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• Esteemed Leicester University professor hands over reins of celebrated Space Research Centre

  Date: 28 Feb 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/space-research-centre-head

  A professor who has been the driving force in advancing space research and exploration at the University of Leicester for more than four decades...

• 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...

• Leading light in auroras to give prestigious astronomy lecture

  Date: 12 Jan 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/provan-aurora-lecture

  Dr Gabrielle Provan from the University of Leicester is to give the Royal Astronomical Society’s James Dungey Lecture, focusing on the auroral...

• 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).

• £1.5m funding to create ‘Digital Twin’ model to reduce methane emissions

  Date: 4 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/methane-tropical-wetlands

  A ‘Digital Twin’ for methane emissions from tropical wetlands will be supported by funding to Dr Robert Parker from the University of Leicester...

• Uranus aurora discovery offers clues to habitable icy worlds

  Date: 26 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/uranus-aurora

  University of Leicester astronomers confirm the existence of an infrared (IR) aurora on Uranus, providing insights into how magnetic field on ice...

• University of Leicester champions role of humanities in space sector

  Date: 12 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/humanising-space

  A pioneering series of seminars showcasing humanities, social science and arts research within the space sector will be hosted by the University...

• CGI and the University of Leicester open state of the art Innovation Lab with global vision for sustainability

  Date: 10 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/sustainability-innovation-lab-globe

  A new Sustainability Innovation Lab and an artwork installed at Space Park Leicester represent the growing collaboration between CGI, the...

• New Saturn images show a change of seasons – and a last glimpse of its huge, warm polar vortex

  Date: 12 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/saturn-autumn-images

  New observations of Saturn by University of Leicester planetary scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the famous ringed planet

• Spaceport voyage inspires University of Leicester’s ‘galactic scholars’

  Date: 9 Aug 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/virgin-galactic-scholarships

  University of Leicester physics students travel to Spaceport America, the home of Virgin Galactic in New Mexico supported by a Galactic Unite...