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Mars Sample Return is Underway with Mars2020 Launch
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/07/30/mars-sample-return-is-underway-with-mars2020-launch/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 July 2020 With the successful launch of Mars2020 from Cape Canaveral today the first stage in a long and complex sample return plan is finally underway – John Bridges explains on the Mars Science Laboratory...
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Conversations with… Prof. Richard Alexander
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/12/13/conversations-with-prof-richard-alexander/
Conversations with... Prof. Richard Alexander
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Physics and Astronomy February 2021 Digest
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/03/01/physics-and-astronomy-february-2021-digest/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 March 2021 Two months in to 2021, and our Leicester Physics community remains distributed far and wide across the UK and beyond.
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Guilty or not guilty Public will decide during interactive forensic science event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/guilty-or-not-guilty-public-will-decide-during-interactive-forensic-science-event
Members of the public will be deciding the outcome of two realistic criminal trials based on two real murder cases as part of an exciting interactive event during the Cheltenham Science Festival (5 – 10 June).
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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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Roman mosaics
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/case-studies/csr/roman-mosaics
In May 2017, archaeologists from University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) opened up their latest dig to the public, revealing large, well-preserved Roman mosaics.
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SVOM Integration of Leicester’s MXT Optics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/30/svom-integration-of-leicesters-mxt-optics/
SVOM Integration of Leicester's MXT Optics
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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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Photographs of the Great Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/01/14/photographs-of-the-great-jupiter-saturn-conjunction/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 14 January 2021 In December 2020, we asked members of the Physics and Astronomy community to look up and capture a chance-of-a-lifetime conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn – here are some of the photos.
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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.