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40-year study finds mysterious patterns in temperatures at Jupiter
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/patterns-temperature-jupiter
An international team of scientists, including at the University of Leicester, have completed the longest-ever study tracking temperatures in Jupiter’s upper troposphere, the layer of the atmosphere where the giant planet’s weather occurs and where its signature colourful...
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vholmes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/catherine_holmes/
Blog 3: Items of Interest chosen by Jenni Hunt. Posted by vholmes in Library Special Collections on April 9, 2021 Over the past few months I have been working on listing the University of Leicester’s Administrative Archive.
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The Ripple: An Archival Retrospective
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/08/08/the-ripple-an-archival-retrospective/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library and Learning Services on August 8, 2025 Guest post written by Carter Buckingham who has been volunteering in Special Collections since August 2024.
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Digging Out the Past – the legacy of Alan McWhirr
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/06/13/digging-out-the-past-the-legacy-of-alan-mcwhirr/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on June 13, 2019 Alan McWhirr in a field. The first collection we have finished digitising for the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage (UOSH) project is a monthly radio series about archaeology, Digging Out the Past.
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World’s first picture of the molecular machinery that makes cilia beat
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/cilia
A picture of the structures that power human cilia – the tiny, hairlike projections that line our airways, has been produced by scientists for the first time.
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The cell cycle, mitosis and meiosis
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/cell-cycle
The cell cycle is the four stage process in which the cell becomes two cells. We provide academic materials for learning purposes for various levels of education.
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Announcing 2025 Summer Internships for Leicester Undergraduates
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2025/01/09/announcing-sure2025/
Applications are open for the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience scheme, which provides paid opportunities for capable undergraduates to get a flavour of what it is like to work at the cutting-edge of research in the School of Physics and Astronomy and Institute for Space.
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Wednesday 17th October Sol 70
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/17/wednesday-17th-october-sol-70/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 17, 2012 We go on a field trip to the Mojave Desert. This area of California contains alluvial fans, volcanic rocks, ancient lakes and hydrothermally altered rocks.
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Ministers and Midlands universities launch £3m campaign to attract global R&D investment and drive economic growth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/investment
University of Leicester joins seventeen universities from the Midlands in launching the Invest in UK University R&D – Midlands Campaign to drive investment into the region
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Latest insights into Saturn's weird magnetic field only make things weirder
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/5-latest-insights-into-saturns-weird-magnetic-field-only-make-things-weirder
Leicester space scientists, who have been involved in the Cassini mission for decades, discuss the ‘gold mine’ of information the mission has revealed about the ringed planet and their personal connections to the project