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Worlds biggest study of genetics of lung health and disease allows scientists to predict chance of developing COPD
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The world’s biggest study into an individual’s genetic make-up and the risk of developing lung disease could allow scientists to more accurately ‘predict’ - based on genes and smoking - your chance of developing COPD, a deadly disease which is the third commonest cause of...
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https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/03/01/physics-and-astronomy-february-2021-digest/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 March 2021 Two months in to 2021, and our Leicester Physics community remains distributed far and wide across the UK and beyond.
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Related Research
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The Impact of Diasporas research programme was related to a number of other projects within the Â鶹ÊÓƵ and in other institutions including a variety of genealogical studies on the Isle of Man, Cotentin Peninsula, and the British Romany population.
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Governor of the Bank of England returns to home city for Â鶹ÊÓƵ lecture
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The Governor of the Bank of England is returning to his home city for a public lecture at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
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Renowned theatre cast including actor Ralph Fiennes pay tribute to Leicester in their reimagining of Shakespeares Richard III
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A stellar acting cast featuring Hollywood stars has paid homage to our University in its unconventional retelling of Shakespeare's Richard III.
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Scientists explore complex pattern of tipping points in the Atlantic’s current system
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New mathematical modelling by Â鶹ÊÓƵ of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation – a system of ocean currents – shows greater complexity than previously thought, revealing a hierarchy of irreversible ‘tipping points’
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New report raises concerns about the quality of care over baby twin deaths
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A new study investigating the quality of care provided to women whose twin babies died has revealed that improvements in care may have made a difference to the outcome for the babies in over half (54%) of the pregnancies reviewed.
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Past research students
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Browse research projects undertaken by our past research PhD students in Geology within the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
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Performability and performativity in the English translation of Federico García Lorca's rural trilogy
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Learn more about our event: Performability and performativity in the English translation of Federico García Lorca's rural trilogy, with speaker Sara Naylor.
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Charity pays for Gazan medical students to complete their studies with the Â鶹ÊÓƵ
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A charity has stepped in to cover the living costs of two medical students displaced from war-torn Gaza, to complete their studies at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ.