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• Urgent action required to protect world’s coral reefs from disappearing within three decades, warn experts

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/coral-reefs

  In 2018 the Vibrant Oceans group identified 50 reefs that are most likely to resist and survive climate change. The habitats are located largely in the Pacific and Indian oceans, with further reefs in the Caribbean and east of Africa.

• All rise! Height-adjustable desks can reduce workplace sitting by over an hour a day

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/standing-desk-research

  Researchers have developed a programme that, when paired with a height-adjustable desk, can reduce the time people spend sitting by over an hour.

• First glimpse of Mercury for BepiColombo

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/bepicolombo-mercury

  The mission comprises two science orbiters which will be delivered into complementary orbits around the planet by the Mercury Transfer Module in 2025.

• Star Wars 50 Years: Pasts, Presents, and Futures

  https://le.ac.uk/media/research/star-wars-50-years

  Join the Star Wars 50 Years academic conference in Leicester (May 2027). Submit papers on film, fandom, media, and culture by 1 November 2026.

• UK Space Agency backs Space Park Leicester based start-up

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/messium-space-park

  Agri-tech start-up Messium based at Space Park Leicester has been accepted on to one of the UK Space Agency’s most prestigious business support programmes

• SafePod

  https://le.ac.uk/library/research-support/safepod

  The University Library contains a SafePod part of the SPN SafePod Network for researchers to securely access research data in a controlled secure environment from approved data centres to meet data security requirements related to sensitive research data for their research...

• New report shows UK ‘poorly prepared’ to reach net-zero carbon economy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/just-transition

  The UK Government must take urgent action to deliver a ‘just transition’ for workers as the country shifts towards a greener economy, according to a new study.

• Citizen Science and Astronomical Observing – National Space Centre Q&A with Chris Lintott

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/03/25/citizen-science-and-astronomical-observing-national-space-centre-qa-with-chris-lintott/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 March 2021 Join the National Space Centre for a LIVE Space Q&A with the Sky at Night’s Chris Lintott, Friday 26 March 19:00-20:00.

• Gareth Morgan

  https://le.ac.uk/people/gareth-morgan

  The academic profile of Dr Gareth Morgan, Clinical Lecturer/Clinical Psychologist & Systemic Practitioner at University of Leicester

• Researchers make sand that flows uphill

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/sand-microrollers

  Paper published in 'Nature Communications' details how applying magnetic forces to individual 'microroller' particles spurs collective motion—with counterintuitive results