March 2011
Denarius for your thoughts: Leicester academic publishes book on Roman finance
Ancient history meets economics in a new book by Dr Constantina Katsari, Lecturer in Roman History in our School of Archaeology and Ancient History.
A place like Midsomer: Leicester criminologists on rural racism
It was the first of a new series of Midsomer Murders last week and recent events may have had you closely scrutinising the ethnic diversity of the fictional village with the unprecedentedly high murder rate.
A ptotally pterrific pterobranch: amazing Cambrian fossil discovered
Pterobranch? It’s a type of hemichordate. Hemichordate...? Not the most familiar group of animals, for sure, but in evolutionary terms hemichordates are very important. To understand why, we first need to consider chordates – and before that, we need to consider vertebrates…
'Nudging' is nothing new, according to Leicester historian
The coalition government has planned some sweeping reforms to the NHS and welfare services, but are the ideas that underpin these changes really that modern?
Five Leicester researchers who SET an example
On 14 March, 60 promising researchers travelled down to the House of Commons to present some of the impressive work that they have begun their careers with for a national poster competition.
Forty million mile walkies: a whole new type of Martian Rover
Undergraduates programme robot dog for Martian excursion.
Tactical voting: a boon to UKIP?
The recent surprise result for the UK Independence Party in a local by-election has supported research at the University of Leicester that suggests the party might be set to make inroads into the Tory vote.
Leicester Research Archive: top ten downloads for February 2011
A monthly run-down of the most popular research in our open-access online archive, taking in everything from South African stock markets to cross-Channel radio signals.
A tale of two Swifts
One is astronomical, the other is virtual. Both are interesting Leicester projects and they're relatively easy to tell apart.
Geology student scales new heights in the Fens
Dinah Smith, a mature student in our Department of Geology, has been awarded a prize by the Geologists’ Association for her work on fossilised fenland channels.
Stonehenge: geologists overturn standing theory about the standing stones
It has been around for the best part of 5,000 years and still holds many mysteries but new research into Stonehenge has overturned established ideas about where some of the rocks came from.
Leicester-led research reveals genetic links to heart disease
The British Heart Foundation has announced 17 new genetic variants that could increase your risk of developing heart disease, and a good proportion of those were discovered by scientists at the University of Leicester.
Making a beamline for some cutting-edge Engineering research
A team of researchers from the University of Leicester will soon be taking a few day trips to two of the most start-of-the-art science facilities in the country.
Undergraduate's 'year out' pays dividends
A Leicester undergraduate is the lead author on a paper in a prestigious pharmacological journal, thanks to his course’s ‘Year in Industry’ option.
New forensic technique that might solve the problem with post-mortems
Forensic scientists at Leicester have made a breakthrough that could change the future of post-mortem procedures.
