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• Sea levels influence eruptions on Santorini

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/santorini

  The rise and fall of sea levels influence the likelihood of volcanic eruptions on the Greek island of Santorini, new research published in Nature has discovered.

• Oadby telescope in black hole study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/oadby-telescope-in-black-hole-study

  A telescope in Oadby is playing a crucial part in observing a rare astronomical phenomenon. NASA's Swift satellite detected a rising tide of high-energy X-rays from the constellation Cygnus on June 15, just before 2:32 p.m. EDT.

• What can schools REALLY do about Andrew Tate?     

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2023/06/05/what-can-schools-really-do-about-andrew-tate/

  Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on June 5, 2023 By Di Levine Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Criminology and Visiting Research Associate (Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg) And Matteo...

• Ko-Fan Chen

  https://le.ac.uk/people/ko-fan-chen

  The academic profile of Dr Ko-Fan Chen, Lecturer in Neurogenetics at University of Leicester

• BRC Director chosen to receive international outstanding achievement award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/diabetes-ada-award-melanie-davies

  Director of the NIHR Leicester BRC, Professor Melanie Davies CBE, has been chosen to receive a 2025 National Scientific and Health Care Achievement Award from the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

• Literary Archives

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/04/25/1926/

  Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on April 25, 2019   The Secret Mystery of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾   Working in the archives, I often roll my eyes at newspaper headlines which report on archive material being ‘newly discovered’, suddenly...

• New project to help tailor cancer treatments for individual patients

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/new-project-to-help-tailor-cancer-treatments-for-individual-patients

  A new project led by Dr Julian Barwell (pictured) from the Department of Genetics hopes to help move the treatment of human disease from a 'one size fits all' approach to one of tailoring treatment to individual patients.

• Leicester health scientists contribute to report on childrens safety

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-health-scientists-contribute-to-report-on-children2019s-safety

  Health scientists from our University have contributed to major research on children’s safety.

• PhD student develops cancer survival prediction tool

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/phd-student-develops-cancer-survival-prediction-tool

  Researchers from the Department of Health Sciences have developed an online tool which presents a variety of measures that quantify the survival of patients with cancer from different perspectives.

• Research reveals devastating effect war has on childrens mental health

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/research-reveals-devastating-effect-war-has-on-children2019s-mental-health

  Violence and conflict in areas affected by war, such as Gaza, can have a devastating effect on the mental health of the children exposed to it, according to Professor Panos Vostanis from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour.