A new study led by the University of Leicester reveals how seasonal air quality in Northern India is degraded by changes in the timing and amount of agricultural residue burning – by Harjinder Sembhi. Each October, farmers in northwest India burn millions of tonnes of agricultural residue following the harvesting of rice, a high yield […]
We welcome contributions from across the School of Physics and Astronomy, and this brief post describes what we’re looking for in a successful post. Blog posts tend to be short, timely, and eye-catching, aiming to capture the attention of the reader and to provide a record of the events and activities occurring within our School. […]
During these unprecedented times, the School of Physics and Astronomy are exploring new ways to bring our staff and students together as a family. The launch of the 2020-21 academic year will see great changes to the manner in which we interact as a community. The buzz of the lecture theatres, the chatter of the […]
NCEO-Leicester win ESA contract to develop a “Digital Twin Earth Precursor” Dr Robert Parker, part of the National Centre for Earth Observation and the School of Physics and Astronomy, has been successful with a €450k proposal to the European Space Agency to develop a Digital Twin Earth Precursor, an interactive replica of our planet in […]
Congratulations Dr. Sarah Casewell for being shortlisted in the Women’s Awards 2020. Congratulations to our STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow Dr. Sarah Casewell for being one of the Shortlisted Candidates for the East Midlands Outstanding Woman in STEM 2020 Award. The Women’s Awards celebrate the dynamic contribution of women across the East and West Midlands. The purpose of these Awards is […]
Catch up on two Doctoral Lectures on Jupiter’s Northern Lights and Observing CO2 from Space Inaugural Lectures are where the very best of our research degree graduates get the chance to return and share their work.The online event on September 16th featured two of our very best of our research degree graduates from the School […]
Leicester PhD student Jack Acton discusses his latest discovery, a record breaking eclipsing binary system found in data from the NGTS exoplanet survey. NGTS recently announced the discovery of an extremely small star, NGTS J0930-18B, in an unusual eclipsing binary system in work led by myself and the team at Leicester (Acton et al, 2020). […]
Charlie Gamblin, a recent Physics with Astrophysics Bsc graduate, talks about the Space Generation Advisory Council, and an event they held in July 2020 called SpaceGen United (SGU). Greetings Physics and Astronomy department, my name is Charlie and I am a recent Physics with Astrophysics Bsc graduate. In this blog post, I would like to […]
Long-term infrared monitoring of Jupiter’s equatorial stratosphere over three decades revealed a natural cycle of variable winds and temperatures. New research in Nature Astronomy by Antuñano et al. (2020) has found that this stratospheric cycle can be spectacularly disrupted by global upheavals happening far below. Jupiter, the largest planet of our Solar System, displays some […]
Leicester physicist interviewed by DiscoverPhDs to help future PhD students, written by Harneet Sangha. One of our final year PhD students, Harneet Sangha, was recently interviewed by online platform DiscoverPhDs. DiscoverPhDs work to help prospective students find the right projects, supervisor and university for the next stage of their lives. With an extensive database of […]
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