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Sunday 9th September Sol 34
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/10/sunday-9th-september-sol-34/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 10, 2012 Just like in a terrestrial laboratory we have to analyse standards of known composition.
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Thursday 29th November Sol 112
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/11/29/thursday-29th-november-sol-112/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 29, 2012 Our next major task is to select a suitable place for the first drilling operation using high resolution MastCam images that we have been taking.
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March 7th 2013 Sol 208
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/07/march-7th-2013-sol-210/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 7, 2013 A natural hazard for all spacecraft, including MSL, is currently at Mars. On March 5th there was a large solar flare or ‘Coronal Mass Ejection’.
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12th May 2015 Sol 983
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/05/12/12th-may-2015-sol-983/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 12, 2015 A stunning image of sunset over the Gale Crater Rim! The sort of long wavelength scattering so characteristic of our Earth’s red sunsets has not occurred. Ehlers et al.
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Global Dust Storm on Mars July 9th 2018, Sol 2105
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2018/07/09/global-dust-storm-on-mars-july-9th-2018-sol-2105/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 9, 2018 We are experiencing the most intense global dust storm on Mars since 2001.
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Study shows slow walking pace is good predictor of heart-related deaths
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/study-shows-slow-walking-pace-good-predictor-of-heart-related-deaths
A team of researchers at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre - a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University - has concluded that middle-aged people who report that they are slow walkers could be at higher risk...
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Sage
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/biodiversity/food-growing/edible-campus/sage
Sage and Grapefruit Body Scrub Using sage in beauty treatments has been shown to improve the appearance of your skin by promoting cell renewal, additionally sage has been know to help alleviate skin conditions such as eczema and athletes foot.
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Locating the choir within the church
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/locating-the-choir
A small area above the human remains in Trench 1 was carefully widened with a digger to give archaeologists better access to the burial. Jo Appleby and Turi King began to carefully remove the grave soil by hand. Work was slow, to avoid damage to the skeleton.
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University library feeds more than the mind thanks to free veg seed giveaway
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/university-leicester-seed-library-free-veg-giveaway
The University of Leicester’s growing reputation has been bolstered with a scheme which allows its library members to take out seeds, as well as books.
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Juno Mission
https://le.ac.uk/juno/juno-mission
Find out more about the Juno Mission at the University of Leicester.