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• Cleared for takeoff how Santas sleigh takes to the skies

  Date: 18 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/cleared-for-take-off-how-santa2019s-sleigh-takes-to-the-skies

  Santa Claus’s reindeer will be in need of a good rest after their Christmas Eve capers based on a study by fourth year Master's students from the...

• Students awaken the science of Star Wars

  Date: 17 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/students-awaken-the-science-of-star-wars

  Could a lightsaber really work? What would hyperspace travel look like? And how strong would a deflector shield need to be to fend off...

• Awesome aurora device replicates Northern Lights phenomenon

  Date: 15 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/awesome-aurora-device-replicates-northern-lights-phenomenon

  Leicester researchers will be creating Northern Lights for a studio audience using the University's Planeterrella during the Royal Institution’s...

• 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,...

• Fish tooth roughness analysis reveals insights into underwater eating habits

  Date: 14 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/fish-tooth-roughness-analysis-reveals-insights-into-underwater-eating-habits

  Leicester scientists led by Professor Mark Purnell from our Department of Geology have developed a technique to perform dietary analysis of fish...

• 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...

• Researchers shed light on why and how Stonehenge was built

  Date: 7 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/researchers-shed-light-on-why-and-how-stonehenge-was-built

  Excavation of two quarries in Wales by a team of archaeologists and geologists - including Dr Rob Ixer, a researcher with the Department of...

• 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...