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Leicester students solve age-old question: How much Christmas spirit is needed to lift Santa’s sleigh?
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/christmas-spirit
Students at the University of Leicester have discovered the answer to an age-old question this Christmas: just how much Christmas spirit is required to lift Santa’s sleigh? Using equations and principles learned on their physics course, five student researchers calculated...
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COP26: Funding boost for new space mission to monitor carbon
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/11/05/cop26-funding-boost-for-new-space-mission-to-monitor-carbon/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 5 November 2021 Leicester researchers will contribute to a new joint British and French space mission dedicated to monitoring atmospheric carbon dioxide – the main greenhouse gas responsible for climate change.
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FeedSax - Feeding Anglo-Saxon England
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/people-and-places/feedsax-feeding-anglo-saxon-england
The University of Leicester's archaeology research collaboration with Oxford University, Feeding Anglo-Saxon England AKA Feedsax
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Online sources for Leicestershire history
https://le.ac.uk/history/outreach/besh/historical-research/leicestershire-history
History at the University of Leicester - Building and Enriching Shared Heritages project. Read our list of other websites for exploring the history of Leicestershire’s towns and villages.
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Two new Chinese Internet archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/12/09/two-new-chinese-internet-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 9, 2013 …from the Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library, UCLA . Both capture snapshots of chinese websites periodically since 2012, preserving the content and can be searched by keyword.
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Biological Sciences (Physiology with Pharmacology) MBiolSci
https://le.ac.uk/courses/biological-sciences-physiology-with-pharmacology-mbiolsci/2026
On the Leicester MBiolSci degree, you will hone your research and laboratory skills and extend your medically specialised BSc programme into a fourth year of masters level study.
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The Grey Friars – a brief history
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/richard-iii-and-leicester/grey-friars-history
The history of the Grey Friars site from its beginnings in 1224 to the thing it is best known for - Richard III’s burial in the church choir in 1485.
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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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Biological Sciences MBiolSci
https://le.ac.uk/courses/biological-sciences-mbiolsci/2026
From the simplest to the most complex organisms, from molecules to the evolution of species and medicine, the living world is endlessly complex and fascinating.
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Academic, external and visiting staff
https://le.ac.uk/engineering/people/academic
View the academic team working within Engineering at Leicester. Explore staff profiles, research interests and contact details.