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Accuracy of web-based news
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/20/accuracy-of-web-based-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 20, 2015 How news websites spread rumours Lies, Damn Lies and Viral Content – a new report from the Tow Center examines the role of journalists .
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Human Rights Web Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/04/human-rights-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2013 http://hrwa.cul.columbia.
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World’s first picture of the molecular machinery that makes cilia beat
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/cilia
A picture of the structures that power human cilia – the tiny, hairlike projections that line our airways, has been produced by scientists for the first time.
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James Webb Space Telescope’s coolest instrument captures Large Magellanic Cloud
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/04/28/james-webb-space-telescopes-coolest-instrument-captures-large-magellanic-cloud/
The UK’s main contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), has now opened its eye to the sky.
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Sports scholar picked for Tokyo Paralympic squad
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/nick-cummins-paralympic-squad
University of Leicester History PhD student and sports scholar Nick Cummins has been selected in Great Britain’s Wheelchair Rugby squad for this summer’s rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
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Stonewall 50th commemoration web archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/02/stonewall-50th-commemoration-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2019 Just launched by Columbia University, a searchable web archive of 50 th anniversary commemorations of the Stonewall uprising. The Stonewall uprising a key event in LGBT history.
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Web archive of 800 art resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/02/web-archive-of-800-art-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 2, 2023 Collaborative ART Archive (CARTA) Portal Launched Supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the National Endowment for the Humanities, this site provides access to an...
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The University of Leicester to take part in ERA 2 Initiative
https://le.ac.uk/sustainable-materials-processing/news/the-university-of-leicester-to-take-part-in-era-2-initiative
The University of Leicester School of Chemistry and the Materials Centre are to take part in the new Energy Research Accelerator (ERA) initiative, ERA-2.
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Threatened news outlets web archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/09/threatened-news-outlets-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2018 The Freedom of the Press Foundation launched in November 2017 a collection on Archive.
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Leicester space scientists celebrate the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/jwst-launch
Amongst other things, it will be able to see the first galaxies that formed after the Big Bang, along with studying planet formation around distant stars.