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James Webb Space Telescope makes first detection of heavy element from star merger
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/gamma-ray
Merger of neutron stars that generated an explosion that created a gamma-ray burst identified. Some of the rarest and most precious elements in nature are being produced by these very rare explosions.
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University economist delivers keynote speech on the recovery of banks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/university-economist-delivers-keynote-speech-on-the-recovery-of-banks
An academic from the University’s School of Business delivered the final keynote at the Twelfth Asia-Pacific High-level Meeting in Bali, Indonesia on 22-23 March.
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Geneticist roped into abseiling challenge for charity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/geneticist-roped-into-abseiling-challenge-for-charity
Many people climb new heights for charity, but one of our geneticists will be descending instead, very carefully, down a sheer drop to support his cause.
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Will Norton
https://le.ac.uk/people/will-norton
The academic profile of Dr Will Norton, Associate Professor of Animal Biology at University of Leicester
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Gerald Saldanha
https://le.ac.uk/people/gerald-saldanha
The academic profile of Professor Gerald Saldanha, Consultant Histopathologist / Hon Professor at University of Leicester
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Ruth Godfrey
https://le.ac.uk/people/ruth-godfrey
The academic profile of Other Ruth Godfrey, Education Officer - Botanic Garden at University of Leicester
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Richard Gornall
https://le.ac.uk/people/richard-gornall
The academic profile of Dr Richard Gornall, Honorary Curator of the Herbarium at University of Leicester
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Carbon monitoring mission using Leicester expertise ready for launch
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/microcarb
National Centre for Earth Observation scientists based at University of Leicester and University of Edinburgh are leading the UK science for European mission MicroCarb, which has completed assembly and qualification in the UK.
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Professor of Medical Education saves man’s life when he collapses at chess match.
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/cardiac-arrest
When Richard Hanscombe collapsed in the middle of a chess match following a cardiac arrest, he was lucky enough to have a trained GP from the University of Leicester by his side.
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Longer-term organ abnormalities confirmed in some post-hospitalised COVID patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/mri
A study looking at the longer-term impact of COVID-19 has found that nearly a third of patients displayed abnormalities in multiple organs five months after infection, some of which have been shown through previous work to be evidence of tissue damage.