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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...
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Entries Open for the Three-Minute Thesis Competition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/01/05/entries-open-for-the-three-minute-thesis-competition/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 5 January 2021 The University of Leicester is back hosting its own 3 Minute Thesis annual competition and this year it is open to Early Career Researchers and PostDocs.
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Monday 14th January 2013 Sol 157
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/01/15/monday-14th-january-2013-sol-157/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 15, 2013 AS we are thinking about a drill target, the rock around us has a clastic texture, that is it is made of rounded grains that have been transported by water or wind.
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Cancer scientists take part in Tough Mudder
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/cancer-scientists-take-part-in-tough-mudder
A team of scientists is all set to get down and dirty this weekend – all in the aid of charity. Scientists based at the Cancer Research UK Leicester Centre, who are working on early detection of different cancers, will take part in their first Tough Mudder on 14 May.
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PlanetarySeminar: Giant Planets in the Thermal Infrared
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/13/planetaryseminar-giant-planets-in-the-thermal-infrared/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 13 October 2020 Dr.
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Research Bites: Solar System Science and JWST
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/01/21/research-bites-solar-system-science-and-jwst/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 21 January 2022 We are pleased to announce the third of our “Physics Research Bites”, a short “bring-your-own-lunch” seminar series aimed at students and staff wishing to know more about the...
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PlanetarySeminar: The importance of nonlinear physics in radiation belt modelling
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/09/14/planetaryseminar-the-importance-of-nonlinear-physics-in-radiation-belt-modelling/
Posted by mkj13 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 14 September 2021 At 14:00 on Wednesday September 29th, 2021, Dr Oliver Allanson from the University of Exeter will be presenting a seminar titled: “The importance of nonlinear physics in radiation belt modelling”.
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Ten Galactic Unite Scholars Selected
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/02/17/ten-galactic-unite-scholars-selected/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 17 February 2021 Ten undergraduate scholars have been selected as part of the pioneering Galactic Unite scholarship programme at the University of Leicester.
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Lit&Phil Society: Ernest Rutherford: from Kiwi farm boy to President of the Royal Society
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/11/08/litphil-society-ernest-rutherford-from-kiwi-farm-boy-to-president-of-the-royal-society/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 November 2022 Professor Mary Fowler will give a talk to the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society on Monday, 14th November, about her Great Grandfather, Ernest Rutherford, the father of nuclear physics.
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Celebrating Black History Month 2020
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/05/celebrating-black-history-month-2020/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 5 October 2020 This October is Black History Month, and in recognition of this, a number of activities have been planned throughout the University and School, writes Emily Baldwin.