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SPRINT awarded additional £200,000 funding from UK Space Agency
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/sprint-uksa
A national business support programme for the space sector led by the University of Leicester has been given a Government funding boost.
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24th June 2014 Sol 669
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/06/24/24th-june-2014-sol-669/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 24, 2014 It is sol 669 and this equals 1 martian year since our landing in August 2012. At the moment we are doing a lot of driving – frequently over 100 m per day in this phase of the mission.
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Can Santa Claus see your house from his sleigh?
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/20-christmas-lights
Millions of children across the world will be looking up at the night sky on Christmas Eve to get a glimpse of Santa Claus and his reindeer – but what if he could see your house from the sky? Students at the University of Leicester may have found the answer, after calculating...
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Friday 10th August Sol 4
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/10/friday-10th-august-sol-4/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 10, 2012 The first full resolution Mastcam panorama is coming through. It will take a few sols for it to fully download from Mars. Fantastic detail of Mt. Sharp and ground surface leading up to it.
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30th July 2015 Sol 1059
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/07/30/30th-july-2015-sol-1059/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 30, 2015 We have started drilling at Belkin, first a minidrill hole before the main drill hole. Belkin has been chosen because this sedimentary horizon has some very high silica enrichments.
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Research Methods in Cell Biology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mb7002
Module code: MB7002 When a gene is found to be mutated in a cancer we first need to understand how its protein product functions and then how the protein produced by the mutant gene alters the behaviour of cancer cells.
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Research Methods in Cell Biology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/bs4002
Module code: BS4002 When a gene is found to be mutated in a cancer we first need to understand how its protein product functions and then how the protein produced by the mutant gene alters the behaviour of cancer cells.
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150 years of the TUC
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/15/150-years-of-the-tuc/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2018 To celebrate is founding 150 years ago the TUC is creating its 150 voices to capture inspiring stories about trade unionists.
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AstroSeminar: Michelle Collins (Surrey), “Understanding the mysteries of the Low Surface Brightness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/02/01/astroseminar-michelle-collins-surrey-understanding-the-mysteries-of-the-low-surface-brightness-universe/
Posted by er198 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 February 2021 The department seminar this week (Wed 3rd of Feb) will be delivered by Dr. Michelle Collins (Surrey), at usual time (3.00 pm). Please find below title and abstract of the seminar.
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8th September 2013 Sol 388
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/09/08/8th-september-2013-sol-388/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 8, 2013 In our last main drive we managed 140 m in one sol! This means we will get to Waypoint 1 more quickly than expected.