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• April 19th 2013 Sol 250

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/04/19/april-19th-2013-sol-250/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 19, 2013 Even though Curiosity and its robotic arm are parked during Conjunction, the thermal control system continues to operate.

• 25th September 2013 Sol 404

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/09/25/25th-september-2013-sol-404/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 25, 2013 We have now left Waypoint Point 1 and started out for Waypoint 2, at about 1 km distance.

• 6th April 2014 Sol 622

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/05/06/6th-april-2014-sol-623/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 6, 2014 I am visiting Thurso, which is on the far north Scottish coast.  The Institute of Mechanical Engineers, associated with the Dounreay nuclear facility, invited me to give a talk about Curiosity.

• GlobBiomass

  https://le.ac.uk/clcr/research-projects/globbiomass

  The GlobBiomass project is to better characterize and to reduce uncertainties of forest above ground biomass estimates by developing innovative synergistic mapping approaches.

• Conference to focus on producing graduates with skills employers seek

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/conference-to-focus-on-producing-graduates-with-skills-employers-seek

  The University is enlisting the help of graduate recruiters and employer representatives to identify how its curricula can encourage students to develop the “soft skills” needed in the work place.

• Large-scale changes in environment revealed through land cover map of the UK

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/large-scale-changes-in-environment-revealed-through-land-cover-map-of-the-uk

  Large-scale changes to the environment of the United Kingdom, including an apparent loss of habitats and agricultural land, have been revealed through an updated national map of land cover launched by Leicester researchers together with consultancy company Specto Natura.

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 24 30 September

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-24-30-september

  Dr Jon Moran from the Department of Politics and International Relations has weighed up the pros and cons of armed drones in the skies above us in an article for The Conversation.

• University students work with injured soldiers in unique archaeological project

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/university-students-work-with-injured-soldiers-in-unique-archaeological-project

  A unique collaboration between archaeologists and injured Service personnel sees them pitted in a race against time to discover the secrets of an ancient Roman harbour in Cyprus before they are lost forever to the sea.

• Psychiatrist to travel the globe to help child victims of conflict

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/psychiatrist-to-travel-the-globe-to-help-child-victims-of-conflict

  A child psychiatrist from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour will be embarking on a global mission to raise awareness about child victims of trauma and build models of support to help them.

• Leading heart researchers to appear in BBC documentary

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leading-heart-researchers-to-appear-in-bbc-documentary

  Leading heart researchers at our University are to appear in a BBC documentary - after finding a link between red meat and heart disease.