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10th March 2014 Sol 565
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/03/10/10th-march-2014-sol-565/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 10, 2014 We are having a set of drive-only sols, to reach our next Waypont Kimberley in the next few days. At Kimberley we may do our third drill hole.
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18th June 2013 Sol 308
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/06/18/18th-june-2013-sol-308/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 18, 2013 I am taking my turn at being the GeoMin group theme lead this sol. I am also the ChemCam science theme group member.
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Tuesday 4th September Sol 28
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/04/monday-4th-september-sol-28/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 4, 2012 The High Resolution Stereo Imager Experiment (HiRise) onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter MRO has returned new images of the Bradbury landing site and Curiosity itself.
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18th June 2014 Sol 664
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/06/18/18th-june-2014-sol-644/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 18, 2014 Today I am GeoSTL lead. As we approach our first martian year we are concentrating on driving. We recently managed 120 m in one sol.
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Sunday 16th September Sol 40
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/16/sunday-16th-september-sol-40/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 16, 2012 As we move forward we are making remarkable new discoveries. There is a palpable air of excitement in the Science Discussions as the MastCam images appear.
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World’s first picture of the molecular machinery that makes cilia beat
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/cilia
A picture of the structures that power human cilia – the tiny, hairlike projections that line our airways, has been produced by scientists for the first time.
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Sunday 7th October Sol 61
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/08/sunday-7th-october-sol-61-1/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 8, 2012 One of the major challenges in preparing a spacecraft for Mars is ensuring that the chemical analyses made by the instruments, in particular for the SAM mass spectrometer are not contaminated by material...
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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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150 years of the TUC
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/15/150-years-of-the-tuc/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2018 To celebrate is founding 150 years ago the TUC is creating its 150 voices to capture inspiring stories about trade unionists.
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Nigel Sell
https://le.ac.uk/people/nigel-sell
The academic profile of Mr Nigel Sell, Lecturer at University of Leicester