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Mars Science Laboratory Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 9
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/page/9/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Space Park Leicester developing technology for ultra-clean mini-lab to potentially contain extra-terrestrial samples returned to Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/space-park-leicester-technology-ultra-clean-mini-lab-extra-terrestrial-samples
University of Leicester’s science and innovation park to lead on a European Space Agency project to build a Double-Walled Isolator (DWI) to support analysis of extra-terrestrial samples, to reduce the risk of cross contamination on Earth
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The science behind genetic fingerprinting
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/science
We are all genetically unique - here's a brief overview of what is involved from a scientific perspective.
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Our space research highlights
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/space-power/space-research
Our researchers are reaching for the stars when it comes to space research, our work in this area is also helping inform the way we live and adapt to our planet.
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Ig Nobel Prize-winning geologist on why rocks speak in tongues
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/ig-nobel-zalasiewicz
Professor Jan Zalasiewicz, Emeritus Professor in the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, explains the research that won him an Ig Nobel Prize in 2023.
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English for Maths Summer Programme
https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/short-courses/summer/dli-summer-programmes/maths
Study on the English for Maths Summer Programme at the University of Leicester. Improve your ability to communicate in English in a maths context.
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Fragile Earth – our student exhibition 2013
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2013/04/09/fragile-earth-our-student-exhibition-2013/
Posted by Amy Jane Barnes in School of Museum Studies Blog on April 9, 2013 Every year, our campus-based Museum Studies and Art Museum and Gallery Studies students take part in a Design Exercise as part of their Module 3 studies, the last taught component of their masters’...
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Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance…and practice does too!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/careerdevelopmentservice/2015/11/13/prior-preparation-prevents-poor-performance-and-practice-does-too/
Posted by Marie Muir in Career Development Service on November 13, 2015 Here at the Career Development Service we’re all about preparation but prep can take many forms and it’s important to include include practice as part of this! Whilst you might feel like a bit of an idiot...
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Motor City Stories
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/10/26/motor-city-stories/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on October 26, 2020 Archivist Gary Collins explains how the digitisation of an audio collection is enabling its contents to be used in a variety of ways, including for Coventry City of Culture 2021.
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AI’s role in healthcare to be debated at international empathy conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/ai-empathy-stoneygate-centre
The impact of artificial intelligence on healthcare will come under the spotlight at a major international conference led by experts from the University of Leicester