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• University graduate involved in discovery of rare 450 million yearold coneshaped fossil

  Date: 23 Jan 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/university-graduate-involved-in-discovery-of-rare-450-million-year-old-2018cone-shaped2019-fossil

  Researchers from our University, working with an international team of geologists, have discovered an enigmatic fossil of a 450 million year-old...

• East Midlands cities are biggest risers in LSH Vitality Index

  Date: 16 Jan 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/east-midlands-cities-are-biggest-risers-in-lsh-vitality-index

  Leicester has been named one of the most improved areas in the UK when it comes to economic output and wage growth in the LSH Vitality Index.

• Space scientist receives prestigious award from Royal Astronomical Society

  Date: 11 Jan 2018

  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...

• Leicester scientist features in BBC documentary examining effects of air pollution in UK cities

  Date: 8 Jan 2018

  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...

• Written in the stars TV and radio science presenter Professor Jim AlKhalili to discuss the role of determinism in our universe

  Date: 5 Jan 2018

  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...

• Scientists home in on a potential Anthropocene Golden Spike in new research

  Date: 4 Jan 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/scientists-home-in-on-a-potential-anthropocene-2018golden-spike2019-in-new-research

  The international working group, which includes geologists Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams and Colin Waters, from our School of Geography, Geology...

• Giant storms cause palpitations in Saturns atmospheric heartbeat

  Date: 13 Dec 2017

  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...

• New research blows the lid on volcanic activity

  Date: 11 Dec 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/new-research-blows-the-lid-on-volcanic-activity

  Geologists from our University have been unravelling an age-old geological story.

• School of Business Professor features in FT on impact of trauma

  Date: 8 Dec 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/school-of-business-professor-features-in-ft-on-impact-of-trauma

  The impact of trauma on working life, and how it can even affect political and economic decisions, is the subject of a FT article featuring the...

• MIRI on the right tracks at NASA Johnson

  Date: 20 Nov 2017

  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...