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Drugs legislation requires review, says academic
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The main piece of legislation used to combat illegal drug use in the UK is no longer fit for purpose, according to a leading criminologist at the...
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University of Leicester receives grant from Movember to help develop peer support programme for senior leaders in UK Police Force
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Up to 250 police superintendents across police forces in England and Wales will soon benefit from a peer support programme designed to support...
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Leicester scholars co-host international workshop to tackle SDGs
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Engineering students and materials researchers based at the University of Leicester have joined forces with peers in China to help tackle two of...
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AI breakthrough could save lives through disease prediction and prevention
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Artificial intelligence (AI) could help predict how an individual patient’s illness will progress and what treatment will be most successful to...
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Thrown to the Lions? New evidence revealed for the use of lions during executions in Roman Britain
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Archaeologists in Leicester have discovered an elaborately-decorated Roman bronze key handle portraying the execution of captives in the arena by...
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Leicester leads the way against COVID-19
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Âé¶¹APP remains one of the top UK universities in terms of the global impact of its COVID-19 research, and has been nationally...
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Space scientists reveal secret behind Jupiter’s ‘energy crisis’
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New research published in Nature has revealed the solution to Jupiter’s ‘energy crisis’, which has puzzled astronomers for decades.
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Sea levels influence eruptions on Santorini
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The rise and fall of sea levels influence the likelihood of volcanic eruptions on the Greek island of Santorini, new research published in Nature...
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Award-winning satellite ecosystem protection project developed by Leicester researchers showcased to Kenyan President
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An award-winning satellite project developed by researchers at the University of Leicester with support from the National Centre for Earth...
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Leicester scientists look to Venus for close-range BepiColombo flyby
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Planetary scientists at the University of Leicester are braced for a flood of new data from one of the closest-ever flybys of Venus.