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8th September 2013 Sol 388
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/09/08/8th-september-2013-sol-388/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 8, 2013 In our last main drive we managed 140 m in one sol! This means we will get to Waypoint 1 more quickly than expected.
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11th May 2016 Sol 1337
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/05/11/11th-may-2016-sol-1337/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 11, 2016 Sol 1337 means that we have just reached our second martian year since landing in 2012, Here is a birthday cake to the mission from the ChemCam team in Toulouse.
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New understanding of ‘sociable’ slug behaviour calls for better pesticide targeting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/slugs
Experts from the University of Leicester have been hot on the slime trail of the grey field slug population thanks to innovative technology that can tag and track the behaviour of the invertebrates.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 18 June 1 July
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-18-june-1-july
Professor Philip Shaw from the School of English has written an opinion piece for The Conversation where, two centuries after Waterloo, he discusses the famous painting commissioned by the Duke of Wellington after he triumphed over Napoleon.
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Spotlight on CLANet -- Deep learning in cell line authentication
https://le.ac.uk/computing-and-mathematical-sciences/research/life-health-sciences/clanet
CLANet is an AI framework developed by Professor H Zhou's and collaborators, and funded by AstraZeneca Ltd. Cell line authentication plays a crucial role in the biomedical field, ensuring researchers work with accurately identified cells.
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Edward Derbyshire
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/edward-derbyshire
We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Professor Edward Derbyshire, former Head of the Department of Geography, who passed away on 9 July 2024.
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Chickens to be marker of Anthropocene
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/12-chickens-to-mark-anthropocene
Chickens to be marker of Anthropocene Chicken|Consumption of chickens signals new geological epoch according to research led by the University of Leicester Modern meat chickens are a defining feature of the Anthropocene according to new research by Dr Carys Bennett and...
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22nd September 2015 Sol 1112
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/09/22/22nd-september-2015-sol-1112/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 22, 2015 I have been Geo Science Theme Lead GSTL for the last two sol plan (sols 1112-1113). One of the main topics we have been discussing is where to drill next.
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6th March 2015 Sol 918
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/03/06/6th-march-2015-sol-918/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 6, 2015 We are in the middle of preparing a 3 sol plan, in the final stages of the Pahrump campaign.
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Wednesday 10th October Sol 64
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/11/wednesday-10th-october-sol-64/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 11, 2012 The camera imaging, ChemCam analyses and scooping are continuing as the small plastic fragment identified to the side of the scoop area is not critical for the arm’s operation.