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• University of Leicester astronomers help James Webb Space Telescope glean new insights from distant world

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/jwst

  • A NASA-coordinated study has today revealed the early origins of a planet 700 light years away • Astronomers from the University of Leicester contributed to research that used the famous James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to investigate the atmosphere of distant planet...

• May Day: early 19th century traditions

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/04/29/may-day-early-19th-century-traditions/

  Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on April 29, 2016 Laying May branches Whilst many associate traditional celebrations of May Day with maypoles and Morris dancers, one early nineteenth century custom featured ‘Mayers’ (those included in May Day...

• PhD researchers rise to Three Minute Thesis challenge

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/three-minute-thesis-seaweed

  More than 100,000 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were sold in the UK in 2020, with further demand for battery technology in hybrid vehicles.

• Mental Health UK

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/16/mental-health-uk/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 16, 2018 10 th October was World Mental Health Day and the first Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit has been held.   Its website has reports and decisions.

• Global Parents Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/06/04/global-parents-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 4, 2020 The First of June is designated by th e   United Nations as Global Parents day   s o here are some quick research links: Are parents becoming older? Yes in the UK according...

• Saturn’s high-altitude winds generate an extraordinary aurorae

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/02/08/saturns-high-altitude-winds-generate-an-extraordinary-aurorae/

  Leicester space scientists have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism fuelling huge planetary aurorae at Saturn.

• New book The Bones of a King to be published

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/new-book-the-bones-of-a-king-to-be-published

  The team behind the discovery and identification of King Richard III are to publish a new book on 20 March about Richard III entitled 'The Bones of a King: Richard III Rediscovered' that seeks to reveal for the first time the complete story behind the...

• Wiesam Essa

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/wiesam-essa

  We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Dr Wiesam Essa, of Al-Aqsa University in Palestine.

• Disability Support

  https://le.ac.uk/library/about/disability-support

  Building access, building facilities, accessing resources, parking

• The 2021 Partial Solar Eclipse

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/11/the-2021-partial-solar-eclipse/

  The 2021 Partial Solar Eclipse