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July 5th 2013 Sol 324
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/07/05/july-5th-2013-sol-324/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 5, 2013 I am visiting the French ChemCam HQ in the CNRS lab based in Toulouse. Some of the development of ChemCam was done by the group here.
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17th February 2014 Sol 545
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/02/17/17th-february-2014-sol-545/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 17, 2014 As we approach a full martian year (669 sols) we have travelled about 5 km. There is fine tuning to be done on the route to get us relatively quickly to the clay and iron oxide concentrations in Mt.
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March 30th 2013 Sol 231
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/30/march-30th-2013-sol-231/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 30, 2013 We are now back to full operations after the software problems, and getting in observations prior to the planetary conjunction.
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Sunday 23rd September Sol 47
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/23/sunday-23rd-september-sol-47/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 23, 2012 Mankind versus Machine #2 The robotic arm is over the calibration rock Jake_ Matijevic.
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12th June 2013 Sol 302
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/06/12/12th-june-2013-sol-302/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 12, 2013 We are carefully positioning ourselves for Point Lake.
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14th July 2014 Sol 688
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/07/14/14th-july-2014-sol-688/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 14, 2014 In addition to driving towards the Murray Buttes gap in the dunes, and our path onto Mt. Sharp, we stop sometimes to do contact science. The image gives an example of what this entails.
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What our students say
https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/presessional/why-leicester/our-students
Hear more from students who have studied with us in the ELTU on the Presessional English Programme at Leicester.
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Tellurium (Te) and Selenium (Se) (TeaSe)
https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/solid-earth/volcanoes/projects/tease
Learn about the Tellurium (Te) and Selenium (Se) project in The School of Geography, Geology and the Environment at the University of Leicester.
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Physics & Astronomy students crack mystery of Rudolph’s red nose
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/12/16/physics-astronomy-students-crack-mystery-of-rudolphs-red-nose/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 16 December 2020 Of all Santa Claus’ reindeer, Rudolph is best known for his bright red nose.
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Study shows slow walking pace is good predictor of heart-related deaths
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/study-shows-slow-walking-pace-good-predictor-of-heart-related-deaths
A team of researchers at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre - a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University - has concluded that middle-aged people who report that they are slow walkers could be at higher risk...