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Celebrating Diwali 2022
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/11/01/great-school-turnout-to-celebrate-diwali-2022/
The School of Physics and Astronomy were pleased to bring back the complimentary food tasting of traditional Diwali snacks and sweets as part of the Diwali celebrations.
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Sol 2039 1st May 2018 Unique Samples from the Deep Martian Crust
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2018/05/01/sol-2039-1st-may-2018-unique-samples-from-the-deep-martian-crust/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 1, 2018 We have recently come across a unique set of samples from the deeper crust of Mars, kilometres below what was the Gale Lake 4 billion years ago.
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Roger Irwin
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/author/ri40/
DPhil student in English - Linacre College, Oxford University
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25th March 2015 Sol 936
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/03/25/25th-march-2015-sol-936/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 25, 2015 This MAHLI image (field of view about 20 cm) shows how water has travelled through the Garden City mudstone rock. It has left trails in veins – probably of gypsum or a similar mineral.
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29th October 2015 Sol 1148
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/10/29/29th-october-2015-sol-1148/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 29, 2015 We have completed another drill so that we now have the Big Sky and Greenhorn drill holes. As the team becomes more experienced we are getting quicker at producing drillholes and so we can get more analyses.
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Does it matter if your PhD Certificate includes the topic of your research?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2017/09/05/does-it-matter-if-your-phd-certificate-includes-the-topic-of-your-research/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on September 5, 2017 Sitting in a meeting recently I learned that University of Leicester PhD certificates do not include a title or descriptor of the research topic. Just PhD Leicester.
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March 20th 2013 Sol 221
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/03/20/march-20th-2013-sol-221/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on March 20, 2013 On April 18 th there will be a Mars solar conjunction, when Mars and Earth are on opposite sides of the Sun. This occurs every 26 months ie the length of the Mars year.
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Spying on Curiosity and Detecting Methane above the Clay Unit in Gale Crater Sol 2424
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2019/06/27/spying-on-curiosity-and-detecting-methane-above-the-clay-unit-in-gale-crater-sol-2424/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on June 27, 2019 Around this locality in the Clay Unit of Gale Crater we have been doing more methane measurements with the SAM instrument. This highlights the enigmatic nature of Mars’ atmospheric methane.
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Goldilocks on Trial
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/legalliteracy/2014/03/14/goldilocks-on-trial/
Posted by Dawn Watkins in Legal Literacy on March 14, 2014 This was the last visit of our students’ five visits to St Peter’s School, focusing this time on aspects of the criminal law trial process.
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Thursday 4th October Sol 58
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/05/thursday-4th-october-sol-58/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 5, 2012 Previous missions suggest that the ‘soil’ on Mars is roughly basaltic in composition. However, on Earth sand is mainly composed of quartz (silica).