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• Aircraft keep tabs on the Amazons rising methane levels

  Date: 14 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/greenhouse-gas-monitoring-aircraft-keep-tabs-on-the-amazon2019s-rising-methane-levels

  Research led by the National Centre of Earth Observation is going to new heights in the atmosphere to get a better handle on methane emitted from...

• Leicester astronomers observe star reborn in a flash

  Date: 13 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-astronomers-observe-star-reborn-in-a-flash

  An international team of astronomers using Hubble and led by our University has been able to study stellar evolution in real time.

• Expert opinions cover migraines Juno and crimefighting technology

  Date: 13 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/expert-opinions-cover-migraines-juno-and-crime-fighting-technology

  Dr Katherine Foxhall from the School of History, Politics and International Relations (HyPIR) has written an article for The Conversation...

• Boost to improve the UKs capability in Earth observation to tackle environmental challenges globally

  Date: 12 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/boost-to-improve-the-uk2019s-capability-in-earth-observation-to-tackle-environmental-challenges-globally

  Our University is part of a new £2m joint programme which will help to develop innovative technologies to observe Earth from space.

• Expert opinions cover border controls Helen of Troy and Jupiters auroras

  Date: 6 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/expert-opinions-cover-border-controls-helen-of-troy-and-jupiters-auroras

  Professor Bernard Ryan from the School of Law has written an article for The Conversation discussing the admission of migrants from the Calais...

• Our University confirms position among leading institutions in the world

  Date: 6 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/our-university-confirms-position-among-leading-institutions-in-the-world

  A world ranking of universities has confirmed our University's position among the leading institutions in the world.

• Jupiters jawdropping north pole unlike anything encountered in Solar System

  Date: 5 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/jupiters-north-pole-unlike-anything-encountered-in-solar-system

  Last week NASA's Juno spacecraft sent back the first-ever images of Jupiter's north pole, taken during the spacecraft's first flyby of the planet...

• Could human tissue be used by researchers in place of animal models

  Date: 11 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/could-human-tissue-be-used-by-researchers-in-place-of-animal-models

  Professor Peter Bradding from the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation is involved in a research project examining how to expand the...

• Curiosity disproves old idea of Mars as a simple basaltic planet

  Date: 9 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/curiosity-disproves-2018old-idea-of-mars-as-a-simple-basaltic-planet2019

  As NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) celebrates four years on the Red Planet Leicester planetary scientist Professor John Bridges recounts the...

• Could large space missions help to unite world powers

  Date: 8 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/could-large-space-missions-help-to-unite-world-powers

  Professor John Bridges from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has been quoted in an article in The Independent discussing the US...