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Talking points a range of topics tackled by academics this week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/talking-points-a-range-of-topics-tackled-by-academics-this-week
Despite promises of ‘ultrafast’ broadband services in the latest Budget announcement, Dr Bianca Reisdorf from the Department of Media and Communications and Anne-Marie Oostveen from the University of Oxford reflect on how we have yet to see the results of previous promises of...
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University researchers show juices from damaged salad leaves massively stimulate Salmonella growth and salad leaf colonisation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/university-researchers-show-juices-from-damaged-salad-leaves-massively-stimulate-salmonella-growth-and-salad-leaf-colonisation
Investigations by Leicester microbiologists have revealed that just a small amount of damage to salad leaves can massively stimulate the presence of the food poisoning bug Salmonella in ready-prepared salad leaves.
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The baseball cap: a symbol of pathological consumption?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/baseball-cap
Read the article The baseball cap: a symbol of pathological consumption? This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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About Arch-I-Scan
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/new-approaches-to-the-material-world/arch-i-scan/about-arch-i-scan
Discover more about Arch-I-Scan Ceramic finewares are the most essential evidence for investigating the socio-cultural practices of eating and drinking across the Roman world and constitute some of the most extensive archaeological remains.
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Genetics expert solves family mysteries for new TV series
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/dna-family-secrets
A leading genetics expert from the University of Leicester is part of team seeking to solve ‘DNA Family Secrets’ for a new primetime programme on the BBC.
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Space firm behind pioneering ‘shoebox-sized laboratory’ comes to Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/frontier-shoebox-laboratory
Frontier Space Technologies is the latest company on the European Space Agency – Business Incubation Centre for the United Kingdom (ESA-BIC UK) programme at Space Park Leicester, the University of Leicester’s pioneering £100 million science and innovation park
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University research plays ‘vital role’ in fighting climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/climate-exp0
Professor Susan Page, from the University of Leicester’s School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, shared leading research into using peatland environments to capture carbon as one form of nature-based solution.
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Danielle Brown bookings
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View the fitness timetable for the Danielle Brown sports centre.
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Love Island, body image and mental health
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/love-island-body-image-and-mental-health/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 Reality TV ? Does it harm mental health With the recent death of Love Island reality TV presenter Caroline Flack we have been reminded that a number of contestants on the show have...