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Wednesday 26th September Sol 50
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/26/wednesday-26th-september-sol-50/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 26, 2012 We have travelled 50 metres in one sol, a new record and a great help for achieving the mission aims. We are also considering data on our calibration rock target.
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University of Leicester archives uncover accounts of the supernatural
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/halloween
The University of Leicester has uncovered a series of spooky documents and images from its Library archives.
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EXPERT COMMENT Donalds Disappointing Days Trumps First Hundred Days in Office
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/expert-comment-donald2019s-disappointing-days-trump2019s-first-hundred-days-in-office
In an article for Think: Leicester, Dr Andrew Johnstone, Director of American Studies, has commented on President Trump's first 100 days in the Oval Office.
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Funny bones macabre humour in the Dance of Death
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/funny-bones-macabre-humour-in-the-2018dance-of-death2019
The haunting tale of a married couple who tragically lost nine of their ten children in infancy and later died in a state of Dickensian poverty sounds like a fitting story for Halloween - but for many people in the 19th century this exposure to death was commonplace and...
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Hive of activity how genes turn bees into workers and queens
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/hive-of-activity-how-genes-turn-bees-into-workers-and-queens
Biologists have discovered that one of nature’s most important pollinators - the buff-tailed bumblebee – either ascends to the land of milk and honey by becoming a queen or remains a lowly worker bee based on which genes are ‘turned on’ during its lifespan.
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Music is in the genes University staff to play at charity gig
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/music-is-in-the-genes-university-staff-to-play-at-charity-gig
Staff from the Department of Genetics will be performing at a charity gig in aid of Parkinson’s UK. The Histones, who formed last year to celebrate the department’s 50th anniversary, will be appearing at the Shed in Leicester on Friday 26 June.
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Leicester academic Professor Mark Jobling to chart the evolution of individual identification at Galton Institute conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-academic-professor-mark-jobling-to-chart-the-evolution-of-individual-identification-at-galton-institute-conference
Professor Mark Jobling from our Department of Genetics and Genome Biology will be giving a talk at the Galton Institute conference on 15 November - charting the evolution of individual identification from its earliest inception via fingerprints in 1892, through to the...
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Sharing our success: MedRACE, MMF and Sanctuary Seekers' Unit Fundraiser
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/medrace/medrace-voices/collaborative-fundraising-success
Student blog about fundraising for Medical Aid for Palestinians, a collaborative initiative between MedRACE and partner groups at the University of Leicester
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/101/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Andrew Dunn: Page 101
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/101/
Academic Librarian.