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Researchers trial system for improved sea safety
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...
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Leicester professor judges space travel competition
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...
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Beagle 2 lander found on Mars
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.
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Researchers identify July 16 1945 as key time boundary in the history of the Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/researchers-identify-july-16-1945-as-key-time-boundary-in-the-history-of-the-earth
Humans are having such a significant impact on the Earth that they are changing its geology, creating new and distinctive strata that will persist...
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New Exoplanet-hunting Telescopes worked on by Leicester scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/new-exoplanet-hunting-telescopes-worked-on-by-leicester-scientists
A new project involving University scientists will search for transiting exoplanets — planets that pass in front of their parent star and hence...
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Air fingerprinting expertise reveals budget manicure risks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/air-fingerprinting-expertise-reveals-budget-manicure-risks
Chemists at the University have been involved in a BBC report into the use of a strong glue in nail salons.
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Royal Society picture portraits of eminent scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/royal-society-picture-portraits-for-eminent-scientists
Two leading University scientists, Professors Ken Pounds and Stan Cowley from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, have been photographed by...
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Project investigates new proteinfolding process
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/project-investigates-new-2018protein-folding2019-process
A new research project from our Department of Chemistry aims to overcome a fundamental problem in biochemistry, potentially allowing us to...