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Richard III exhibition to appear for first time in Ireland
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/richard-iii-exhibition-to-appear-for-first-time-in-ireland
The ‘Richard III Discovered’ exhibition, led by Professor Turi King from our Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, is arriving next week for the first time in Ireland, hosted by NUI Galway as part of the 20th Galway Science and Technology Festival in partnership with...
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Spying on Curiosity and Detecting Methane above the Clay Unit in Gale Crater Sol 2424
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2019/06/27/spying-on-curiosity-and-detecting-methane-above-the-clay-unit-in-gale-crater-sol-2424/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 27, 2019 Around this locality in the Clay Unit of Gale Crater we have been doing more methane measurements with the SAM instrument. This highlights the enigmatic nature of Mars’ atmospheric methane.
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An Interview with DiscoverPhDs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/08/03/an-interview-with-discoverphds/
Posted by ejb71 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 3 August 2020 Leicester physicist interviewed by DiscoverPhDs to help future PhD students, written by Harneet Sangha. One of our final year PhD students, Harneet Sangha, was recently interviewed by online platform DiscoverPhDs.
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Join AstRoSoc and the Kerbal Space Program
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/25/join-astrosoc-and-the-kerbal-space-program/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 October 2020 Another excellent reason to join our Astronomy and Rocketry Society (AstRoSoc) – the opportunity to compete and win prizes with the Kerbal Space Program! For more information about AstRoSoc,...
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Goldilocks on Trial
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/legalliteracy/2014/03/14/goldilocks-on-trial/
Posted by Dawn Watkins in Legal Literacy on March 14, 2014 This was the last visit of our students’ five visits to St Peter’s School, focusing this time on aspects of the criminal law trial process.
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Monday 20th August Sol 15
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/21/monday-20th-august-sol-15/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 21, 2012 The robotic arm has been moved for the first time. This is the 70 kg instrument which carries the X-ray spectrometer and close up imager MAHLI.
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Sunday 9th September Sol 34
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/10/sunday-9th-september-sol-34/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 10, 2012 Just like in a terrestrial laboratory we have to analyse standards of known composition.
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Thursday 4th October Sol 58
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/05/thursday-4th-october-sol-58/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 5, 2012 Previous missions suggest that the ‘soil’ on Mars is roughly basaltic in composition. However, on Earth sand is mainly composed of quartz (silica).
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Sunday 7th October Sol 61
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/08/sunday-7th-october-sol-61-1/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 8, 2012 One of the major challenges in preparing a spacecraft for Mars is ensuring that the chemical analyses made by the instruments, in particular for the SAM mass spectrometer are not contaminated by material...
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February 10th Sol 182
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/02/10/february-10th-sol-182/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 10, 2013 The latest drilling has gone to 6 cm depth and we will use this for CheMin and SAM analyses.