Search
-
Royal Aeronautical Engineering Society webinar: UK as a Global Space Power
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/23/royal-aeronautical-engineering-society-webinar-uk-as-a-global-space-power/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 23 November 2020 The Royal Aeronautical Engineering Society is hosting a webinar with a panel including Leicester’s Professor John Remedios, discussing the UK as a global space power.
-
SUREFest – Final Internship Presentations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/08/04/surefest-final-internship-presentations/
This summer, the School of Physics and Astronomy has hosted 11 interns working as part of the SURE (summer undergraduate research experience) programme.
-
Exploring Mercury – National Space Centre Q&A with Dr. Suzie Imber
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/03/18/exploring-mercury-national-space-centre-qa-with-dr-suzie-imber/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 18 March 2021 Join special guest Dr Suzie Imber from our School of Physics and Astronomy for a free Facebook Live Q&A session about the past, present and future of exploring the planet Mercury, Friday 19...
-
Introducing Leicester’s BepiColombo MIXS Instrument
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/19/introducing-leicesters-bepicolombo-mixs-instrument/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 19 October 2020 This week (October 15th 2020) the BepiColombo spacecraft made its close approach to Venus, using the flybys (and electric propulsion) to brake against the Sun’s enormous gravity to reach...
-
AstRoSoc Success in the UKSEDS Satellite Design Competition – SatXTeam
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/09/17/astrosoc-success-in-the-ukseds-satellite-design-competition-satxteam/
Congratulations to the SatXTeam for their success in the UKSEDs Satellite Design Competition with their satellite Cubesat NF1.
-
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...
-
Shutdown STEM and Academia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/07/08/shutdown-stem-and-academia/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 July 2020 Leicester physicists organise an informative workshop day for postgraduate researchers about the Black Lives Matter movement.
-
Magnifying the Past with JWST
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/11/28/magnifying-the-past-with-jwst/
In this guest blog post by Leicester student Roshni Bakrania, which summarises a ResearchBites talk by Dr. Henrik Melin, we explore the results from the first few months of observations by JWST.
-
What the Hong Kong Occupation has Already Achieved
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/11/10/what-the-hong-kong-occupation-has-already-achieved/
Posted by Rutvica Andrijasevic in School of Business Blog on November 10, 2014 Rutvica Andrijasevic, Lecturer in Employment Studies at the School, overviews some provisional findings from the research she has been doing into the ongoing protest While ‘Occupy Central’...
-
Dr. Naomi Rowe-Gurney on taking a Leicester PhD to NASA
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/08/05/dr-naomi-rowe-gurney-on-taking-a-leicester-phd-to-nasa/
A five-year break in China, a worldwide pandemic, and delays to the most complex space telescope ever built: none of these were enough to stop Naomi Rowe-Gurney breaking new ground to complete her PhD at Leicester and land a dream job with NASA.