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• The Bulletin - Leicester receives funding for ground-breaking research

  Date: 6 Jun 2016

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  In this episode of The Bulletin from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ News Centre: Hear why the university is receiving funding for groundbreaking...

• Leicester student research stories rated most out of left field in May

  Date: 1 Jun 2016

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  The feasibility of crying a river and the plausibility of spells in the Harry Potter universe are the top two most interesting University research...

• The Boy Who Lived Students put the science of Harry Potters universe to the test

  Date: 26 May 2016

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  In the world of Harry Potter the young wizard undergoes two magical biological transformations: eating Gillyweed to grow gills in order to breathe...

• Student duo strike gold at British Universities and Colleges Sport events

  Date: 11 May 2016

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  Two final year undergraduate students, Ryan Hunt and Lucy Hatton, have secured gold medals in their respective disciplines at two recent British...

• Student research stories featured by the BBC

  Date: 9 May 2016

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  Two student-led studies published in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Science Topics run by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Science have been...

• The Bulletin - Leicester researching how to reduce heart disease risk

  Date: 4 May 2016

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  In this episode of The Bulletin from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ News Centre: Hear about the research set to reduce heart disease risk for...

• Was the Force behind Leicester's football success? Students explore the secrets of Yoda's Force power

  Date: 4 May 2016

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  For many fans around the world May 4th is Star Wars Day, playing on the popular phrase ‘May the Force Be With You’ uttered by many characters in...

• Is it possible to cry a river?

  Date: 3 May 2016

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  Musicians Arthur Hamilton, Justin Timberlake and unsympathetic people across the world have encouraged others to ‘cry me a river’, a put-down...

• Undergraduate to present on food security at international symposium

  Date: 5 Apr 2016

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  Third year Natural Sciences undergraduate student Sonal Chagan has been accepted as a speaker at the first UK International Student Sustainability...

• Millions of people are reading opinion pieces written by Leicester researchers

  Date: 9 Mar 2016

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  Millions of people are reading opinion pieces authored by Leicester academics.