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X-ray fluorescence
https://le.ac.uk/bepicolombo/mixs/xray-fluorescence
By recording the X-ray spectrum you can work out the elements that make up Mercury’s surface.
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European law expert to present lecture on post-Brexit UK democratic challenges
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/celi
Leading barrister Tom de la Mare KC will give this year’s Centre for European Law and Internationalisation Annual Lecture at University of Leicester.
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Wellcome boost for PhD programme to tackle Leicester’s healthcare inequalities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/wellcome-phd
The University of Leicester has been granted a major funding boost by the Wellcome Trust to provide improvements to healthcare inequalities in Leicestershire. A grant of up to £7.
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Observing Jupiter’s auroras with Hubble
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/06/30/observing-jupiters-auroras-with-hubble/
Posted by Jonathan Nichols in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on June 30, 2016 Unfortunately, they don’t let you take observing trips to the Hubble Space Telescope; perhaps the only downside to using the veteran observatory.
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X-ray laboratory
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/about/laboratories/x-ray
This laboratory houses the DRagon Mobile/Semi-Portable Direct Digital Radiography System. A wide range of X-ray images can be taken for study.
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Xinyu (Rain) Xu
https://le.ac.uk/people/rain-xu
The academic profile of Dr Rain Xu, Lecturer at University of Leicester
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First delivery to our University of high-tech glass plates to be used to discover the birth of new black holes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/first-delivery-to-our-university-of-high-tech-glass-plates-to-be-used-to-discover-the-birth-of-new-black-holes
Our University is providing a new type of X-ray mirror to the French space agency, CNES, for the Chinese-French satellite ‘SVOM’ which is designed to discover and study Gamma-Ray Bursts from newly formed black holes.
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Leicestershire’s Universities are working together for a greener future
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicestershire-universities-working-together-greener-future
As the UK gears up for Big Green Week this June, Leicestershire’s universities - University of Leicester, De Montfort University (DMU), and Loughborough University - are proving that collaboration is key in tackling climate change.
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Dreamt of directing Shakespeare? Well, here’s your chance
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/shakespeare
A free community workshop at the University of Leicester will give people the chance to have a go at directing Shakespeare.
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Successful Verification of the First Lobster X-ray Mirror Assembly for SVOM
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/28/successful-verification-of-the-first-lobster-x-ray-mirror-assembly-for-svom/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 28 October 2020 Julian Osborne highlights the recent success of the team in the Space Research Centre that is making the flight X-ray optic for the Chinese-French satellite SVOM.