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Distant supermassive black hole shows high velocity sign of over-eating
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/distant-supermassive-black-hole-high-velocity-over-eating-770
University of Leicester scientists describe how the capture of new matter - lasting a few days and corresponding to several Earth masses - formed a ring around the hole, before being partly swallowed by the hole, with excess matter ejected as a high velocity wind.
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University research plays ‘vital role’ in fighting climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/climate-exp0
Professor Susan Page, from the University of Leicester’s School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, shared leading research into using peatland environments to capture carbon as one form of nature-based solution.
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Tectonic shift in Southern Ocean caused dramatic ancient cooling event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/antarctica-tectonics
The study was led by Dr Isabel Sauermilch, researcher at the University of Tasmania and Utrecht University, and shows that these events were much more closely linked than previously thought.
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Interpreting Heritage in Practice
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mu7574
Module code: MU7574 This module will teach you to: Through the development of an interpretive project, demonstrate familiarity with project management approaches within heritage projects.
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Speaker biographies
https://le.ac.uk/genetic-epidemiology/respiratory-genomics-conference/speakers
Speakers
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Pacific Equatorial Age Transect
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2009-10/pacific-equatorial
Expedition 321: Pacific Equatorial Age Transect/Juan de Fuca 5 May – 5 July 2009 Expedition 321 is grouped into the same science program as 320, and will continue the drilling, coring and logging program.
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100-strong crowd learns results of Leicester stroke and exercise study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/100-strong-crowd-learns-results-of-leicester-stroke-and-exercise-study
The results of a 3-year study into stroke patients and exercise was shared with funders, patients and carers at an event held in the Centre for Medicine at the University of Leicester today (18 July 2017).
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Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/02/17/celebrating-international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science-2021-part-1/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 17 February 2021 On February 11 th the School of Physics and Astronomy joined in with the International Day of Women and Girls in Science celebrations, using Twitter (@PhysicsUoL) to showcase some of the...
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Dr Suzie Imber appears on BBCs The One Show discussing success in Astronauts programme and Universitys involvement in upcoming BepiColombo mission to Mercury
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/dr-suzie-imber-appears-on-bbc2019s-the-one-show-discussing-success-in-2018astronauts2019-programme-and-university2019s-involvement-in-upcoming-bepicolombo-mission-to-mercury
Dr Suzie Imber (pictured) from our Department of Physics and Astronomy, who recently won BBC Two’s ‘Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?’, has discussed her experience taking part in the competition on BBC’s The One Show (8 November).
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Dr. Suzie Imber on WomenInSTEM
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/05/07/dr-suzie-imber-on-womeninstem/
Dr. Suzie Imber on WomenInSTEM