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• Booker Prize-winner to join Literary Leicester Festival

  Date: 5 Mar 2021

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  Booker Prize-winner Marlon James will be headlining the revival of the Literary Leicester Festival.

• Virtual clinical trials could revolutionise the way new drugs are developed

  Date: 5 Mar 2021

  /news/2021/march/in-silico-lung

  New cutting-edge research undertaken at the University of Leicester could revolutionise the way new drugs are developed and the way patients are...

• Research identifies impact of teenage screen use

  Date: 5 Mar 2021

  /news/2021/march/screen-use

  Two thirds of children use more than one screen at the same time after school, in the evenings and at weekends as part of increasingly sedentary...

• New East Midlands Freeport will help unlock Leicester’s economic potential

  Date: 4 Mar 2021

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  Â鶹APP has today welcomed the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s announcement that East Midlands Airport is to become one of the...

• Weight loss drug hope for patients with type 2 diabetes

  Date: 3 Mar 2021

  /news/2021/march/weight-loss-drug-hope

  Patients with type 2 diabetes that were treated with a weekly injection of the breakthrough drug Semaglutide were able to achieve an average...

• Leicester celebrates British Science Week with top five innovations

  Date: 3 Mar 2021

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  Â鶹APP is celebrating this year’s theme for British Science Week (5-14 March 2021), ‘Innovating for the Future’, by...

• Genetics expert solves family mysteries for new TV series

  Date: 25 Feb 2021

  /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...

• Nuclear expert sheds light on ‘War Factories’

  Date: 23 Feb 2021

  /news/2021/february/war-factories

  A nuclear expert from the University of Leicester has featured on a new UKTV documentary covering the industry of conflict.

• New scheme seeks to help young students realise STEM potential

  Date: 19 Feb 2021

  /news/2021/february/levelling-up-access

  Sixth Form students from across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are being offered a stepping stone to a STEM degree under a new scheme.

• NASA Mars Rover set for touchdown on Red Planet

  Date: 18 Feb 2021

  /news/2021/february/mars-rover

  Space scientists around the world will hold their breath on Thursday as NASA’s latest mission to Mars attempts a daring landing on the Red Planet.