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Expedition 357: Atlantis Massif Serpentinization and Life
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2014-15/atlantis
October 2015 – December 2015 IODP Expedition 357: Atlantis Massif Serpentinization and Life aims to improve our understanding of seafloor serpentinization and its role in driving hydrothermal systems; sustaining microbiological communities; and the sequestration of carbon in...
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Leicester engineers work on power systems for lunar rovers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/power-lunar-rovers
Researchers at University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester are part of a consortium developing power systems for lunar rovers that combine solar panels, batteries and radioisotope thermoelectric generators.
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Unprecedented energy consumption is leaving a permanent stain on planetary history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/anthropocene
A new study co-authored by three professors at the University of Leicester’s School of Geography, Geology and the Environment argues that the speed and scale of human energy consumption has pushed the Earth towards a new geological epoch, the ‘Anthropocene’.
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PhD researchers rise to Three Minute Thesis challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/three-minute-thesis-seaweed
More than 100,000 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were sold in the UK in 2020, with further demand for battery technology in hybrid vehicles.
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Is there a gender pay gap?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/06/is-there-a-gender-pay-gap/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2017 The latest report from the Resolution Foundation notes a reduction for women in their 20s but notes that over the career lifespan this widens.
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Mars Science Laboratory Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 4
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/page/4/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Blood cancer breakthrough offers clues for tailored patient treatment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/blood-cancer-breakthrough-offers-clues-for-tailored-patient-treatment
Patients with blood cancer could be offered a tailored course of treatment in the future, after Leicester academics successfully trialled the use of liquid biopsies to help predict how successfully patients would respond to treatment.
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Joggers pair up for charity Love Run for Valentines Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/joggers-pair-up-for-charity-2018love-run2019-for-valentines-day
Some say the course of true love never runs smoothly, but the Students’ Union plans to change all of that by hosting a unique Fun Run designed to really get the heart racing. Love Run will take place at 11.
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What and When is Death? By Floris Tomasini
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2015/11/09/floris-tomasini-what-and-when-is-death/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on November 9, 2015 In this blog post I’d like to talk about two forms of death, biological and social death, through the conceptual lens of personal identity.
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Metals in dust and soils and health
https://le.ac.uk/cehs/hpru/our-research/metals-in-dust-and-soils
The aim of this project is to investigate exposures to metals from soils and dust and assess potential health risks.