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Wednesday 14th Nov 2012 Sol 98
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/11/14/14th-nov-2012-sol-98/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 14, 2012 With its APXS (Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer) instrument on the robotic arm of Curiosity is measuring the composition of rocks and soil at Rocknest.
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Are economists in touch with ordinary voters?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/12/are-economists-in-touch-with-ordinary-voters/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 12, 2016 Find out by reading the results of this interesting recent survey from the Centre for Macroeconomics. It also covers Brexit- why did votes ignore the advice of economists.
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Santa’s sleigh flies with the power of the Apollo mission rocket
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/santa-sleigh-engine
Santa’s sleigh would require equivalent thrust to that produced by the Saturn V rocket or 150 Boeing 747-400 engines, University of Leicester students have found.
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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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Multi-million pound international investment to launch new industrial research facility in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/multi-million-pound-international-investment-to-launch-new-industrial-research-facility-in-leicester
A multi-million pound Research Centre for metal and alloys has been launched in Leicester. It will enable the University of Leicester and partners to work with China for an initial period of five years to bring advanced thinking to metal production.
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1st August 2015 Sol 1060
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/08/01/1st-august-2015-sol-1060/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 1, 2015 Successful drilling at Buckskin! Like the other drill holes this is showing how thin red Mars is.
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15th June 2013 Sol 305
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/06/15/15th-june-2013-sol-5/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 15, 2013 This is a NavCam image showing that we have successfully placed the robotic arm turret against this Point Lake outcrop in order to get MAHLI imagery and an APXS analysis.
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29th July 2016 Sol 1415
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/07/29/29th-july-2016-sol-1415/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 29, 2016 We are getting some fantastic views of Murray Buttes, with Mt Sharp in the background.The Murray mudstone forms the low ground around the buttes.
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Genes for learning and memory are 650 million years old, study shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/big-bang
A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Leicester have discovered that the genes required for learning, memory, aggression and other complex behaviours originated around 650 million years ago.
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Expedition 343: Japan Trench Fast Drilling Project (JFAST)
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2011-12/japan-trench
April – May 2012 The main goal of the JFAST project was to understand the very large fault slip that occurred on the shallow portion of the subuction zone during the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.