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• Medical imaging technology goes under the lens

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/medical-imaging-technology-goes-under-the-lens

  A PhD student examining how space technology can be used in healthcare has been interviewed about her work.

• Students awaken the science of Star Wars

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/students-awaken-the-science-of-star-wars

  Could a lightsaber really work? What would hyperspace travel look like? And how strong would a deflector shield need to be to fend off interstellar attacks? These are all questions that Star Wars fans have been asking for decades, and now that The Force Awakens has been...

• Royal Society picture portraits of eminent scientists

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/royal-society-picture-portraits-for-eminent-scientists

  Two leading University scientists, Professors Ken Pounds and Stan Cowley from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, have been photographed by Anne Purkiss for the Royal Society Picture Library.

• Carbon legacy goes up in smoke

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/carbon-legacy-goes-up-in-smoke

  It reads like a movie script – ash falling from the sky, thick smoke shutting down airports and businesses, road closures trapping remote northern villages.

• Social media to create earlywarning systems to combat future disasters

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/social-media-to-create-2018early-warning-systems2019-to-combat-future-disasters

  Researchers from the Department of Media and Communication are examining how communities can use social media to improve their resilience to both human-made and natural disasters – such as the recent Nepal earthquake or the sinking of ships that left thousands...

• Research shows women who feel more at risk of crime also prefer physically dominant partners

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/research-shows-women-who-feel-more-at-risk-of-crime-also-prefer-physically-dominant-partners

  Women who prefer physically formidable and dominant mates (PPFDM) tend to feel more at risk of crime regardless of the situation or risk factors present, according to researchers from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour.

• Ancient chimpanzee Adam lived over one million years ago

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/ancient-chimpanzee-2018adam2019-lived-over-one-million-years-ago

  Chimpanzees have an ancient common ancestor – or genetic ‘Adam’ - that lived over one million years ago, according to a research team led by Professor Mark Jobling from the Department of Genetics.

• Expert opinions cover Irish aspects in Brexit Muhammad Alis legacy media portrayal of WAGS and conspiracy theories

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/expert-opinions-cover-irish-aspects-in-brexit-muhammad-alis-legacy-and-media-portrayal-of-wags

  Professor Bernard Ryan from the School of Law has written an article for the Free Movement website discussing the implications of UK withdrawal from the EU for immigration policy and nationality law and the Irish aspects.

• University to host Distinguished Harvard Professor for prestigious lecture

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/university-to-host-distinguished-harvard-professor-for-prestigious-lecture

  A Harvard Professor will be coming to the University of Leicester to give a prestigious public lecture named in memory of the famous British mathematician G.H. Hardy in recognition of his outstanding contributions to mathematics.

• Forbes names Leicester academic in list of prodigious stars changing the world

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/forbes-names-leicester-academic-in-list-of-prodigious-stars-changing-the-world

  A researcher from our Department of Geology has been named to Forbes’ second annual ‘30 Under 30 Europe’ list in the Science and Healthcare Category.