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Animals’ ‘sixth sense’ more widespread than previously thought
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/animal-magnetic
A study using fruit flies, led by researchers at The Universities of Leicester and Manchester, suggests the animal world’s ability to sense a magnetic field may be more widespread than previously thought.
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Leicester scientists take their research to Parliament
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-scientist-takes-her-research-to-parliament
Chemistry students at the University of Leicester will be attending Parliament to present their chemistry research to a range of politicians and a panel of expert judges, as part of STEM for BRITAIN on Monday 13 March.
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Video gallery of the Attenboroughs at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/attenboroughs/video-gallery
View the University of Leicester’s video gallery of Sir David Attenborough, Lord Richard Attenborough and Michael Attenborough OBE
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Research Involving Animals – Division of Biomedical Services
https://le.ac.uk/dbs
Research Involving Animals – Division of Biomedical Services unit houses the animals used for research and testing.
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Queer Diasporas: Islam, Homosexuality and a Micropolitics of Dissent
https://le.ac.uk/english/research/research-projects/past-projects/queer-diasporas
The Queer Diasporas project ran from September 2014 - August 2017. The study’s main aim was to challenge acerbic views on Muslim citizens by foregrounding their politically significant sexual dissidence.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 18 June 1 July
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-18-june-1-july
Professor Philip Shaw from the School of English has written an opinion piece for The Conversation where, two centuries after Waterloo, he discusses the famous painting commissioned by the Duke of Wellington after he triumphed over Napoleon.
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Fraud and Corruption blog #1: Fraud and Corruption in the Classroom – Kicking the big firm dependenc
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2019/11/05/fraud-and-corruption-in-the-classroom-kicking-the-big-firm-dependency-habit-by-dr-matthew-higgins/
Posted by Matthew Higgins in School of Business Blog on November 5, 2019 In this blog Dr Matthew Higgins discusses how we can teach fraud and corruption as a socio-political, cultural and economic issue, and provide practical tools and approaches that individuals can draw...
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Scientists invited to take advantage of leading high energy research centres
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/scientists-invited-to-take-advantage-of-leading-high-energy-research-centres
Our University is facilitating a Europe-wide programme that makes available some of the leading facilities in high energy astrophysics to scientists from around the world.
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10th November 2017 Sol 1871 – Scottish Quadrangle on Mars
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/11/10/10th-november-2017-sol-1871-scottish-quadrangle-on-mars/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 10, 2017 The field area for Curiosity along its traverse (currently nearly 18 km) is divided into a series of map qaudrangles. Each of these has outcrop and feature names based on a region of Earth e.g.
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Spice up your life How to tell real saffron from a fake
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/spice-up-your-life-how-to-tell-real-saffron-from-a-fake
Following the recent revival of saffron production in Spain, Professor Pat Heslop-Harrison from the Department of Genetics has outlined some of the key ways to tell real saffron from fake, with the real deal providing a unique experience for the senses.