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• Experts gather to determine ExoMars landing site

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/07-exomars

  The ExoMars Rover The ExoMars Rover (courtesy of ESA) 475|Academic and industry experts are meeting in Leicester to decide key detail of mission to Mars Over 100 delegates from academia and industry will meet at the National Space Centre on Thursday 8 and Friday 9 November...

• New understanding of ‘sociable’ slug behaviour calls for better pesticide targeting

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/slugs

  Experts from the University of Leicester have been hot on the slime trail of the grey field slug population thanks to innovative technology that can tag and track the behaviour of the invertebrates.

• University of Leicester space scientists celebrate success for Gaia

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/university-of-leicester-space-scientists-celebrate-success-for-gaia

  University of Leicester space scientists are celebrating success after the Gaia project, which aims to create a highly accurate 3D map of our galaxy, picked up two prestigious awards for best Space Achievement and best Space Industry/Project Team.

• New research network to address critical environmental challenges in India

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/new-research-network-to-address-critical-environmental-challenges-in-india

  Researchers from our University's Department of Physics and Astronomy have been funded to set up a new international research network with the Indian Institute of Technology- Kanpur (IIT-Kanpur) to assess the impact of climate on agriculture in the Indo-Gangetic...

• 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. Nothing had been heard from Beagle 2 and the mission was presumed lost. Until now.

• Salt mine in Yorkshire could help to shed light on Martian life

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/salt-mine-in-yorkshire-could-help-to-shed-light-on-martian-life

  A PhD student is helping to shed light on life on Mars by exploring similar environments on Earth - including an underground salt mine in North Yorkshire.

• Project to provide scientists with access to worlds largest highenergy gammaray observatory

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/project-to-provide-scientists-with-access-to-worlds-largest-high-energy-gamma-ray-observatory

  Our University is part of a new project that will provide scientists with access to the world’s largest and most sensitive high-energy gamma-ray observatory. CTA is a global initiative to build the world’s largest and most sensitive high-energy gamma-ray observatory.

• How to Train Your Dragonto Fly

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/how-to-train-your-dragon-to-fly

  The breeds of dragon from the popular DreamWorks film series How to Train Your Dragon, based on the books by author Cressida Cowell, are of varying size and shape, ranging from the small but aggressive Terrible Terror which is just over a foot...

• BBC Radio Leicester: Alberto Fernández Carbajal and Samar Habib interview

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/2015/11/26/bbc-radio-leicester-alberto-fernandez-carbajal-and-samar-habib-interview/

  Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on November 26, 2015 On the morning of 25 November 2015, I headed out to the BBC Radio Leicester studio for an interview with Ed Stagg , who hosted me and Dr Samar Habib across the airwaves.

• Biotechnology YES and Environment YES

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2015/03/30/biotech-yes-and-environ-yes/

  Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on March 30, 2015 Once again applications are open for the 2015 versions of Biotechnology YES and Environment YES .