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Dr. Naomi Rowe-Gurney on taking a Leicester PhD to NASA
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/08/05/dr-naomi-rowe-gurney-on-taking-a-leicester-phd-to-nasa/
A five-year break in China, a worldwide pandemic, and delays to the most complex space telescope ever built: none of these were enough to stop Naomi Rowe-Gurney breaking new ground to complete her PhD at Leicester and land a dream job with NASA.
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Leicester artist begins new project inspired by Universitys animal bones archive
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/leicester-artist-begins-new-project-inspired-by-universitys-animal-bones-archive
Artist Jo Dacombe is immersing herself within the Bone Laboratory in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History to understand how archaeologists generate stories about past human and animal relationships from the fragments of bones that are recovered through excavation.
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Leicester team shows how to reduce carbon emissions from agricultural peatland
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-team-shows-how-to-reduce-carbon-emissions-from-agricultural-peatland
Raising the water table could slow down global warming, boost crop yields, and preserve peat soils according to a new study.
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Touch Medical student to represent Great Britain at the European under23 fencing championships
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/touche-medical-student-to-represent-great-britain-at-the-european-under-23-championships
Alex Lloyd, a Medical student and platinum sports scholar at our University, has been selected by British Fencing to represent Great Britain at the European under-23 Championships in Yerevan, Armenia from the 15-19 April.
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Hayabusa 2: Asteroid Samples Return this Weekend
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/12/04/hayabusa-2-asteroid-samples-return-this-weekend/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 4 December 2020 Professor John Bridges discusses the importance of the Hayabusa 2 mission, returning samples of asteroid Ryugu to Earth this weekend, in a blog for theConversation .
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Group contacts
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/space-projects-instrumentation/contacts
Contacts list for Space Projects and Instrumentation group
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Resources
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/dna/dna-schools-and-colleges/resources
Here at The University of Leicester, we offer academic resources for schools and colleges on the topic of genetics.
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Physics and Astronomy Blog: Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/page/12/
Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in the School of Physics and Astronomy.
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Using Diamond X-Rays to Explore Asteroid Surfaces
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/04/09/using-diamond-x-rays-to-explore-asteroid-surfaces/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 9 April 2021 In a new paper, Leicester’s Leon Hicks and colleagues used synchrotron X-rays to investigate how space weathering has altered the iron composition of samples from the Itokawa asteroid.
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Leicester Astronomers Looking Ahead to First Light for Webb
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/04/28/leicester-astronomers-looking-ahead-to-first-light-for-webb/
Leicester Astronomers Looking Ahead to First Light for Webb