, shared leading research into using peatland environments to capture carbon as one form of nature-based solution.
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University of Leicester graduate-turned-diplomat returns to receive honorary award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/honorand-karen-mae-hill
A diplomat who used her degree as a springboard to a successful career has returned to the University of Leicester to receive an Honorary Doctorate.
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University of Leicester partners with The Audience Agency on innovative AI project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/audience-agency
The University of Leicester is working with mission-led charity The Audience Agency on an exciting new Artificial Intelligence project.
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Five year study reveals “unacceptable” inequalities in stillbirth rates between Black, Asian and White babies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/bmj-stillbirth
Researchers say around 1,800 stillbirths could have been prevented between 2014 and 2019 if ethnic inequalities did not exist - a 12% reduction in the number of stillbirths Enquiry underway into the quality of care provision for Black and Asian mothers whose babies...
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Tectonic shift in Southern Ocean caused dramatic ancient cooling event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/antarctica-tectonics
The study was led by Dr Isabel Sauermilch, researcher at the University of Tasmania and Utrecht University, and shows that these events were much more closely linked than previously thought.
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Ancient skeleton provides the earliest evidence of a pet cat in Kazakhstan
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/cat-skull
Uncovered in an urban settlement in Dzhankent, Kazakhstan, the analysis of the ancient animal skeleton shows this to be the first domesticated cat (Felis catus) found in the region.
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Engineer creates open-source ventilator for COVID-19 patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/ventilator
A University of Leicester-based engineer has created an innovative new ventilator designed to help COVID-19 patients.