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• Frank, the Double Duchesse

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/11/08/frank-the-double-duchesse/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on November 8, 2016 Amongst the contents of the Fairclough Collection of engraved portraits, relating to political and social history in 17 th century Britain, we have recently discovered this delicately executed...

• Masai charity mission for Mazin

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/masaai-charity-mission-for-mazin

  Final year Medical Genetics student Mazin Mirza (pictured) is planning to live amongst the Masaai tribespeople of Kenya and raise money for charity.

• Motor Cities

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/motor-cities

  Leverhulme Research Project Grant (£154,757) October 2011-September 2014 Professor Simon Gunn and Dr Susan Townsend (University of Nottingham) In the last half century the automobile has transformed life in cities across much of the globe, offering unprecedented freedom...

• Research suggests people with forms of earlyonset Parkinsons disease may benefit from boosting niacin in diet

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/research-suggests-people-with-forms-of-early-onset-parkinson2019s-disease-may-benefit-from-boosting-niacin-in-diet

  People with certain forms of early-onset Parkinson’s disease may benefit from boosting the amount of niacin in their diet, according to new research from our University. Niacin, or Vitamin B3, is found in a variety of foods, including nuts and meat.

• Optometry MOptom General Optical Council Approval Process

  https://le.ac.uk/healthcare/optometry-goc-approval-process

  Full details of the Optometry General Optical Council Approval process at University of Leicester

• Breakthrough study reveals new insight into immortal plant cells

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/breakthrough-study-reveals-new-insight-into-201cimmortal201d-plant-cells

  A new study has revealed an undiscovered reprogramming mechanism that allows plants to maintain fitness down the generations.

• Planetary Atmospheres

  https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/planetary-science/planetary-atmospheres

  Planetary atmospheres exhibit an incredible diversity across the worlds of our Solar System, from the enormous hydrogen-rich atmospheres of the Gas Giants, to the terrestrial atmospheres of Venus, Earth, Mars and Titan, to the tenuous and thin air surrounding worlds like...

• New Directions in Drinking Studies Conference, 6-7 June 2015 – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/06/10/new-directions-in-drinking-studies-conference-6-7-june-2015/

  Summary of panel on Alcohol and Authenticity at the New Directions in Drinking Studies conference, 6-7 June 2015, University of Leicester. Papers on craft cider in contemporary Wales, marketing of Siberian Crown Russian beer, and pulque in 19th century and present day Mexico.

• Alcohol and Authenticity – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/01/24/alcohol-and-authenticity/

  Discussion of alcohol and authenticity as a research theme within Drinking Studies Network, related conferences, and an edited volume Biographies of Drink (CSP, 2015)

• Research suggests fraud blindness is rampant in business and organisations

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/research-suggests-fraud-blindness-is-rampant-in-business-and-organisations

  A collaboration between our University and experienced fraud investigators has resulted in research which could provide a breakthrough.