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Modern scientist vs. 1600s scientist: Moon landings
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/02/14/modern-scientist-vs-1600s-scientist-moon-landings/
Modern planetary scientist Dr Suzie Imber critiques John Wilkins's incredible 17th c. book on space travel
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Astrophysics Seminar 3pm Wednesday 10th November
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/11/08/astrophysics-seminar-3pm-wednesday-10th-november/
Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 November 2021 Freeke van der Voort (Cardiff) A remote talk on Teams describing the distribution of r-process elements in simulations of Milky-Way-sized galaxies.
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Celebrating International Women’s Day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/03/22/celebrating-international-womens-day/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 22 March 2021 International Women’s Day 2021 was celebrated on 8 March 2021 with a programme of online events. The wall of women returned to the University in virtual form.
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Leicester Planetary Scientist in BBC Earth Feature on Jupiter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/07/leicester-planetary-scientist-in-bbc-earth-feature-on-jupiter/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 7 June 2021 Dr. Henrik Melin was interviewed for a feature for @BBCEarth about the greatest of planets – Jupiter. He discusses Juno’s exploration of the giant planet, and highlights some of the latest discoveries.
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Three-Minute Wonder Competition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/03/20/three-minute-wonder-competition/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 20 March 2020 Leicester physicists are involved in 3 Minute Wonder competition .
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Entries Open for the Three-Minute Thesis Competition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/01/05/entries-open-for-the-three-minute-thesis-competition/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 5 January 2021 The University of Leicester is back hosting its own 3 Minute Thesis annual competition and this year it is open to Early Career Researchers and PostDocs.
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Medical Biosciences (Microbiology) MBiolSci
https://le.ac.uk/courses/medical-biosciences-microbiology-mbiolsci/2026
Infectious diseases are responsible for a third of all deaths and are a major cause of death in infants and young children. The sheer diversity of pathogens and the exotic mechanisms they have evolved to escape the human immune system make them a fascinating topic to study.
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Medical Biosciences (Physiology) MBiolSci
https://le.ac.uk/courses/medical-biosciences-physiology-mbiolsci/2026
The human body is a collection of interacting systems that in normal health work smoothly with each other in a self-regulated manner.
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Indigenous Geographies of Carceral Islands
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/10/23/indigenous-geographies-of-carceral-islands/
Essay about the indigenous georaphies on three Australian convict islands - Melville; Cockatoo; Rottnest
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A giant black hole in the Milky Way
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2024/04/30/a-giant-black-hole-in-the-milky-way/
Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 April 2024 A sleeping giant The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has discovered a black hole 33 times the mass of the Sun. It is in the constellation Aquila, less than 2000 light-years from Earth.