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Managing older people in emergency settings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/managing-older-people-in-emergency-settings
The challenges and solutions in for clinicians dealing with older people in emergency settings will be explored in a course designed fill gaps in knowledge and understanding.
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Project to provide vital maths support for teenagers born very prematurely
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/making-sense-of-maths-vital-support-for-teenagers-born-very-prematurely
An award-winning research team led by Dr Samantha Johnson (pictured) from the Department of Health Sciences is developing a web-based e-learning programme to help teenagers who were born very prematurely with vital maths skills.
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Leicester Professor elected Chairman of the Board of the British Journal of Anaesthesia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-professor-elected-chairman-of-the-board-of-the-british-journal-of-anaesthesia
Professor David Lambert (pictured) of the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences has been elected to Chair the Board of the British Journal of Anaesthesia (BJA). The BJA is the #1 journal in category with an impact factor of 5.616.
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Student study investigates how lasers can control lightning
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/student-study-investigates-how-lasers-can-control-lightning
Physics students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy have investigated the possibility of inducing, directing and controlling lightning strikes using lasers.
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Study suggests millions of modern men are descendants of 11 dynastic leaders
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/genetic-study-suggests-millions-of-modern-are-descendants-of-11-asian-dynastic-leaders
A team of geneticists led by Professor Mark Jobling from the Department of Genetics has discovered that millions of modern Asian men are descended from 11 powerful dynastic leaders, including Mongolian warlord Genghis Khan, who lived up to 4,000 years ago.
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Expert comment Has the Olympic Games caught up with the modern world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/expert-comment-has-the-olympic-games-caught-up-with-the-modern-world
Despite greater representation of women in the Rio Olympics than in previous years, anachronisms and gender divisions still remain, according to John Williams from the Department of Sociology.
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Award recognises pivotal role in UK space science
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/award-recognises-pivotal-role-in-uk-space-science
Professor Alan Wells (pictured) from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has been honoured by the Royal Astronomical Society with the 2016 Service Award for Astronomy. The RAS today announced the 2016 winners of its awards, medals and prizes.
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Heart professor stars in BBC documentary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/heart-professor-stars-in-bbc-documentary
A leading Leicester professor is to appear in a BBC documentary after finding a link between red meat and heart disease. Professor Toru Suzuki (pictured) from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences was asked to conduct an experiment looking at how steak affects the body.
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Leicester students produce pedal powered cinema
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-students-produce-pedal-powered-cinema
A team of engineering students (pictured) has produced a bicycle powered generator which could power a 55 watt projector for the time required to watch a movie.
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Supply of GPs and detection of hypertension in England associated with premature mortality rates
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/supply-of-gps-and-detection-of-hypertension-in-england-associated-with-premature-mortality-rates
General practitioner numbers appear to have a small but important influence on premature mortality rates in England, according to research led by Professor Richard Baker from the Department of Health Sciences.