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Introduction to Modern Physics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/intro-modern
Combine this unit with two others to form the module 'Introduction to Physics Specialisms' During this unit you will begin your education in speciality physics by studying introductory topics in the fundamental building blocks of the Universe, and the ways in...
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Juno and Hubble data reveal electromagnetic ‘tug-of-war’ lights up Jupiter’s upper atmosphere
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/jupiter-tug-of-war
Dr Jonathan Nichols is a Reader in Planetary Auroras at the University of Leicester and corresponding author for the study.
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Where to dig
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/where-to-dig
We identified three potential areas of excavation – the Leicester City Council Social Services car park, the former Alderman Newton’s School playground and a private car park to the west of New Street.
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Applied and Medical Physics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/pa3601
Module code: PA3601 This module will build on your knowledge in speciality physics by exploring applied physics further. We will consider key techniques in modern medical physics, from ultrasound imaging to single photon and positron tomography, and radionuclide imaging.
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Deck the halls with Christmas lights all the way to space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/18-deck-halls-christmas-lights-space
A house illuminated with Christmas lights|University of Leicester students have calculated how many Christmas lights are needed to decorate a house to be visible from space.
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6th August 2013 Sol 356
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/08/06/6th-august-2013-sol-356/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 6, 2013 First Birthday gateaux at CNES, Toulouse.
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Physics Research Bites are back! The Solar System from JWST
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/10/10/physics-research-bites-are-back-the-solar-system-from-jwst/
Interested in getting a glimpse of the latest research happening right here at the University of Leicester? Join us Friday 14th October in Room E (F23) of the physics building for the first Research Bites talk of the year; featuring Dr Henrik Melin discussing the recent...
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Juno and Hubble data reveal electromagnetic ‘tug-of-war’ lights up Jupiter’s upper atmosphere
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/02/03/juno-and-hubble-data-reveal-electromagnetic-tug-of-war-lights-up-jupiters-upper-atmosphere/
New Leicester space research has revealed, for the first time, a complex ‘tug-of-war’ lights up aurorae in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, using a combination of data from NASA’s Juno probe and the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Condensed Matter Physics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/pa2230
Module code: PA2230 ‘Condensed Matter’ explores the physics that underpins the behaviour of electrons in crystalline solid materials and is included in the Institute of Physics “core of physics” material.
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Condensed Matter Physics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/pa2230
Module code: PA2230 ‘Condensed Matter’ explores the physics that underpins the behaviour of electrons in crystalline solid materials and is included in the Institute of Physics “core of physics” material.