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Research reveals health inequalities for Black and South Asian women following gestational diabetes diagnosis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/gestational-diabetes
Black and South Asian women are up to three times more likely to develop certain long-term health conditions following a diagnosis of gestational diabetes than White women, new research presented at Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2022 has found.
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A legal war is no less lethal.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/helendexter/2016/07/08/a-legal-war-is-no-less-lethal/
Posted by Helen Dexter in I love to doubt as well as know: A blog about teaching and politics on July 8, 2016 The question of the legality of the war in Iraq was, quite deliberately, beyond the scope of Chilcot Enquiry and the report published yesterday makes no direct...
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AI and robotics scientists spark inspiration at major school STEM fair
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/bright-sparks-2024
The DriverLeics team represented the University of Leicester College of Science and Engineering at the Bright Sparks STEM Fair on 15 June
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#PlanetarySeminar: NASA’s Dr Paul Mahaffy on Mars from Curiosity and MAVEN
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/09/28/planetaryseminar-nasas-dr-paul-mahaffy-on-mars-from-curiosity-and-maven/
Dr Paul Mahaffy, NASA AMES, SAM (MSL) and MAVEN Principal Investigator, will talk about Martian Organics, Isotopes, and the Evolution of Habitability Explored in Gale Crater with the Curiosity Rover and from Orbit with the MAVEN mission.
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Charles Cockell on Astrobiology: National Space Centre Q&A
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/12/charles-cockell-on-astrobiology-national-space-centre-qa/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 12 November 2020 Join the National Space Centre on Friday 13 November at 19:00 for a special #SciFRI, as Charles Cockell, Professor of Astrobiology at the University of Edinburgh takes part in a live Q&A...
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Leicester’s Jupiter Research on the BBC Sky at Night
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/09/17/leicesters-jupiter-research-on-the-bbc-sky-at-night/
The BBC Sky at Night team travelled to the National Space Centre for a special show on five years of the Juno mission, featuring interviews with our Jupiter experts.
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The NASA-JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement mission
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/28/the-nasa-jaxa-global-precipitation-measurement-mission/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 28 October 2020 Leicester precipitation scientists Daniel Watters and Alessandro Battaglia outline how a NASA-JAXA mission addresses the challenge of global measurement of precipitation.
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Donor’s legacy will help train future surgeons
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/surgical-suite
The dying wish of a former surgeon is helping medical students at the University of Leicester to follow in his footsteps
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Talking points a range of topics tackled by academics this week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/talking-points-a-range-of-topics-tackled-by-academics-this-week
Despite promises of ‘ultrafast’ broadband services in the latest Budget announcement, Dr Bianca Reisdorf from the Department of Media and Communications and Anne-Marie Oostveen from the University of Oxford reflect on how we have yet to see the results of previous promises of...
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University community completes Poppy Pilgrimage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/poppy-pilgrimage
The red poppy, which recalls the horrors of the Western Front in the First World War, is a well-known and well-established symbol of support for the Armed Forces community and Remembrance for lives lost in all conflicts.