November 2010
It's the real thing: Students do Stoppard
LUTheatre, our student drama society, present Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing on 3-5 December, billed as ‘a hilarious, yet moving comedy about love, fidelity and the nature of truth and honesty’.
New urine test that could spot pre-eclampsia
A team of researchers from the University of Leicester and the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has discovered a test that could potentially give an early warning of a pregnancy complication.
God bless us, every one: University Library exhibition of Dickens' numerous Christmas tales
Think of Christmas and you think of Charles Dickens. It’s unavoidable. Though much of Dickens’ work is iconic in its own way, A Christmas Carol stands out as the sine qua non of Yuletide stories, not just through its familiarity via endless adaptations for stage and screen, but also because so much of what we consider ‘traditional’ about Christmas actually stems from Dickens’ ideas.
Exploring the red planet in leaps and bounds
Space scientists in Leicester are working on plans for a revolutionary new type of Martian rover – one that doesn’t have any wheels.
What's on this week at the University of Leicester
Events from Monday 22 November to Sunday 28 November 2010.
3D computer images and robot (and top surgeon) combine in medical first
Back in April we reported how Dr Andre Ng from our Department of Cardiovascular Sciences had become the first person to perform a heart operation via a robotic arm…
