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Sylwia Bujkiewicz
https://le.ac.uk/people/sylwia-bujkiewicz
The academic profile of Professor Sylwia Bujkiewicz, Professor of Biostatistics at University of Leicester
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Capturing the UK Fireball with a Raspberry Pi
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/03/02/capturing-the-uk-fireball-with-a-raspberry-pi/
Capturing the UK Fireball with a Raspberry Pi, star trails, Leicester
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The NASA-JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement mission
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/28/the-nasa-jaxa-global-precipitation-measurement-mission/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 28 October 2020 Leicester precipitation scientists Daniel Watters and Alessandro Battaglia outline how a NASA-JAXA mission addresses the challenge of global measurement of precipitation.
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#PlanetarySeminar: NASA’s Dr Paul Mahaffy on Mars from Curiosity and MAVEN
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/09/28/planetaryseminar-nasas-dr-paul-mahaffy-on-mars-from-curiosity-and-maven/
Dr Paul Mahaffy, NASA AMES, SAM (MSL) and MAVEN Principal Investigator, will talk about Martian Organics, Isotopes, and the Evolution of Habitability Explored in Gale Crater with the Curiosity Rover and from Orbit with the MAVEN mission.
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Nobel Prize: How Penrose, Genzel and Ghez helped put black holes at the centre of modern astrophysic
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/07/nobel-prize-how-penrose-genzel-and-ghez-helped-put-black-holes-at-the-centre-of-modern-astrophysics/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 7 October 2020 The award of this year’s Nobel prize in physics to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez will be greeted with enormous pleasure by physicists and astronomers worldwide.
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ESA Digital Twin Earth Precursor: Climate Explorer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/09/23/esa-digital-twin-earth-precursor-climate-explorer/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 23 September 2020 NCEO-Leicester win ESA contract to develop a “Digital Twin Earth Precursor” Dr Robert Parker, part of the National Centre for Earth Observation and the School of Physics and Astronomy, has...
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Six Decades of Space Science
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/06/six-decades-of-space-science/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 6 October 2020 At the start of World Space Week, we’re marking 60 years of space science at the University of Leicester. Leicester has had a Physics Department since 1924, long before it gained University status.
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Lit&Phil Society: Ernest Rutherford: from Kiwi farm boy to President of the Royal Society
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/11/08/litphil-society-ernest-rutherford-from-kiwi-farm-boy-to-president-of-the-royal-society/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 November 2022 Professor Mary Fowler will give a talk to the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society on Monday, 14th November, about her Great Grandfather, Ernest Rutherford, the father of nuclear physics.
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Physics & Astronomy: Page 24
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/leigh_fletcher/page/24/
Hunting for Planet 9 Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 5 January 2020 Dr.
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Why Not…. Join Our All-School Quiz on December 1st?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/23/why-not-join-our-all-school-quiz-on-december-1st/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 23 November 2020 As we’re nearing the end of term, we thought we’d have a bit of fun, so the Physics Community team is excited to invite all members of the School to an All-School Quiz on Tuesday the 1st of...