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• A chance to talk about gibbeting and hanging in France? Yes, please! By Emma Battell Lowman

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/02/22/parlons-du-gibbet-en-france/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on February 22, 2016   One of the joys of academic work is participating in study days or workshops that bring together a diverse group of scholars to approach a theme or issue from multiple vantage.

• Scientists explore complex pattern of tipping points in the Atlantic’s current system

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/atlantic-tipping-points

  New mathematical modelling by University of Leicester of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation – a system of ocean currents – shows greater complexity than previously thought, revealing a hierarchy of irreversible ‘tipping points’

• Population genetics for higher education

  https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/population-genetics/population-genetics-higher-education

  Population genetics is the study of genetic variation within populations. Find out more about the topic and what academic resources are available.

• Cosmic blast hunter SVOM to launch with optimal optics from Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/svom-mxt

  Mission to find gamma ray bursts is latest to use technology from University of Leicester in x-ray optics

• Pterosaurs needed feet on the ground to become giants

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/pterosaur

  University of Leicester study determines when and how pterosaurs went from tiny tree-climbers to towering terrestrial titans

• Obituary: Sir Michael Atiyah

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/14-obituary-sir-michael-atiyah

  Sir Michael Atiyah, who was widely regarded as Britain’s greatest mathematician, has died aged 89. Sir Michael was Chancellor of the University of Leicester between 1995 and 2005.

• New £10.4 million research centre will unlock new tests, treatments and cures for people living with rare kidney diseases

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/lifearc

  Thousands of people living with rare kidney disease will have access to improved diagnostics, treatments and potentially cures, thanks to the creation of a new research centre, involving experts from the University of Leicester

• Steve Rooney: Page 3

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/author/stephen_rooney/page/3/

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• Can smart t-shirt technology improve diagnosis of breathing disorders?

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/smart-technology-breathing-disorders-leicester

  Leicester researchers are testing whether an innovative smart t shirt can help clinicians more accurately diagnose breathing pattern disorders - a group of conditions that are difficult to identify using current methods.

• Congrats to new STFC Rutherford Fellow – Dr. Sánchez-Cano

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/04/26/congrats-to-new-stfc-rutherford-fellow-dr-sanchez-cano/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 April 2021 The School is celebrating the announcement that Dr. Beatriz Sanchez-Cano has been awarded a prestigious STFC Ernest Rutherford fellowship for her pioneering research in planetary science.