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• About the project

  https://le.ac.uk/country-house-technology/about

  Project background and methodology From the 18th century, many technological innovations (such as gas and electric light, bells and telephones, piped water supplies, heating systems and sanitation) became available but the isolated nature of many country estates meant that...

• Tracking a solar eruption through the Solar System

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/tracking-a-solar-eruption-through-the-solar-system

  Ten spacecraft, from ESA’s Venus Express to NASA’s Voyager-2, felt the effect of a solar eruption as it washed through the Solar System while three other satellites watched, providing a unique perspective on this space weather event.

• Edward Derbyshire

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/edward-derbyshire

  We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Professor Edward Derbyshire, former Head of the Department of Geography, who passed away on 9 July 2024.

• Pioneering Leicester researcher ready for ‘mind-blowing’ space images

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/naomi-rowe-gurney

  Raised in Newbury, Berskhire – on Watership Down, made famous by the fantasy novel – Naomi is also a pioneer as the first Black woman to receive a PhD from Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy.

• Scientists investigate if red grape chemical can keep bowel cancer at bay

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/karen-brown

  Trial led by University of Leicester scientists is giving participants resveratrol as a potential prevention drug for bowel cancer.

• Reflections: a panel debate on the challenges and opportunities of lecture capture

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2016/06/02/reflections-a-panel-debate-on-the-challenges-and-opportunities-of-lecture-capture/

  Posted by Rachel Tunstall in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on June 2, 2016 The following questions and answers are taken from a panel debate on the challenges and opportunities of lecture capture, using questions submitted by participants...

• Physics & Astronomy: Page 2

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/author/leigh_fletcher/page/2/

  The Jupiter Time Capsule Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on August 3, 2016   Given that we don’t yet know whether a planetary core exists within Jupiter, much of our understanding of giant planet formation comes from a...

• Entomology fieldtrip turns into a once in a lifetime opportunity

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/cicadas

  A University of Leicester researcher has witnessed a once in a lifetime experience on a trip to the United States.

• Evelyn Waugh, Cynic?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2016/01/27/evelyn-waugh-cynic/

  A summary of Naomi Milthorpe's research in the Evelyn Waugh Collection at the Huntington Library.

• Introducing the SpacePod – a new way to access sensitive data

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/01/23/introducing-the-spacepod/

  The University of Leicester's SafePod provides a safe setting for researchers to access sensitive datasets.