News search

Refine your search

Filters applied:

Showing 241-250 of 357 results

  • Academic discusses Anthropocene for BBC Radio 4s The Life Scientific programme

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/academic-discusses-2018age-of-man2019-for-bbc-radio-42019s-the-life-scientific-programme

    Professor Jan Zalasiewicz (pictured) from the Department of Geology featured on BBC Radio Four’s ‘The Life Scientific’ programme to discuss...

  • Forbes names Leicester academic in list of prodigious stars changing the world

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/forbes-names-leicester-academic-in-list-of-prodigious-stars-changing-the-world

    A researcher from our Department of Geology has been named to Forbes’ second annual ‘30 Under 30 Europe’ list in the Science and Healthcare Category.

  • Leicester research makes Altmetric Top 100 list for 2016

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/leicester-research-makes-altmetric-top-100-list-for-2016

    Research led by our University has been featured in the Altmetric 2016 Top 100, which recognises the most shared and discussed academic research...

  • Leicester research selected as top story by international news distribution platform

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/leicester-research-selected-as-top-story-by-international-news-distribution-platform

    Recent research into the technosphere by Professors Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams and Colin Waters from the Department of Geology has been...

  • Research finds Earths technosphere now weighs 30 trillion tons

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/research-finds-earths-2018technosphere2019-now-weighs-30-trillion-tons

    An international team led by our geologists has made the first estimate of the sheer size of the physical structure of the planet’s technosphere –...

  • A first for Leicester for environmental impact

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/a-first-for-leicester-for-environmental-impact

    Leicester has increased its position in a league table of UK universities’ environmental and ethical performance, for the first time achieving a...

  • Green gown awards recognition

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/green-gown-awards-recognition

    The work of the University of Leicester has been celebrated at an awards ceremony.

  • New effects in ideal gases solve mathematical mystery

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/new-effects-in-ideal-gases-solve-mathematical-mystery

    A Mathematician from our Department of Mathematics, Professor Alexander Gorban, along with a physicist from ETH Zürich, Ilya Karlin, have...

  • Chicxulub crater study suggests asteroid impacts could create habitats for life

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/chicxulub-crater-study-suggests-asteroid-impacts-could-create-habitats

    Scientists studying a 65-million-year old crater in the Gulf of Mexico, caused by an asteroid impact, claim it could have provided a habitat for...

  • Leicester geologist contributes to major project examining the technosphere

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/leicester-geologist-contributes-to-major-project-examining-the-2018technosphere2019

    Professor Jan Zalasiewicz from our Department of Geology is working with artist Anne-Sophie Milon on a new project examining the ‘technosphere’...
Back to top
MENU