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• New insight into frictionless surfaces is slippery slope to energy-efficient technology

  Date: 17 Jan 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/superlubricity-friction

  Scientists led by the University of Leicester have made an insight into superlubricity, revealing that friction is reduced further at lower...

• Explosion-hunting telescope tested by Leicester space scientists ready for launch

  Date: 8 Jan 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/einstein-probe-leicester

  University of Leicester experts tested optics for the Einstein Probe, led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

• Space instrument gets good vibrations in major step for solar wind mission

  Date: 21 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/smile

  A cutting-edge x-ray telescope has shaken off a University of Leicester test that put it through the rigours of being launched into space.

• Leicester’s role in historic Mars mission revealed 20 years on

  Date: 19 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/beagle-2-talk

  The history of the Beagle 2 mission to mars is recounted by the University of Leicester's Professor Mark Sims, who served as Mission Manager

• Gaia: the galactic mapmaker that is leading a ‘silent revolution’

  Date: 18 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/gaia-anniversary

  University of Leicester scientists mark tenth anniversary of the Gaia space observatory, and its efforts to create a 3D map of our galaxy

• Leicester chemist joins cohort of professionals providing insight to politicians

  Date: 13 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/fabs-ortu-future-leader

  Dr Fabrizio Ortu from the University of Leicester School of Chemistry is one of 35 new Foundation Future Leaders announced, which will see him...

• Leicester’s showstopping chemist on his Bake-Off experiment

  Date: 11 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/josh-smalley-bake-off

  Dr Joshua Smalley speaks to the Press Office about rising to the occasion in the famous white tent

• Fire, flood, winds and earthquakes: satellite imagery reveals damage wrought by changing climate

  Date: 7 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/climate-satellite-imagery

  Earth observation scientists in Leicester release new series of images that paint a picture of our climate vulnerability, released to coincide...

• How Leicester is driving the move from climate talk into climate action

  Date: 6 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/climate-talk-action

  Professor Sarah Davies, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Science and Engineering at Leicester, discusses the importance of COP28 and...

• Leicester’s commitment to sustainability leads to world rankings rise

  Date: 5 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/qs-sustainability-rankings

  The University of Leicester has shot up more than 100 places in a league table which ranks the sustainable credentials of universities around the...