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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.

• Research reveals new insights into solidification cracking during welding of steel

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/research-reveals-new-insights-into-solidification-cracking-during-welding-of-steel

  New research led by our University has made a novel breakthrough in understanding how solidification cracking occurs during the welding of steel, an important engineering alloy.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Geology at Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/geology

  We provide a friendly, dynamic and supportive environment in which to learn about the evolution of our planet from geoscientists at the forefront of their field. Our teaching is led by our research and our staff are recognised internationally for their expertise.

• Geriatric Emergency Medicine

  https://le.ac.uk/gem

  We have been studying acute and emergency care for older people for over ten years, and have undertaken a number of large-scale research and quality improvement projects.