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• Dont try this at home How to make fireworks 17thcentury style

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/dont-try-this-at-home-how-to-make-fireworks-17th-century-style

  With Guy Fawkes night (5 November) and Diwali (11 November) on the horizon, the skies of Leicester will be lit up over the next few weeks by firework displays - and a rare book held within the University's Library sheds light on how 17th century fireworks were made.

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 22 30 April

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-22-29-april

  Dr Nibedita S Ray-Bennett from the Civil Safety and Security Unit has written a piece for Think: Leicester where she discusses how a well-co-ordinated national, international and community based effort is urgently needed to facilitate the recovery and restoration phases in Nepal.

• Expert reaction to study looking at air pollution and lung cancer survival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/expert-reaction-to-study-looking-at-air-pollution-and-lung-cancer-survival

  Professor Michael Peake (pictured), Honorary Consultant and Professor of Respiratory Medicine from the Institute for Lung Health has commented on new research suggesting that pollution may shorten lung cancer patients' lives.

• Doctor wins international award for social media and healthcare research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/doctor-wins-international-award-for-social-media-and-healthcare-research

  Dr Damian Roland (pictured), Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Health Sciences, has won an international award for his research into social media and healthcare.

• Influential black and minority ethnic scientists recognised for contributions to society

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/influential-black-and-minority-ethnic-scientists-recognised-for-contributions-to-society

  Leicester physicists are marking Black History Month by profiling the most influential BME scientists from both history and modern times.

• HeForShe celebrates two years of movement

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/heforshe-celebrates-two-years-of-movement

  To mark the second anniversary of UN Women’s HeForShe movement, world leaders, change-makers, activists and celebrities will unite at a special event hosted at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City later this evening.

• Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys is the god of forensic science says bestselling crime author in new video

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/patricia-cornwell-describes-impact-inventor-of-genetic-fingerprinting-has-had-on-her-career

  Bestselling crime writer Patricia Cornwell has paid tribute to the University of Leicester Professor who invented the technique of genetic fingerprinting during her visit to De Montfort Hall in Leicester to give a talk as part of the University Literary Leicester festival...

• University of Leicester to mark World Diabetes Day

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/university-of-leicester-to-mark-world-diabetes-day

  People are being invited to learn more about Type 2 diabetes from University experts at a specialist centre in Leicester to mark an international awareness campaign.

• Chicxulub crater study suggests asteroid impacts could create habitats for life

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/chicxulub-crater-study-suggests-asteroid-impacts-could-create-habitats

  Scientists studying a 65-million-year old crater in the Gulf of Mexico, caused by an asteroid impact, claim it could have provided a habitat for early life to take hold on earth.

• Queens Honour for University of Leicester PhD student

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/queens-honour-for-university-of-leicester-phd-student

  A University of Leicester postgraduate student is going to Buckingham Palace next month to be honoured by HM The Queen.