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Sunday 26th August Sol 20
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/26/sunday-26th-august-sol-20/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 26, 2012 Since the noble gas analyses by Viking in 1976 we have had the information to recognise meteorites from Mars (now about 60). My favourite martian meteorites are the nakhlites.
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Monday 13th August Sol 7
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/13/monday-13th-august-sol-7-1/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 13, 2012 In a recent paper led by my collaborator Dr Susanne Schwenzer and with a number of MSL scientists as co authors we outlined a scenario whereby heating related to the impact 4 billion years ago caused...
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In the Land of the Blind the One-eyed Man is King
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2020/05/07/in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-man-is-king/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on May 7, 2020 This morning I watched a Youtube Video (hey, aren’t I down with the kids ), about a researcher advocating the view that communications about the Covid-19 pandemic are being manipulated to force people...
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March 7th 2013 Sol 208
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/07/march-7th-2013-sol-210/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 7, 2013 A natural hazard for all spacecraft, including MSL, is currently at Mars. On March 5th there was a large solar flare or ‘Coronal Mass Ejection’.
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9th July 2015 Sol 1039
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/07/09/9th-july-2015-sol-1039/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 9, 2015 This MastCam image shows an important close up view of the Stimson sandstone – Pahrump mudstone contact.
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Academics and Leicester sports coaches team up in ERASMUS research project on ethics code for grassroots sport across Europe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/academics-and-leicester-sports-coaches-team-up-in-erasmus-research-project-on-ethics-code-for-grassroots-sport-across-europe
Leicester City Football Club led the way in professional football excellence in England in 2016, but now the public focus has shifted once more to football's problems – the depressing hooliganism stories from Euro 2016.
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28th September 2014 Sol 762
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/09/28/28th-september-2014-sol-762/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 28, 2014 Pahrump Hills Drillhole We have completed the mini and main drill holes, at the Confidence Hills locality in Pahrump Hills. Over the weekend the drill powder is being sieved and transferred to CheMin.
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13th February 2015 Sol 897
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/02/13/13th-february-2015-sol-897/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 13, 2015 Now that we have finished drilling and analysing by APXS and ChemCam the Mojave2 drill tailings at Pahrump we have driven on or ‘bumped’ as we say to another target with a different composition determined...
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18th March 2014 Sol 574
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/03/18/18th-march-2014-sol-574/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 18, 2014 Quite a lot of the science team is at the 45th Lunar & Planetary Science Conference in Houston.
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Botanic Garden Plant Sale and Family Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/botanic-garden-plant-sale-and-family-day
The University of Leicester’s Botanic Garden Plant Sale & Family Day is taking place on Sunday 3 July between 10:00am - 5:00pm on Glebe Road, Oadby, LE2 2LD. It is the University’s biggest annual public open day, and an important fixture in the community's calendar.