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Sol 0 Monday 6th August
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/06/sol-0-monday-6th-august/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 6, 2012 The next data relay via Mars Odyssey is at 12.30 am PDT (add 8 hours for BST). We will start the process of checking the instruments.
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4th March 2017 Sol 1627
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/03/04/4th-march-2017-sol-1627/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 4, 2017 We are continuing the Bagnold Dunes campaign, with stops 3 and 4. This NavCam view shows the Curiosity robotic arm for the team’s examination.
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21st January 2015 Sol 875
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/01/21/21st-january-2015-sol-875/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 21, 2015 The MSL science operations have stood down for a few days whilst a software upgrade goes ahead. Soon we will recommence the drilling campaign.
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Flaring star could be down to young planet’s disc inferno
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/planetary-disc-inferno
New simulations led by University of Leicester offer new explanation for star’s 85-year flare. In this scenario, a young giant planet is burning up very close to its star, suggesting solar systems may have hosted many of such planets that have since ‘evaporated’
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George McTurk
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/george-mcturk
We are sad to report the death of George McTurk, a man who served the University for nigh on 40 years in the Geology Department and Pre-Clinical Sciences in the Medical School from 1963 to 2003.
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Up to a third of people with type 2 diabetes not taking prescriptions properly
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/05-type-2-diabetes-prescriptions
Leicester researchers have used a unique screening approach to suggest that nearly a third of people with type 2 diabetes may be putting their health at risk because they are not taking their medications correctly.
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First study examining pregnancy in the Viking Age: Pregnant women wearing martial helmets, fetuses set to avenge their fathers, but also a harsh world where not all newborns were given burial or born free
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/first-study-into-pregnancy-in-viking-age
A new, interdisciplinary study is the first focused examination of pregnancy in the Viking Age.
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Parents and researchers share insights at University of Leicester for World Prematurity Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/prematurity-day
University of Leicester invites parents, teachers and professionals to ‘The educational needs of children born preterm’ on Thursday 17 November.
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Welcome Postdoc Zedong Zheng – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/2022/02/21/welcome-zedong-zheng/
The Arch-I-Scan project welcomes Zedong Zheng as new Postdoctoral Research Associate (Mathematics).