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17th Century Adventures in Travel Writing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/01/07/17th-century-adventures-in-travel-writing/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on January 7, 2015 In 1627, at the age of only 21, Sir Thomas Herbert travelled to Persia and India as a low-ranking member of Charles I’s embassy to Shah Abbas I.
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What if the Philippines and Guinea belong to America?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/03/20/what-if-the-philippines-and-guinea-belong-to-america/
Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on March 20, 2014 In the context of the Carceral Archipelago project, my research addresses the circulation of convicts to and within colonial and post-colonial Latin America, in connection to other (“free” and “unfree”)...
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The curse of zombie fossils
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/the-curse-of-zombie-fossils
New research has revealed how the history of life can be distorted by the ways animals decompose and lose body parts as they decay - and the ways in which decayed bodies ultimately become fossilised.
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ab520: Page 2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/andrew_blain/page/2/
Astrophysics Seminar 3pm Wednesday 10th November Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 November 2021 Freeke van der Voort (Cardiff) A remote talk on Teams describing the distribution of r-process elements in simulations of Milky-Way-sized galaxies.
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AstroSeminar: Prof. Isobel Hook, “Cosmology with supernovae: past, present and future”
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/01/18/astroseminar-prof-isobel-hook-cosmology-with-supernovae-past-present-and-future/
Posted by er198 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 18 January 2021 This week the department seminar will be delivered by Prof. Isobel Hook (Lancaster), at usual time (3.00 pm) on Teams. Please find below title and abstract of her talk.
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Diversity Session at the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/06/13/diversity-session-at-the-international-union-of-pure-and-applied-physics/
The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) is celebrating its centenary in 2022/23, and Dr. Gillian Butcher (IUPAP Vice President at Large) if organising a session on diversity.
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Announcing the 2021 Yearbook
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/12/17/announcing-the-2021-yearbook/
The Physics Community Team, and the Leicester Physics News Team, are delighted to announce the publication of the 2021 Yearbook for the School of Physics and Astronomy.
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SURE Internships 2023
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/10/09/students-reflect-on-their-summer-internships-in-physics/
Summer Undergraduate Internships within the School of Physics and Astronomy came to an end in August, and our interns have been sharing their thoughts and experiences over on LinkedIn.
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Expanding Student Perceptions of the Universe through Art
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/08/expanding-student-perceptions-of-the-universe-through-art/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 October 2020 Dr. Gabby Provan collaborates with the Fermynwoods Contemporary Art centre to deliver a workshop helping to expand student perceptions of the multi-wavelength universe.
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PlanetarySeminar: Inside Jupiter: what Juno gravity soundings taught us about the gas giant’s interi
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/23/planetaryseminar-inside-jupiter-what-juno-gravity-soundings-taught-us-about-the-gas-giants-interior-during-the-prime-mission/
Posted by mkj13 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 23 June 2021 At 16:00 on Wednesday June 30th, Dr Marzia Parisi from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be presenting a seminar titled: “Inside Jupiter: what Juno gravity soundings taught us about the gas giant’s interior...