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First Images from James Webb Space Telescope
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/07/08/first-images-from-james-webb-space-telescope/
The first full-colour images from NASA’s largest and most powerful space science telescope will be revealed to the public at an exciting free event at Space Park Leicester.
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The Impact of Mega-Constellations on Astronomy – Zooniverse Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/08/05/the-impact-of-mega-constellations-on-astronomy-zooniverse-project/
Leicester undergraduate Megan Perks is part of an ESA internship group researching the impact of mega-constellation satellites on space-based telescopes.
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Puppy power Students Union leads the way with pearls pasties and a new furry friend
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/puppy-power-students-union-leads-the-way-with-pearls-pasties-and-a-new-furry-friend
The Students’ Union has been busy over the summer renovating its food market - and welcoming the newest member to its team, Vinnie the black Labrador retriever. The Union has invested £200,000 in creating a ‘unique’ dining experience in time for Freshers’ Week.
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Are we doomed New online course asks how we can make the modern world sustainable
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/are-we-doomed-new-online-course-asks-how-we-can-make-the-modern-world-sustainable
A new online course, available on the FutureLearn social learning platform, will unpick the complex global challenge that is sustainability and provide a deeper understanding of what it means to be a global citizen.
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HPRU Publications
https://le.ac.uk/cehs/hpru/hpru-publications
A list of publications produced by HPRU Leicester
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Tropical phages
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/bacteriophages/tropical-phages
Tropical phages/temperature dependent bacteriophages switch between lysogenic and lytic phases. At the university, research has been done on the tropical pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei which can cause melioidosis
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Leicester leading Varsity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/leicester-leading-varsity
As the sporting heroes of Leicester’s universities take to the field for a second week, the University of Leicester looks set to once more take home the Varsity trophy.
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Jennifer Smith Maguire
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/author/jbs7/
Jennifer is Senior Lecturer in Cultural Production and Consumption. Her research focuses on the intersection of processes of cultural production and consumption in the construction of markets, tastes and value.
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2015 - 2016
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2015-16
Expedition 364 Chicxulub K-Pg Impact Crater March 2016 - May 2016 In April and May 2016, EPC was principally involved in IODP Expedition 364: Chicxulub K-Pg Impact Crater, providing downhole logging and core physical properties services, as well as technical support for...
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Summer Holidays
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/06/23/happy-holidays/
Blog post recalling Summer Holidays taken by people from Leicester and Leicestershire, as recorded in the East Midlands Oral History Archive