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• Fantastic Beasts and Where I Found Them

  Date: 15 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/15-fantastic-beasts-and-where-i-found-them

  Join us for the first in a revamped series of Professorial Inaugural Lectures as Professor Richard Thomas discusses his research into human-animal...

• Breakthrough power source scoops Engineer Award

  Date: 11 Nov 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/11-engineering-award

  Congratulations to Professor Richard Ambrosi and colleagues in our School of Physics and Astronomy who have won the ‘Aerospace, Defence and...

• £1.3 million grant for global atmosphere research

  Date: 9 Oct 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/10-troposphere-erc-grant

  Dr Eloise Marais from our School of Physics and Astronomy has secured a European Research Council (ERC) grant of more than £1 million to advance...

• From the subatomic to the intergalactic: scientists gather in Leicester to share supercomputer results

  Date: 9 Sep 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/10-dirac-day

  Experts in astrophysics, particle physics, nuclear physics and cosmology will assemble at the University of Leicester this week to share the...

• University of Leicester and National Nuclear Laboratory sign an agreement with Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute on future space battery design

  Date: 4 Sep 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/05-agreement-signed-on-space-battery-design

  The memorandum of understanding (MoU) pledges new areas of cooperation on research on radioisotope thermoelectric power generators for use in...

• Is there life on Mars?

  Date: 14 Aug 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/15-is-there-life-on-mars

  The university of Leicester is working closely with NASA and the European Space Agency to determine the age-old question, is there life on...

• ISS Commander shows support for University of Leicester

  Date: 8 Aug 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/august/09-iss-commander-shows-support-for-university-of-leicester

  The Commander of the International Space Station (ISS), Alexei Ovchinin who took over command in July 2019 has thrilled students and academics at...

• Space School celebrates 30 years since launch

  Date: 24 Jul 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/25-space-school-30-years

  Space School UK is celebrating its 30th anniversary in July 2019, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landings.

• Leicester Professor to lead UK Space Science Strategy

  Date: 24 Jul 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/25-martin-barstow-uksa

  Professor Martin Barstow has been appointed as Chair of the UK Space Agency’s Science Programme Advisory Committee, leading the UK's approach to...

• Astronomers see “warm” glow of Uranus’s rings

  Date: 20 Jun 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/21-uranus-rings-alma-vlt

  The rings of Uranus are invisible to all but the largest telescopes — they weren’t even discovered until 1977 — and they stand out as surprisingly...