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• UK climate instruments to measure fluctuations in greenhouse gas levels

  Date: 6 Mar 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/uk-climate-instruments-hitch-a-ride-on-nasa2019s-global-hawk

  Two cutting-edge science instruments developed by UK researchers have taken to the skies aboard NASA’s Global Hawk research aircraft for the first...

• Assassins Creed may give gamers a gripping sense of vertigo but its leaping calculations are optimistic at best

  Date: 25 Feb 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/the-science-of-assassins-creed

  The popular video game franchise 'Assassin’s Creed' often depicts characters leaping off tall buildings into piles of loose hay or straw lying on...

• No smoking matter 15 cigarettes in 75 minutes in a car could render you unconscious

  Date: 23 Feb 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/no-smoking-matter-smoking-for-75-minutes-in-a-car-could-render-you-unconscious

  It was announced earlier this month that drivers in England will be banned from smoking in their cars from October if they are carrying children...

• Rocketing growth - huge success for second annual space careers fair

  Date: 11 Feb 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/rocketing-growth-huge-success-for-second-annual-space-careers-fair

  The Second Annual Space Industry Careers Fair took place on 9 February 2015 at the National Space Centre in Leicester.

• Talking points a range of topics tackled by academics this week

  Date: 5 Feb 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/wolf-hall-thomas-more-and-the-turks

  Professor Norman Housley from the School of History has written an article about the BBC drama 'Wolf Hall', which portrays aspects of Tudor life,...

• Careers launchpad for space industry

  Date: 4 Feb 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/careers-launchpad-for-space-industry

  The Second Annual Space Industry Careers Fair will take place on 9 February 2015 at the National Space Centre in Leicester.

• Tempest rocket to map quality of the air we breathe

  Date: 2 Feb 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/tempest-rocket-to-map-quality-of-the-air-we-breathe

  In what is thought to be a world’s first, a rocket equipped with air pollution monitoring equipment developed by University scientists from the...

• Researchers trial system for improved sea safety

  Date: 30 Jan 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/researchers-trial-system-for-improved-sea-safety

  Dr Nigel Bannister from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has been trialling a concept for using satellite imagery to significantly improve...

• Leicester professor judges space travel competition

  Date: 28 Jan 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/leicester-professor-judges-space-travel-competition

  Professor Alan Wells, Emeritus Professor and Founding Director of the University’s Space Research Centre is playing a lead role in a global...

• Beagle 2 lander found on Mars

  Date: 15 Jan 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/beagle-2-lander-found-on-mars

  The UK-led Beagle 2 was due to land on Mars on 25 December 2003. The spacecraft was ejected from Mars Express on 19 December 2003.