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• University of Leicester to partner with two universities in Ukraine

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/uuki-ukraine-twinning

  University of Leicester is establishing a partnership with two universities in Ukraine, facilitating the sharing of resources and support to their staff and students.

• A giant black hole in the Milky Way

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2024/04/30/a-giant-black-hole-in-the-milky-way/

  Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 April 2024 A sleeping giant The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has discovered a black hole 33 times the mass of the Sun. It is in the constellation Aquila, less than 2000 light-years from Earth.

• Research aims to improve reading for older people

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/3-university-of-leicester-research-aims-to-improve-reading-for-older-people

  A University of Leicester project examining how the effects of ageing impact on our ability to read has received £200K funding

• €1.5 million award to study birth of planets

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/erc-starter-grant

  Leicester astrophysics research which seeks to answer fundamental questions about the formation of planets has been awarded a major funding boost by the European Research Council (ERC).

• Life on the home front

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/first-world-war/life-on-the-home-front

  Learn more about life on the home front during the First World War from interviews with residents of Leicestershire during the time.

• THESEUS

  https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/space-projects-instrumentation/projects/theseus

  The “Transient High Energy Sky and Early Universe Surveyor” (THESEUS) mission concept is an European Space Agency candidate in Phase A study as part of the ESA Medium class call M7.

• Astrophysics Seminar Wednesday 15th Dec, 3pm (POSTPONED from 8th Dec)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/12/06/astrophysics-seminar-wednesday-8th-dec-3pm/

  Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 6 December 2021 This week’s seminar will be by Rowan Smith (Manchester), on  “The Cloud Factory: resolving star formation in its galactic context” Abstract: I present suites of simulations that resolve individual molecular...

• Exceptional & Extraordinary

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/exceptional-and-extraordinary

  Exceptional & Extraordinary has commissioned four disabled artists to create four emotionally powerful, impactful, provocative and high-quality artworks.

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 5 11 November

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-5-11-november

  Dr Jon Moran from the Department of Politics and International Relations has written an article for The Conversation about issues facing the Iraqi Army.

• Streptococcus pneumoniae

  https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/host-microbe-interactions/meningitis/streptococcus-pneumoniae

  Streptococcus pneumoniae is a bacterial cause of meningitis, a community acquired infection.