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21st December 2016 Sol 1556
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/12/21/21st-december-2016-sol-1556/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 21, 2016 I am Geo-Min Science theme lead for todays plan. As usual after 4 years of operations we are doing 3 sols of planning at one go.
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19th January 2017 Sol 1584
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/01/19/19th-january-2017-sol-1584/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 19, 2017 We have found another (the 4th) meteorite. The fist sized sample called Ames_Knob – which was analysed by ChemCam – turns out to be composed of Fe and Ni metal.
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9th February 2015 Sol 893
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/02/09/9th-february-2015-sol-893/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on February 9, 2015 Now that our first Pahrump drill is completed one of the things we do is check the CheMIn inlet (which is in the top right of the NavCam image) to check for any debris, blockages etc.
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July 1st 2013 Sol 321
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/07/01/july-1st-2013-sol-321/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 1, 2013 We are continuing our work at Shaler on Mars. Meanwhile, one of the important research aspects of MSL and Mars research generally is to identify analogue sites on Earth.
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28th May 2013 Sol 288
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/05/28/28th-may-2013-sol-288/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 28, 2013 We are holding a ChemCam meeting at the Cite de Espace, Toulouse. The Cite de Espace hosts an exhibition about Mars Science Laboratory and ChemCam.
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Publications
https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/aif/publications
Browse the publications written by academics where the Advanced Imaging Facility at the University of Leicester has been of use.
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New study considers whether age affects your experiences on an undergraduate degree
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/new-study-considers-whether-age-affects-your-experiences-on-an-undergraduate-degree
With significant numbers of students entering Higher Education over the age of 21, a University of Leicester project examines whether age is just a number for undergraduate students.
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Government funding for project to supply Africa with electricity from waste
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/08-pyropower-nigeria-electricity-waste
An Earth Observation Innovation team from the University of Leicester is collaborating with PyroGenesys Ltd. and a number of UK and international organisations on a project to generate off-grid electricity for remote rural communities in Africa starting with Nigeria.
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PhD student invited to Vienna to present his research on how living things become fossils
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/phd-student-invited-to-vienna-to-present-his-research-on-how-living-things-become-fossils
A palaeontologist has been invited to Vienna to talk about his doctoral research in the field taphonomy – the process of fossilisation.
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How much does it cost to raise a child in the UK?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/24/how-much-does-it-cost-to-raise-a-child-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 24, 2018 The latest report from the Child Poverty |Action group gives the figures for raising a child to age 18, based on what the public thinks is a minimum standard of living.