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• Archaeology of Islamic Societies

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar3088

  Module code: AR3088 Who are the Muslims and what is their history? Is there an ‘Islamic’ culture, or indeed more than one? What is the place of the history of Islam in everybody’s history? How can archaeologists study Islamic societies? Islam originated in...

• Autograph Letter Collection

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/19/autograph-letter-collection/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 19, 2023 The LSE digital library is releasing its autograph letter collection online. The collection contains over 5,000 letters dating from 1851 to 1975.

• New project investigates sources of rare elements vital for solar power

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/new-project-investigates-sources-of-rare-elements-vital-for-solar-power

  University of Leicester scientists are leading an multinational team investigating better ways of recovering key materials for generating solar power. Solar power is one of the world's fastest-growing sources of electricity.

• Pioneering research by the University of Leicester into chronic kidney disease has received a £4 million boost

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/kidney-donation

  The Stoneygate Trust and the University of Leicester are providing significant funding to turbocharge a number of key kidney research initiatives by renal experts

• ESA Living Planet Fellowship Success for Dr. Tim Trent

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/06/17/esa-living-planet-fellowship-success-for-dr-tim-trent/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 17 June 2020 Dr Tim Trent of Earth Observation Science group has won an ESA Living Planet Fellowship to investigate long-term changes in the hydrological cycle.

• The Adventures of Charles Letagne – A Salutary Tale of Ethical Responsibility

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2020/08/13/the-adventures-of-charles-letagne-a-salutary-tale-of-ethical-responsibility/

  Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on August 13, 2020 A former colleague, who I worked with in an academic context, derived great amusement from referring to a paper by the (imaginary) academic Charles Letagne.

• Research facility

  https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/research/biomarker-facility/research

  The van Geest grant will enable further interactions between scientists and clinicians in a dedicated cardiovascular research centre, where detailed studies of a patient’s protein and metabolite make-up will complement their clinical and demographic data, and in combination...

• Study creates first 3D vision of cancer target

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-creates-first-3d-vision-of-cancer-target

  A team from the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology has for the first time published a detailed description of a protein linked to many types of cancer. The lab-based study now provides an opportunity for scientists to develop drugs to target this protein.

• ESA space education conference declared a success

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/26-esa-conference-report

  Space education experts from across Europe gathered at the University last week for the third European Space Agency Symposium on Space Educational Activities.

• Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro taught by Leicester alumnus Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-alumni-sir-malcolm-stanley-bradbury-taught-nobel-prize-winner-for-2017-kazuo-ishiguro

  This morning, British writer Kazuo Ishiguro was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Ishiguro is a novelist, screenwriter and short story writer.