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Mars Sample Return DWI
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/space-projects-instrumentation/projects/mars-sample-return
The University of Leicester is leading a UK consortium of industry and academia to develop a Double Walled Isolator (DWI) Qualification Model (QM) for the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return Campaign.
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Competing on the centre right: An examination of party strategy in Britain
https://le.ac.uk/politics/research/research-projects/previous-research-projects/competing-on-the-centre-right
This research project provided a detailed analysis of the ideology, policies and strategy of the Conservative Party and UKIP at the 2009 European Parliament and the next general election.
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Researcher wins Newton Fund Grant for Disasters and Development Research Network
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/researcher-wins-newton-fund-grant-for-disasters-and-development-research-network
A new project led by Dr Jonathan Corpus Ong from the Department of Media and Communication seeks to explore how media and communication technologies can be used during disasters as well as promote social welfare in the developing world.
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University of Leicester and National Nuclear Laboratory sign an agreement with Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute on future space battery design
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/05-agreement-signed-on-space-battery-design
Space battery signing Professor Iain Gillespie signing a memorandum of understanding|The memorandum of understanding (MoU) pledges new areas of cooperation on research on radioisotope thermoelectric power generators for use in space exploration.
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Leicester scientists in discovery of new type of plant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-scientists-in-discovery-of-new-type-of-plant
Dr James Higgins from our Department of Genetics and Genome Biology has been involved in the discovery of a new type of plant growing in Shetland. Scientists at the University of Stirling discovered the plant – with its evolution only having occurred in the last 200 years.
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Influential artist Jenny Holzer on display at Attenborough Arts Centre through ARTIST ROOMS
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/holzer
ARTIST ROOMS Jenny Holzer 14 June – 29 September 2024 Free Entry Attenborough Arts Centre brings a new exhibition to Leicester, in partnership with Tate & National Galleries of Scotland: ARTIST ROOMS Jenny Holzer.
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Moles hate eating sand, Leicester research reveals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/moles
Anyone who has had their day at the beach ruined by the sound and sensation of biting into a sandy sandwich can look to the humble mole for ways of avoiding this unpleasant experience over the summer.
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Information for organisations and volunteers
https://le.ac.uk/cite/sanctuary-seekers-unit/initiatives/refugeap/organisations
How can I get in touch or find out more? If you have a general enquiry, please email refugeap@leeds.ac.uk Follow us on BlueSky at @refugeap.bsky.
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Effigies, Real Bodies and Iconoclasm. By Sarah Tarlow
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/02/08/effigies-real-bodies-and-iconoclasm-by-sarah-tarlow/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on February 8, 2016 Last week I was in Chester to examine a PhD thesis there (congratulations to Dr Ruth Nugent – the third person to complete a PhD in the young and dynamic archaeology department there,...
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The Jupiter Time Capsule; University of Leicester Staff Blogs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/08/03/the-jupiter-time-capsule/
Juno's microwave instrument will provide new insights into the global composition of Jupiter and the origins of the giant planet.