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Six Decades of Space Science
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/06/six-decades-of-space-science/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 6 October 2020 At the start of World Space Week, we’re marking 60 years of space science at the University of Leicester. Leicester has had a Physics Department since 1924, long before it gained University status.
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PlanetarySeminar: Solar wind and planetary magnetospheres coupling: macrophysical and microphysical
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/01/24/planetaryseminar-solar-wind-and-planetary-magnetospheres-coupling-macrophysical-and-microphysical-processes/
Posted by mkj13 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 24 January 2022 At 14:00 on Wednesday February 8th, 2022, Dr Lina Hadid from LPP, France will be presenting a seminar titled: “Solar wind and planetary magnetospheres coupling: macrophysical and microphysical processes”.
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Lit&Phil Society: Ernest Rutherford: from Kiwi farm boy to President of the Royal Society
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/11/08/litphil-society-ernest-rutherford-from-kiwi-farm-boy-to-president-of-the-royal-society/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 November 2022 Professor Mary Fowler will give a talk to the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society on Monday, 14th November, about her Great Grandfather, Ernest Rutherford, the father of nuclear physics.
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Celebrating Black History Month 2020
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/05/celebrating-black-history-month-2020/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 5 October 2020 This October is Black History Month, and in recognition of this, a number of activities have been planned throughout the University and School, writes Emily Baldwin.
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AstroSeminar: Protoplanetary disk evolution and planet formation across time and space
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/13/astroseminar-protoplanetary-disk-evolution-and-planet-formation-across-time-and-space/
Posted by er198 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 13 October 2020 This week’s (14th Oct) virtual Wednesday talk will be by Carlo Manara (ESO), who will present “Protoplanetary disk evolution and planet formation across time and space” Members of the School can access this...
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British Planetary Science Conference 2020
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/01/30/british-planetary-science-conference-2020/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 January 2020 Academic staff and students presented a wide range of work at the 2nd British Planetary Science Conference The 2nd British Planetary Science Conference was held from the 13th-15th of January at...
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ESA Digital Twin Earth Precursor: Climate Explorer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/09/23/esa-digital-twin-earth-precursor-climate-explorer/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 23 September 2020 NCEO-Leicester win ESA contract to develop a “Digital Twin Earth Precursor” Dr Robert Parker, part of the National Centre for Earth Observation and the School of Physics and Astronomy, has...
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Spirit of the 1960s and 70s kept alive in new book about Neil Young
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/the-1960s-and-70s-kept-alive-in-new-book-about-neil-young
A new book on the musical travels of Neil Young, one of the most significant recording and performing artists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, argues that the singer-songwriter is one of only a few music industry figures to still engage in social activism.
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A passion for researching public policy and management – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2015/08/19/a-passion-for-public-policy/
One researcher's account of what inspired her passion for public policy research, and how she uses linguistic theory to investigate and address the complexity of public policy narratives and the effect their implementation has on people's day-to-day lives.
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Advancing UK and Italian research in Gamma-Ray astrophysics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/02/18/advancing-uk-and-italian-research-in-gamma-ray-astrophysics/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 18 February 2020 Leicester physicists invited to the home of the UK Ambassador to Italy to discuss the future of Gamma-Ray astrophysics.