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Discovery of Ancient Super-eruptions Suggests the Yellowstone Hotspot May Be Waning
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/blog/2020/07/08/discovery-ancient-super-eruptions-suggests-the-yellowstone-hotspot-may-be-waning/
Posted by in University of Leicester Staff Blogs on July 8, 2020 Spectacular deformation (folding) within the Grey’s Landing Ignimbrite.
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Leicester Cathedral dig finds coffin of asylum surgeon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/cathedral-dig-surgeon
University of Leicester archaeologists have found the coffin of the first resident medical officer for the Leicestershire and Rutland County Lunatic Asylum in 1836.
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A day in the life: research services out and about in Nottingham May 2023
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/06/26/a-day-in-the-life-research-services-out-and-about-in-nottingham-may-2023/
Posted by Laurian Williamson in Library and Learning Services on June 26, 2023 This is the final blog post [3/3] focussing on three different open research events attended by members of the University Library Research Services Team.
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Students invited to take on the Miserchef challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/students-to-engage-in-miserchef-challenge
Students are to apply to take part in a ‘MiserChef’ competition as part of National Student Money Week from 9-13 February, where the idea is to demonstrate how you can have a healthy and nutritious meal on a tight budget.
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Life has always been about give and take
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/mutualistic-city
Professor Mark Williams explains the importance of mutualistic cities in creating hope for a better, natural future.
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Laser tag puppy room and inflatable assault course return to campus to help destress students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/laser-tag-puppies-and-inflatable-assault-return-to-help-de-stress-students
Our Students’ Union has organised another jam-packed programme of events designed to alleviate student stress during the exam period which runs from 3 – 31 May 2017.
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How the future species of Earth may view fossils left behind after mankinds extinction
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/how-the-future-species-of-earth-may-view-fossils-left-behind-after-mankind2019s-extinction
Giant hyper-evolved rats 100 million years from now, carefully and logically analysing petrified remains from the long-vanished human civilization – and getting the interpretation completely wrong! That is the theme of a collaboration between the artist Anne-Sophie...
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University astronomer discovers Saturn’s famous hexagon may tower above the clouds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/university-astronomer-discovers-saturn2019s-famous-hexagon-may-tower-above-the-clouds
University astronomer discovers Saturn’s famous hexagon may tower above the clouds University astronomer discovers Saturn’s famous hexagon may tower above the clouds| Stunning atmospheric vortex revealed at planet’s north pole in new study.
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Report suggests delaying school entry for preterm babies may not be the answer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/report-suggests-delaying-school-entry-for-preterm-babies-may-not-be-the-answer
A new report launched today suggests that prematurely born babies are more likely to have learning difficulties at school age, and the risk increases the earlier they are born.
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Leicester Heroes event smashes record number of stem cell sign-ups in one drive
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicester-heroes-event-smashes-record-number-of-stem-cell-sign-ups-in-one-drive
A record number of sign-ups to a stem cell register has been achieved at an event on the University of Leicester campus.