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Beat those January exam blues
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It's cold. It's wet. It's dark. Welcome to January.
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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...
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Air fingerprinting expertise reveals budget manicure risks
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Chemists at the University have been involved in a BBC report into the use of a strong glue in nail salons.
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Peptide from fish could help in battle against cardiovascular disease
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A major international review of a peptide originally found in fish that could be used in the battle against cardiovascular disease has been published.
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Star of Channel 4 documentary to advise teachers on how to motivate students
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Matthew Burton from the popular Channel 4 documentary 'Educating Yorkshire' will be exploring ways in which teachers can better motivate their...
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Leicester geneticist involved in internet for DNA
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Scientists at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ are playing a central role in the development of what is being described as ‘an internet for DNA’.
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Quality of conference presentations could be affected by social media
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A new pilot study into the impact of Twitter on conferences suggests that social media may impact on quality of presentations as speakers receive...
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Criminologists awarded new grant to tackle homophobic transphobic and biphobic hate crime
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Leicester criminologists have been awarded a grant from the Equality and Human Rights Commission to lead a new project that tackles homophobic,...
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Royal Society picture portraits of eminent scientists
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Two leading University scientists, Professors Ken Pounds and Stan Cowley from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, have been photographed by...
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Project investigates new proteinfolding process
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A new research project from our Department of Chemistry aims to overcome a fundamental problem in biochemistry, potentially allowing us to...