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  • Carbon legacy goes up in smoke

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/carbon-legacy-goes-up-in-smoke

    It reads like a movie script – ash falling from the sky, thick smoke shutting down airports and businesses, road closures trapping remote northern villages.

  • Groundbreaking breath test for lung cancer in clinical trial

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/ground-breaking-breath-test-for-lung-cancer-in-clinical-trial

    A clinical trial led by Leicester respiratory experts into a potentially ground-breaking ‘breath test’ to detect lung cancer is set to get underway at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester.

  • Students Union pays tribute to victims of the Paris terror attacks

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/students-union-pay-tribute-to-victims-of-the-paris-terror-attacks

    People gathered at the Clock Tower in Leicester on Sunday evening to remember those killed and injured in the Paris terrorist attacks on Friday 13 November.

  • Leicester scientists to unlock the secrets of the biological clock

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/leicester-scientists-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-the-biological-clock

    A new study led by the University of Leicester will investigate the how the length of tiny pieces of DNA called telomeres play a part in the biological ageing process.

  • Understanding election coverage using Big data

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/understanding-election-coverage-using-big-data

    Researchers from our Department of Media and Communication, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, have for the first time analysed mass media coverage to understand how elections are covered by the press.

  • Molecules in processed foods could unlock key to healthier diets

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/molecules-in-processed-foods-could-unlock-key-to-healthier-diets

    Our favourite foods could be made healthier thanks to a new technique developed by researchers from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences which has identified harmful bacterial molecules in certain processed foods such as burgers and ready meals.

  • Ancient chimpanzee Adam lived over one million years ago

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/ancient-chimpanzee-2018adam2019-lived-over-one-million-years-ago

    Chimpanzees have an ancient common ancestor – or genetic ‘Adam’ - that lived over one million years ago, according to a research team led by Professor Mark Jobling from the Department of Genetics.

  • Research shows new way lungs respond in asthma attacks

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/research-shows-new-way-lungs-respond-in-asthma-attacks

    A team led by Professor Andrew Tobin (Department of Molecular and Cell Biology) and Dr Yassine Amrani (Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation) has discovered a new way in which the lungs operate during asthma that could lead to new treatments for...

  • Centenary celebrations

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2025/05/21/centenary-celebrations/

    Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 21 May 2025 Physics starting out in 1925 in the ‘Main Building’ (Photo credit: Liz Blood) The first students to study physics at what was then University College, Leicester were enrolled in 1925.

  • Wednesday 15th August Sol 10

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/16/wednesday-15th-august-sol-10/

    Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 16, 2012 As we study images of places never seen before I get the full  sense of the excitement of exploration that early explorers on Earth must have felt as they encountered new lands .

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