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Leicestershire girls challenged to uncover the story behind Richard III
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Thousands of girls from across Leicestershire are being challenged to find out more about King Richard III as part of an innovative new badge from...
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Beagle 2 lander found on Mars
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The UK-led Beagle 2 was due to land on Mars on 25 December 2003. The spacecraft was ejected from Mars Express on 19 December 2003.
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Researchers identify July 16 1945 as key time boundary in the history of the Earth
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Humans are having such a significant impact on the Earth that they are changing its geology, creating new and distinctive strata that will persist...
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From air travel getting safer to the doublestandards of sex tourism
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In the latest in a series of opinion pieces Dr Simon Bennett from the Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning has written an article for The...
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Link between hibernation in animals and Alzheimers prevention identified
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Research by scientists at the Medical Research Council’s Toxicology Unit, based at the University, has identified a protective mechanism that...
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Never too late to learn what motivates mature students to return to learning
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A new project has been awarded funding from the College of Social Science Research Development Fund to investigate the motivations and...
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New Exoplanet-hunting Telescopes worked on by Leicester scientists
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A new project involving University scientists will search for transiting exoplanets — planets that pass in front of their parent star and hence...
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Traumatised children worldwide to be helped by major project
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Professor Panos Vostanis from the Greenwood Institute of Child Health based at the University's School of Psychology will be embarking on a global...
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First worldwide patient recruited to kidney study
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A team of Leicester researchers is conducting a number of clinical trials in different types of kidney disease and has recently started a study...
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Thousands of families devastated by heart attacks in East Midlands
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Heart attacks are devastating thousands of families across the East Midlands according to a new survey by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) ahead...