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Life has always been about give and take
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/mutualistic-city
Professor Mark Williams explains the importance of mutualistic cities in creating hope for a better, natural future.
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Friday 17th August Sol 12
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/18/friday-17th-august-sol-12/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 18, 2012 We have chosen our first long term direction for Curiosity – and it is going about 0.5 km towards the NE, to an important junction between 3 different rock types. The site has been named Glenelg.
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3rd March 2016 Sol 1271
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/03/03/3rd-march-2016-sol-1271/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 3, 2016 Every year, much of the planetary science community gather at the Lunar and Planetary Science conference in Houston.
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Monday 19th Nov. Sol 103
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/11/19/monday-19th-nov-sol-103/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 19, 2012 The REMS instruments (Rover Environmental Monitoring Station) on the rover mast has been sending back information about wind direction and atmospheric pressure over the last 100 sols.
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19th November 2013 Sol 459
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/11/19/19th-november-2013-sol-459/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 19, 2013 As we work in Gale Crater with Curiosity, other Mars missions are being planned and launched.
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Monday 15th October Sol 69
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/15/monday-15th-october-sol-69/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 15, 2012 As we are currently static in Rocknest the use of the Mast instruments comes to the fore. In particular, ChemCam is important. ChemCam uses a laser to hit rocks at a distance of metres away.
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Historian to take part in stand-up comedy challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/historian-to-take-part-in-stand-up-comedy-challenge
Kevin Schürer (pictured), Professor of English Local History in our School of History and lead genealogist in the discovery of King Richard III, has been announced as one of the contenders in a stand-up comedy challenge in Leicestershire.
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Tuesday 15th January 2013 Sol 159
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/01/15/tuesday-15th-january-2013-sol-159/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 15, 2013 We are finding more veins and white nodules across the drill target area (called John Klein) and in our surrounding area.
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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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Tuesday 22nd January 2013 Sol 166
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/01/22/tuesday-22nd-january-2013-sol-166/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 22, 2013 This close up view of one of the veins was taken as an RMI image by one of the two ChemCam lasers after the Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS).