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Space scientist receives prestigious award from Royal Astronomical Society
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/space-scientist-receives-prestigious-award-from-royal-astronomical-society
Professor Emma Bunce (pictured) from our Department of Physics and Astronomy has received a prestigious award from the Royal Astronomical Society...
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Leicester scientist features in BBC documentary examining effects of air pollution in UK cities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-scientist-features-in-bbc-documentary-examining-effects-of-air-pollution-in-uk-cities
Professor Roland Leigh (pictured) from our Department of Physics and Astronomy will be appearing in an upcoming BBC Two documentary on Wednesday...
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Written in the stars TV and radio science presenter Professor Jim AlKhalili to discuss the role of determinism in our universe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/written-in-the-stars-tv-and-radio-science-presenter-professor-jim-al-khalili-to-discuss-the-role-of-determinism-in-our-universe
Do you consider your actions the result of free will, or of a preordained path we are destined to follow? At the Institute of Physics 2018...
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Giant storms cause palpitations in Saturns atmospheric heartbeat
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/giant-storms-cause-palpitations-in-saturn2019s-atmospheric-heartbeat
Immense northern storms on Saturn can disturb atmospheric patterns at the planet’s equator, finds the international Cassini mission in a study led...
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MIRI on the right tracks at NASA Johnson
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/miri-on-the-right-tracks-at-nasa-johnson
UK scientists and engineers – including colleagues from our University - are celebrating following the confirmation that their instrument has...
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Next step for Pioneer Park development
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/next-step-for-pioneer-park-development
Work that will pave the way for the development of a space park at Leicester’s Pioneer Park could get under way in spring next year.
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Dr Suzie Imber appears on BBCs The One Show discussing success in Astronauts programme and Universitys involvement in upcoming BepiColombo mission to Mercury
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/dr-suzie-imber-appears-on-bbc2019s-the-one-show-discussing-success-in-2018astronauts2019-programme-and-university2019s-involvement-in-upcoming-bepicolombo-mission-to-mercury
Dr Suzie Imber (pictured) from our Department of Physics and Astronomy, who recently won BBC Two’s ‘Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?’, has...
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Leicester scientists win Space Oscar for pioneering research to reduce deforestation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-scientists-win-2018space-oscar2019-for-pioneering-research-to-reduce-deforestation
Research that has led to a mobile app to help combat illegal logging has been recognised internationally.
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Young entrepreneurs in the making reach final of national enterprise skills competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/young-entrepreneurs-in-the-making-reach-final-of-national-business-competition
Two University of Leicester teams were coached by the Doctoral College to take part in the recent highly prestigious Young Entrepreneur Scheme...
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Monster planet discovery offers new insights into planet formation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/2018monster2019-planet-discovery-offers-new-insights-into-planet-formation
A giant planet – the existence of which was previously thought extremely unlikely – has been discovered by an international collaboration of...