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Projects
https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/solid-earth/geophysics/projects
Discover the current projects for Geophysics at the University of Leicester.
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Wind turbine remains may be among ‘most surprising’ fossils for far future generations, palaeontologists say
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/wind-turbine-remains-surprising-fossils-palaeontology
University of Leicester palaeontologists publishing new book on technofossils suggest that wind turbine blades, made from difficult to recycle materials, may be among the most surprising fossils found by future palaeontologists
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Mars closest to Earth in over a decade on Monday 30 May
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/mars-closest-to-earth-in-over-a-decade-on-monday-30-may
On Bank Holiday Monday, be prepared for a celestial surprise as a planetary body sidles up next to us - or at least 46 million miles away.
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Chemical in red grapes may help prevent bowel cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/chemical-in-red-grapes-may-help-prevent-bowel-cancer
Resveratrol, a chemical found in red grapes, is more effective in smaller doses at preventing bowel cancer in mice than high doses, according to new research published in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
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Analysing the skeleton
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/osteology/analysing-the-skeleton
Analysis of the bones has identified the skeleton as an adult male aged between his late 20s and late 30s; whilst forensic analysis of the bone joints, using standard post-mortem methods, provides a narrower estimate of 30-34 years of age.
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Getting Lost in Oxford: Dr Rob M Francis’ psychogeographical explorations as David Bradshaw Creative
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2019/05/29/getting-lost-in-oxford-dr-rob-m-francis-psychogeographical-explorations-as-david-bradshaw-creative-writer-in-residence/
Posted by gboland in Waugh and Words on May 29, 2019 Psychogeographer, Dr Robert M.
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DOCK businesses targeted for university-business collaborations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/dock-businesses-targeted-for-university-business-collaborations
As part of a drive to encourage collaborations between local innovation businesses and the University, the Enterprise and Business Development Office (EBDO) held a successful event at DOCK recently (29 June).
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Leicester student research stories rated most out of left field in May
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-student-research-stories-rated-most-out-of-left-field-in-may
The feasibility of crying a river and the plausibility of spells in the Harry Potter universe are the top two most interesting University research stories in May, according to a list by PR consultancy Gerard Kelly & Partners.
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Planetary astronomers identify cycle of spectacular disturbances at Jupiter’s equator
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/19-planetary-astronomers-identify-cycle-spectacular-disturbances-jupiters-equator
Infrared images of Jupiter The clearing of Jupiter’s clouds during the last equatorial disturbance event in 2007.
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First Juno science results supported by University of Leicester’s Jupiter ‘forecast’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2017/05/25/first-juno-science-results-supported-by-university-of-leicesters-jupiter-forecast/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on May 25, 2017 Astronomers publish predictions of planetary phenomena on Jupiter that informed spacecraft’s arrival.