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• Astrophysicist will have an enviable front row seat for the launch of Tim Peakes Soyuz spacecraft

  Date: 15 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/astrophysicist-will-have-an-enviable-front-row-seat-for-the-launch-of-tim-peakes-soyuz-spacecraft

  Martin Barstow, (pictured) Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Head of the College of Science and Engineering and Professor of Astrophysics and Space Science,...

• Former Leicester astronomers recall how they discovered the source of the dazzling Geminids meteor shower

  Date: 11 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/former-leicester-astronomers-recall-how-they-discovered-the-source-of-the-dazzling-geminids-meteor-shower

  The beautiful Geminids meteor shower is due to light up the heavens this weekend, but the source of the enigmatic cosmic display had eluded...

• The hunt for the Christmas meteorite

  Date: 10 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/the-hunt-for-the-christmas-meteorite

  An article by the BBC discussing a 4.

• Astrophysicist to visit Kazakhstan to watch astronaut Tim Peake make British space exploration history

  Date: 9 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/astrophysicist-prepares-to-visit-kazakhstan-to-watch-astronaut-tim-peake-make-british-space-exploration-history

  Martin Barstow, University Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Head of the College of Science and Engineering and Professor of Astrophysics and Space...

• Leicester scientists develop new imaging system for worlds largest gamma ray observatory

  Date: 4 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/leicester-scientists-develop-new-imaging-system-for-world2019s-largest-gamma-ray-observatory

  Richard White (MPIK), Duncan Ross (UoL), Jon Lapington (UoL) Image credit Richard White, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg...

• Research shows global warming disaster could suffocate life on planet Earth

  Date: 1 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/research-shows-global-warming-disaster-could-suffocate-life-on-planet-earth

  Falling oxygen levels caused by global warming could be a greater threat to the survival of life on planet Earth than flooding, according to...

• Creative thinkers sought for event to tackle global problems

  Date: 30 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/creative-thinkers-sought-for-event-to-tackle-global-problems

  Bright and innovative thinkers are being invited to our University for the first UK event outside of London known as Solve for X.

• Energy research at our University set to accelerate following 180M investment

  Date: 25 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/energy-research-at-our-university-set-to-accelerate-following-ps180m-investment

  Our University is set to play a crucial role in the next step towards the transformation of the UK’s energy sector after the Government confirmed...

• Department of Chemistry strengthens links with collaborators in China

  Date: 25 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/department-of-chemistry-strengthens-links-with-collaborators-in-china

  Links between our University and a university in China have been strengthened with a new agreement to encourage the exchange of students and...

• Air pollution to become worlds leading cause of premature death by 2050

  Date: 23 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/air-pollution-to-become-world2019s-leading-cause-of-premature-death-by-2050

  Leading experts will be discussing prominent environmental issues - including how air pollution will become the world’s top environmental cause of...