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Astronomy seminar – Wednesday 9th June. 3pm. Dr Rebeca Garcia Lopez
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/09/astronomy-seminar-wed-9th-june-3pm/
The inner regions of protoplanetary disks: an interferometric view
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‘A photographic revolutionary’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/11/21/a-photographic-revolutionary/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on November 21, 2014 ‘The Snow Garden’, P. H. (Peter Henry) Emerson, ‘Marsh Leaves’, (London, 1895), pl. XII, SCM 08575. University of Leicester Special Collections.
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Drying Congo peatlands threaten to accelerate climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/congo-cop27
Study reveals how the Congo peatlands changed from being a major store of carbon to a source of damaging carbon dioxide emissions.
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Portable devices monitor air pollution hotspots in cities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/portable-devices-monitor-pollution-hotspots-in-cities
Scientists at our University are trialling a portable air monitor to gather precise air pollution data at a personal scale in order to help monitor pollution hotspots.
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Neotropical Rainforests
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gy3306
Module code: GY3306 This module provides you with a unique insight into the neotropical rainforest biome. It incorporates a component of fieldwork on tropical ecology, but also examines theoretical aspects.
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New insights into ‘glue’ for DNA
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/new-insights-into-2018glue2019-for-dna
New insights into ‘glue’ for DNA New insights into ‘glue’ for DNA 1400|Leicester scientist involved in discovery of how a component of the cohesin ring binds DNA.
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Study provides insight into zincs important role in heartbeat regulation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/study-provides-insight-into-zincs-important-role-in-heartbeat-regulation
Leicester researchers have been involved in a study with University of St Andrews examining the role zinc plays in regulating heartbeat.
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Bioscience departments receive recognition for tackling gender inequality
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/bioscience-departments-receive-recognition-for-tackling-gender-inequality
Our University has been further recognised for our commitment to tackling gender inequality in higher education with the announcement that two of our biosciences departments have received Athena SWAN awards.
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Professor Melanie Davies
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/edi-in-practice/walk-with-women/melanie-davies
Learn more about Melanie Davies, a Professor of Diabetes Medicine in the College of Life Sciences.
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Waugh Geography quiz
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/04/04/geographyquiz/
A geography quiz based on the novles of Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1986