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New film reveals challenges behind lifting and conserving a Roman mosaic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/new-film-reveals-challenges-behind-lifting-and-conserving-a-roman-mosaic
A new film produced by our University showcases how archaeologists successfully lifted and conserved a Roman mosaic found in Leicester.
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The Historical Genetics of the Cotentin Peninsula
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-impact-of-diasporas-on-the-making-of-britain/related-projects/the-historical-genetics-of-the-cotentin-peninsula
Academic partners This project is being carried out by Dr Richard Jones and Dr Turi King, in partnership with Professor Pierre Bauduin.
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Current view on origins of Parkinsons disease challenged by new findings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/current-view-on-origins-of-parkinson2019s-disease-challenged-by-new-findings
The neurodegeneration that occurs in Parkinson’s disease is a result of stress on the endoplasmic reticulum in the cell rather than failure of the mitochondria as previously thought, according to a study in fruit flies.
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Introducing SKYLARK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/26/introducing-skylark/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 October 2020 The SKYLARK rocket dominates our newly-revamped foyer in the School of Physics and Astronomy. This blog post provides some of the history of Leicester’s involvement in the SKYLARK project.
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Spying on Curiosity and Detecting Methane above the Clay Unit in Gale Crater Sol 2424
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2019/06/27/spying-on-curiosity-and-detecting-methane-above-the-clay-unit-in-gale-crater-sol-2424/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 27, 2019 Around this locality in the Clay Unit of Gale Crater we have been doing more methane measurements with the SAM instrument. This highlights the enigmatic nature of Mars’ atmospheric methane.
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Five Voices Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/grassroutes/five-voices
The Grassroutes Commission took 'transcultural Leicestershire' as its theme. It was awarded to Anita Sivakumaran for a poetry sequence called Five Voices Leicester. The commission is now complete.
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Expedition 313: New Jersey Shelf
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2009-10/new-jersey
April 2009 continuing to July 2009 Unravelling global sea level changes from the effects of subsidence and sediment supply requires a fundamental understanding of passive margin sedimentation.
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Prolific Shakespearean actor Michael Pennington to take part in Literary Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/prolific-shakespearean-actor-and-recent-king-lear-michael-pennington-to-take-part-in-literary-leicester
Eminent stage actor, writer and director Michael Pennington will be delivering a talk and Q&A at our Literary Leicester festival on 16 November. Renowned for his performance as King Lear in New York 2014, Michael reprised the role for a major UK tour in 2016.
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Student study shows the most powerful Pokémon companion and how fast you could catch em all
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/student-study-shows-the-most-powerful-pokemon-companion-and-how-fast-you-could-2018catch-2018em-all2019
27 February marks the 20th anniversary of Pokémon, the global franchise many may remember from their youth.
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New research shows increasing numbers of people in England with a common mental health condition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/adult-psychiatric-survey-leicester
Figures from Part I of the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS), show an increase in poor mental health, up from 17.6% in 2007 to 22.6% in 2023/24 according to the University of Leicester