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  • Matter detected falling into a black hole at 30 percent of the speed of light

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/21-matter-falling-into-a-black-hole

    A team of astronomers led by our Department of Physics and Astronomy report the first detection of matter falling into a black hole at 30% of the speed of light, located in the a distant galaxy.

  • Launch yourself into the space industry with new conversion course for professionals

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/space-missions

    Led by University of Leicester and run in partnership with space law practice Alden Legal and Meridian Space Command, the new course covers the entire space mission lifecycle from conception through to operations

  • Space power: Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Shock Test Success

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/rtg-shock-test

    The University of Leicester 's Space Nuclear Power group has put their Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator through a shock test to prepare it for the harsh environment of a launch or planetary surface landing

  • Asteroid fragments narrow down timeframe for giant planets’ current orbits

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/giant-planet-instability

    University of Leicester-led study suggests that the orbital instability of the giant planets happened between 60-100 million years after the beginning of the Solar System, with evidence found in meteorites linked to asteroid believed to be remains of a destroyed planetesimal

  • About the Project

    https://le.ac.uk/crime-representation-anglophone-caribbean/about-the-project

    The project addresses the complex problem of crime in Anglophone Caribbean societies from various disciplinary perspectives. Its aim is to develop our understanding of the historical, cultural, political and socioeconomic contexts of crime in the region.

  • A Promising Future: Convict Voyages to Western Australia by Kellie Moss

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/10/06/a-promising-future-convict-voyages-to-western-australia-by-kellie-moss/

    Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on October 6, 2014 During a recent research trip to the State Library of Western Australia I had the opportunity to examine the journal compiled by William Smith, Surgeon Superintendent, on board the Merchantman’s second...

  • Leicester scientist lends expertise to new Jack the Ripper book

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-scientist-lends-expertise-to-new-jack-the-ripper-book

    Bestselling crime writer Patricia Cornwell is due to release Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert on 28 February, a comprehensive and intriguing exposé of one of the world’s most chilling cases of serial murder—and the police force that failed to solve it.

  • Genetic switch discovery could help to prevent symptoms of Parkinsons disease

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/genetic-switch-discovery-could-help-to-prevent-symptoms-of-parkinsons-disease

    A genetic ‘switch’ has been discovered by MRC researchers at our University which could help to prevent or delay the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

  • Queen's Anniversary Prizes

    https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/queen-elizabeth-ii/queens-anniversary-prizes

    Celebrate the excellence with three special projects to have received royal recognition

  • Rise for Leicester to 35th in latest Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/times-rankings

    The University of Leicester is on the rise in the Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023, which has ranked the University 35th amongst UK Higher Education institutions.

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