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Juno and Hubble data reveal electromagnetic ‘tug-of-war’ lights up Jupiter’s upper atmosphere
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/02/03/juno-and-hubble-data-reveal-electromagnetic-tug-of-war-lights-up-jupiters-upper-atmosphere/
New Leicester space research has revealed, for the first time, a complex ‘tug-of-war’ lights up aurorae in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, using a combination of data from NASA’s Juno probe and the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Juno and Hubble data reveal electromagnetic ‘tug-of-war’ lights up Jupiter’s upper atmosphere
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/jupiter-tug-of-war
Dr Jonathan Nichols is a Reader in Planetary Auroras at the University of Leicester and corresponding author for the study.
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ab520: Page 2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/andrew_blain/page/2/
Astrophysics Seminar 3pm Wednesday 10th November Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 November 2021 Freeke van der Voort (Cardiff) A remote talk on Teams describing the distribution of r-process elements in simulations of Milky-Way-sized galaxies.
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F1 tech put to use in Leicester’s Hospitals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/mediccom-f1
The prototype devices have been positively evaluated by clinicians in Leicester’s Hospitals, and by the Medical Devices Technology Evaluation Centre in Birmingham, and the team behind the design are now seeking additional funding to roll out the devices across the NHS.
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Black holes could grow as large as 50 billion suns research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/black-holes-could-grow-as-large-as-50-billion-suns-research-shows
Black holes at the heart of galaxies could swell to 50 billion times the mass of the sun before losing the discs of gas they rely on to sustain themselves, according to research by Professor Andrew King from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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ab520
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/andrew_blain/
Astrophysics seminar – Wed 9th Nov 3pm LTA Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 November 2022 This week’s in person astrophysics seminar will be by Sam Gill (Warwick). Sam will be around in Leicester from about 11am to 6pm.
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ejb71
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/emily_baldwin/
Conversations With… Professor Mervyn Roy Posted by ejb71 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 27 September 2022 Todays ‘Conversations With…’ article focuses on Professor Mervyn Roy, who has recently taken up the role of Dean of Education for the College of Science and Engineering.
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Astrophysics Seminar Wednesday 15th Dec, 3pm (POSTPONED from 8th Dec)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/12/06/astrophysics-seminar-wednesday-8th-dec-3pm/
Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 6 December 2021 This week’s seminar will be by Rowan Smith (Manchester), on “The Cloud Factory: resolving star formation in its galactic context” Abstract: I present suites of simulations that resolve individual molecular...
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Pick up the pace! New study finds slow walkers four times more likely to die from Covid-19
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/slow-walk-covid
Slow walkers are almost four times more likely to die from COVID-19 and have over twice the risk of contracting a severe version of the virus, according to a team of researchers from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre led by...
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ejb71: Page 2
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Conversations With… Dipali Thanki Posted by ejb71 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 6 November 2020 Todays ‘Conversations With…’ article focuses on Dipali Thanki, a Laboratory Supervisor in the School of Physics and Astronomy.