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• Leicester scientist features in Canadian-British documentary providing new insights into life and death of Jumbo the elephant

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-scientist-features-in-canadian-british-documentary-providing-new-insights-into-life-and-death-of-jumbo-the-elephant

  New insights into the life and mysterious death of Jumbo the elephant – a celebrity animal superstar whose story is said to have inspired the film ‘Dumbo’ – will be revealed in an international documentary featuring Dr Richard Thomas (pictured) from our School of...

• New research uncovers secrets of space’s mysterious black holes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/black-hole-vs-white-dwarf

  X-ray: NASA/CXO/CSIC-INTA/G.Miniutti et al.; Illustration: NASA/CXC/M. Weiss;|Scientists have uncovered clues into the reasons why mysterious black holes grow in size, after discovering an amazing struggle between a star and a black hole 250,000 light years away.

• Declining local paper sales are a danger to democracy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/local-papers

  Action needs to be taken to prevent a crisis for local democracy as a result of the dramatic decline in local press readership, a Leicester academic told BBC listeners this week.

• Statement from our President and Vice-Chancellor

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/statement-from-vice-chancellor

  A statement from President and Vice Chancellor, Nishan Canagarajah, outlining support for students and staff as we prepare to enter our second national lockdown.

• New trial could transform heart health of dialysis patients

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/dialysis

  A new trial with the potential to transform the heart health of patients with kidney failure has today been launched by the University of Leicester, the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and British Heart Foundation (BHF).

• New approach to coronavirus testing could curb spread of virus

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/28-coronavirus-masks

  Coronavirus masks man in white coat in a lab holding a mask|A new approach to testing for coronavirus (COVID19) is to be trialled by researchers here at the University of Leicester, which could determine whether a person is infectious or not – even before symptoms are present.

• Crosscultural dialogue around themes of home belonging and refuge at Journeys in Translation event

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/cross-cultural-dialogue-around-themes-of-home-belonging-and-refuge-at-2018journeys-in-translation2019-event

  On Thursday 23 November, an event hosted by the Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies (LeCTIS) will explore the unifying aspects of poetry and translation.

• Giant storms cause palpitations in Saturns atmospheric heartbeat

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/giant-storms-cause-palpitations-in-saturn2019s-atmospheric-heartbeat

  Immense northern storms on Saturn can disturb atmospheric patterns at the planet’s equator, finds the international Cassini mission in a study led by Dr Leigh Fletcher from our Department of Physics and Astronomy and published in Nature Astronomy.

• Diabetes risk score translation event taking place in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/diabetes-risk-score-translation-event-taking-place-in-leicester

  An event to launch the translation of a Type 2 diabetes risk assessment tool into two South Asian languages takes place in Leicester next week.

• Expert opinions cover World Cancer Day Brexit and Donald Trump

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/expert-opinions-cover-world-cancer-day-brexit-and-donald-trump

  Dr Leah Bassel from the School of Media, Communication and Sociology has discussed the Casey review and immigration in an article for Discover Society.