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University involved in project to help children with asthma
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Owlstone Medical, a diagnostics company, has announced it has developed and received CE mark approval for a paediatric version of the company’s...
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Written in the stars TV and radio science presenter Professor Jim AlKhalili to discuss the role of determinism in our universe
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Do you consider your actions the result of free will, or of a preordained path we are destined to follow? At the Institute of Physics 2018...
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A brace of Times Higher Education Awards nominations for Leicester
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University shortlisted for Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and DataPoints Merit Award The University of...
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Indonesian peat fire carbon emissions vary considerably based on fire type study shows
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Carbon emissions caused by burning tropical peatlands in Indonesia vary considerably depending on if the fires are initial or recurrent, according...
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Leicester geneticist involved in internet for DNA
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Scientists at the University of Leicester are playing a central role in the development of what is being described as ‘an internet for DNA’.
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Scientists unraveling the mosaic of the human brain
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Researchers have shed new light on how neurons in the brain communicate with one another.
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Universities spearhead event to encourage more medical students from non-traditional backgrounds
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Young people from any secondary school can become a doctor: that’s the message that a conference organised by the Universities of Leicester and...
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Leicester announces four new research institutes to drive global research excellence
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Our University has announced it is establishing four new research institutes.
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How maths drives Formula One and launches Angry Birds
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Tapping at mobile phone games, waking up to sunlight on a pleasant morning or watching a Formula One race – such experiences are at the heart of...
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University of Leicester Mathematician accorded title of Pioneer at Â鶹APP Conference
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Professor Alexander Gorban, a mathematician from our University, has been accorded the title of Pioneer of Russian Neuroinformatics.