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• 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

• Runic charms and boat burials to be discussed at Viking symposium

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/runic-charms-and-boat-burials-to-be-discussed-at-upcoming-symposium

  From burials in boats to the perceived magical properties of runic charms, members of the public are invited to come together at the University to learn about the latest research developments in the world of Vikings during the annual Midlands Viking Symposium on Saturday 25...

• Space Park Leicester expert called to UN Space Affairs meeting

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/space-park-leicester-united-nations-presentation

  A leading expert from Space Park Leicester, the University of Leicester’s pioneering space research, innovation and teaching cluster, has been invited to deliver “world-leading” research to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.

• The Story of Pulque Part 2: A Tangle of Origins – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/03/18/the-story-of-pulque-part-2-a-tangle-of-origins/

  Overview of different pre-Columbian narratives about the origins or discovery of pulque, and the various political, historical, and cultural roles these narratives served particularly for the Mexica (Aztecs)

• Leicester geologist to present rock-licking trick for Hallowe’en treat at Royal Institution

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/geologist-rock-licking-halloween-royal-institution

  Professor Jan Zalasiewicz joins panel at the Royal Institution on 31 October with other winners of Ig Nobel Prizes to explain their winning work for a public audience

• 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...

• People

  https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/medrace/people

  MedRACE is a student and staff working group within Leicester Medical School.

• Physics and Astronomy Blog: Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/page/25/

  Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in the School of Physics and Astronomy.

• UKs largest ever investment into groundbreaking health research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/uk2019s-largest-ever-investment-into-ground-breaking-health-research

  Leicester’s hospitals and the Universities of Leicester and Loughborough are set to receive funding of £11m from the Government to make world-leading medical breakthroughs, as part of a record package of research funding announced today by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

• 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