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‘Fizzy pop’ process reveals copper-rich volcanoes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/volcano
Identifying magmas that experience the same process that makes fizzy drinks ‘bubbly’ has been used by a team of University of Leicester geologists to predict whether a volcano’s magma is likely to be rich in copper.
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Igneous Petrogenesis
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gl4110
Module code: GL4110 When and how did the continental crust form? Many models have been proposed, but this fundamental question remains unresolved.
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Igneous Petrogenesis
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gl4110
Module code: GL4110 When and how did the continental crust form? Many models have been proposed, but this fundamental question remains unresolved.
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Igneous Petrogenesis
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gl4110
Module code: GL4110 When and how did the continental crust form? Many models have been proposed, but this fundamental question remains unresolved.
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Solid Earth
https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/solid-earth
Solid Earth research at Leicester concerns all aspects of the structure, composition and dynamics of the solid earth, including volcanoes, tectonics, geophysics, igneous and metamorphic geochemistry and mineral resources (which includes the Centre for Sustainable Resource...
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Why do we still love James Bond
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/why-do-we-still-love-james-bond
On Monday 26 October, another new James Bond movie will hit our cinema screens and the publicity machinery seems to be in overdrive. Spectre is the twenty-fourth in the continuous film series based on Ian Fleming’s British superspy and is produced by Eon Productions for MGM/Sony.
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Geologists uncover ‘Goldilocks Zone’ for precious metals in Earth’s crust
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/goldilocks-zone
Leicester research has identified a new ‘Goldilocks Zone’ in the Earth’s crust which could provide metals vital to the green revolution.
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Could scream power meet Britains energy requirements
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/could-screams-meet-britains-energy-requirements
Screams extracted from the population of Britain, as seen in the Disney and Pixar film Monsters, Inc,. could theoretically be used to generate enough energy to power the country, according to a Natural Sciences student from the Centre for Interdisciplinary Science.
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Student research stories featured by the BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/student-research-stories-featured-by-the-bbc
Two student-led studies published in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Science Topics run by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Science have been featured on the BBC's '10 things we didn't know last week', which highlights research about interesting and...
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Leicester scientists discover precious metals in Mordor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/mordor
Two geologists from the University of Leicester have found gold, along with copper, tellurium and other metals in a geological locality in Australia, referred to as the Mordor Igneous Complex - named after its uncanny resemblance to the location from the Lord of the Rings...