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Researcher receives top award for work on meteorites and Martian geology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/researcher-award-meteorites-mars-geology
PhD student Francesca Willcocks' research has included the Winchcombe meteorite, the exploration of Gale Crater by NASA’s Curiosity Rover and preparations for Mars Sample Return
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The sting of the bling
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/sustainable-metal-extraction
Experts Professor Gawen Jenkin and Dr Dan Smith explain the importance of pursuing sustainable methods of metal extraction in order to tackle climate change.
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Peatlands will store more carbon as planet warms, study suggests
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/peatlands-will-store-more-carbon-as-planet-warms-study-suggests
Peatlands will store more carbon as planet warms, study suggests Photograph of a peat field|Leicester scientist part of international study into effects of global warming on peatlands Global warming will cause peatlands to absorb more carbon – but the effect will weaken as...
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Starting with the tidyverse
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/teachingr/2020/08/31/starting-with-the-tidyverse/
Discussion of teaching the tidyverse without first introducing students to base R
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Pilot programme for patients with Chronic Kidney Disease will be expanded following its success
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/lucid
A pilot programme for people living with Chronic Kidney Disease in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) is helping to revolutionise patient care and could be rolled out elsewhere
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John Mitcheson
https://le.ac.uk/people/john-mitcheson
The academic profile of Dr John Mitcheson, Reader / Associate Professor of ion channel physiology and pharmacology at University of Leicester
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Filippo Nicolini
https://le.ac.uk/people/filippo-nicolini
I am a postdoc in the Feuda Lab and I'm dealing with the evolution of phototransduction in early animals.
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Dr Ken Edwards
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/ken-edwards
Obituary notice for Dr Ken Edwards, former Vice-Chancellor at the University of Leicester.
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AstroSeminar: Michelle Collins (Surrey), “Understanding the mysteries of the Low Surface Brightness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/02/01/astroseminar-michelle-collins-surrey-understanding-the-mysteries-of-the-low-surface-brightness-universe/
Posted by er198 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 February 2021 The department seminar this week (Wed 3rd of Feb) will be delivered by Dr. Michelle Collins (Surrey), at usual time (3.00 pm). Please find below title and abstract of the seminar.
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Lose Yourself on Mars with Attenborough Arts Centre
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/26/lose-yourself-on-mars-with-attenborough-arts-centre/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 October 2020 There’s no place like… Mars. Book a 30-minute slot and utterly lose yourself… The Attenborough Arts Centre “Mariner 9” exhibition has been extended.