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Researchers use NASA’s Webb to map weather of planet 280 light-years away
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/clouds-wasp-43b
Atmospheric modelling led in part by University of Leicester reveals true extent of clouds on distant world reveals WASP-43 b is cloudy on the nightside but mostly clear on the dayside, with equatorial winds howling around the planet at 5,000 miles per hour
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Accuracy of web-based news
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/20/accuracy-of-web-based-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 20, 2015 How news websites spread rumours Lies, Damn Lies and Viral Content – a new report from the Tow Center examines the role of journalists .
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Human Rights Web Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/04/human-rights-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2013 http://hrwa.cul.columbia.
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Carbon legacy goes up in smoke
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/carbon-legacy-goes-up-in-smoke
It reads like a movie script – ash falling from the sky, thick smoke shutting down airports and businesses, road closures trapping remote northern villages.
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Professor Effie Law
https://le.ac.uk/research/luminaries/professor-effie-law
Professor Effie Law, Professor in Human-Computer Interaction is pioneering exciting, interesting and informative ways to use video games in education.
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New United Nations app
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/new-united-nations-app/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 UNU Jargon Buster glossary app for smartphones has about 450 A-Z entries. Find out what the many UN abbreviations mean including those of programmes and organisations.
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James Webb Space Telescope’s coolest instrument captures first star
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/miri-first-image
The UK’s main contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), has now opened its eye to the sky.
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Dr Richard Buckley OBE
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/meet-the-team/richard-buckley
See more about Richard Buckley's background before he started working on the Richard III project.
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eabbey
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pedagogy/author/ejm31/
Hello world! Posted by eabbey in IMP – Improving my Pedagogy on November 9, 2018 Welcome to staffblogs.le.ac.uk Sites. This is your first post.
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Wendy Hickling OBE, JP, DL (1936-2017)
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/inspirational-women/wendy-hickling
“In our rooms, with outstretched arms you could touch each wall. You were allowed five items on your dressing table and nothing on the radiator. If you contravened this rule your surplus items were confiscated and you had to pay to get them back.