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  • 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 .

  • PhD research graduates to share cutting-edge research at first Doctoral Inaugural Lectures of 2018

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/phd-research-graduates-to-share-cutting-edge-research-at-first-doctoral-inaugural-lectures-of-2018

    Two new Doctors from our University will share their research at the first Doctoral Inaugural Lectures of 2018.

  • New videos help mark 50th anniversary of Department of Media and Communication

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/new-videos-help-mark-50th-anniversary-of-department-of-media-and-communication

    2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the University's Centre for Mass Communication Research – the first Centre of its kind studying mass communication and birthplace of the UK’s first media and communications Master’s degree.

  • Medical research paper gains over 1000 citations

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/medical-research-paper-gains-over-1000-citations

    A key medical research paper published in 2003 led by Tim Coats MD FRCS FFAEM, Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Emergency Medicine Academic Group and Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at the University, has received more than 1,000 citations.

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