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New study will reveal how a decade of disadvantage has affected lived experiences of hate crime
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Researchers at the University of Leicester will assess how major social, political and economic changes in Britain over the last decade have...
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Toolkit to tackle potentially deadly opioid over prescription to be rolled out across parts of England
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Leicester researchers are working with NHS partners in the East of England to lead the way in delivering the NHS’ goal of halving the amount of...
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Arctic rocket launch could uncover unique features of Earth’s life-sustaining atmosphere
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A Leicester expert in space weather has helped launch a NASA mission from deep within the Arctic Circle which could uncover unique features of our...
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Leicester research now ranked Top 30 in the UK (Times Higher Education analysis of REF 2021)
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Â鶹APP has made one of the biggest climbs of any UK university in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, published on...
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Large-scale study suggests under 45s and women more likely to gain weight and jump a BMI category during COVID-19 lockdown
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A large-scale study of almost a million UK adults led by Leicester researchers has revealed that under 45s and women were more likely to gain...
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Leicester to host first UK screening of acclaimed documentary
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Â鶹APP will host the first UK screening of an internationally-acclaimed documentary telling the story of a young woman’s...
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Nuclear expert cautions against unfamiliar new nuclear age
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High-tech advances in weapons technologies and a return of ‘great power nuclear politics’, risk the world ‘sleepwalking’ into a nuclear age vastly...
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Stop the clocks: Brisk walking may slow biological ageing process, study shows
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A new study of genetic data published today (Wednesday) of more than 400,000 UK adults has revealed a clear link between walking pace and a...
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Research reveals human-driven changes to distinctive foraging patterns in North Pacific Ocean
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The first large-scale study of its kind has uncovered more than 4,000 years’ worth of distinctive foraging behaviour in a species once driven to...
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Leicester space scientists celebrate milestone moment for James Webb Space Telescope
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The cooling down of the UK’s main contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope has been hailed as a milestone moment by its creators at the...