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Where is the World’s Most Expensive City?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/22/where-is-the-worlds-most-expensive-city/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2019 …according to the latest EIU intelligence report? In 2019 it was shared by Singapore, Hong Kong and Paris. The least expensive city is Caracas, Venezuela.
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Window of the Soul
https://le.ac.uk/research/images-of-research/sohaib-rufai
Sohaib Rufai, University staff member has entered a piece entitled 'Window of the Soul'.
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Urgent action required to protect world’s coral reefs from disappearing within three decades, warn experts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/coral-reefs
In 2018 the Vibrant Oceans group identified 50 reefs that are most likely to resist and survive climate change. The habitats are located largely in the Pacific and Indian oceans, with further reefs in the Caribbean and east of Africa.
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31st December 2014 Sol 854
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/12/31/31st-december-2014-sol-854/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 31, 2014 We are continuing the Pahrump localities looped drive. MSL is not working full time over the holidays but we had a ‘3-sol’ plan on the 29th December. I was the Geo Science Theme Lead for the day.
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Santa’s sleigh flies with the power of the Apollo mission rocket
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/santa-sleigh-engine
Santa’s sleigh would require equivalent thrust to that produced by the Saturn V rocket or 150 Boeing 747-400 engines, University of Leicester students have found.
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Thursday 4th October Sol 58
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/05/thursday-4th-october-sol-58/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 5, 2012 Previous missions suggest that the ‘soil’ on Mars is roughly basaltic in composition. However, on Earth sand is mainly composed of quartz (silica).
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8th October 2013 Sol 417
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/10/08/8th-october-2013-sol-417/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 8, 2013 Our last drive was about 85 m away from Waypoint 1 towards the SW. As we progress one of the new ways we image the landscape is with the MAHLI microimager.
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Doug Barrett
https://le.ac.uk/people/doug-barrett
The academic profile of Dr Doug Barrett, Lecturer at University of Leicester
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Dr Pratik Choudhary to join world-leading Leicester Diabetes Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/pratik-choudhary
The world-leading Leicester Diabetes Centre has announced that Dr Pratik Choudhary is to join its team of experts as a Professor in type 1 diabetes and technology, and will lead the clinical service for the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust in type 1 diabetes.
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26th November 2013 Sol 466
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/11/26/26th-november-2013-sol-466/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 26, 2013 Two years after launch from Cape Canaveral we have been slowed up temporarily by a minor short circuit, but are now getting back to analyses and driving.