Dr Tim Trent of Earth Observation Science group has won an ESA Living Planet Fellowship to investigate long-term changes in the hydrological cycle. Water vapour is an essential greenhouse gas in the Earth climate system, acting as a natural feedback mechanism for carbon dioxide forcing. Critical to the development of cloud and precipitation, water vapour […]
Professor Emma Bunce spoke to Jim al-Khalili about her fascination with the gas giants for the BBC’s Life Scientific on Radio 4. Emma Bunce, Professor of Planetary Plasma Physics and Head of School, was inspired to study the solar system as a child by a TV programme that featured Voyager 2’s flyby of Neptune. She […]
Leicester’s physics PGR cohort attend virtual social events As social distancing becomes a fixed feature in our lives, maintaining social connections virtually becomes more vital than ever. This has been a high priority for the Physics PGR Reps Manika Sidhu, Harneet Sangha and Naomi Rowe-Gurney. In an effort to maintain and expand the social relationships […]
During the 2020 lockdown, the National Space Centre continued to engage a national audience with their space-themes videos. The team at the Space Centre ran a series of thematic weeks from April 2020 onwards, showcasing videos and activities that focussed on different topic each week. From Mars to the Moon, from astronauts to rockets, each […]
Leicester physicist takes part in the FameLab Northern Heat. It’s hard to get much done in 3 minutes, and if you’ve ever tried to explain your research to a family member or a friend who aren’t in your field, you know how quickly people’s eyes can glaze over and how quickly people can lose interest. […]
A guest blog from Professor Andrew King on black holes and observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton. Professor Andrew King recently provided a guest blog for the Chandra X-Ray observatory website, and is reproduced with permission here. Andrew is the author of a paper that is the subject of a recent press release. Andrew’s interests include […]
The Exoplanet Podcast (ExoCast) is a regular podcast about all things exoplanetary, and this month interviewed Leicester Astronomer Dr. Sarah Casewell. ExoCast hosts Hannah Wakeford, Hugh Osborn, and Andrew Rushby chat with Dr Sarah Casewell about her work on irradiated brown dwarfs. Sarah is an Ernest Rutherford Fellow at the University of Leicester where she has […]
Leicester physicists have recently been awarded a Met Office Newton grant to monitor vegetation health and stress from Space Food security has always been a major strategic issue related to global economic development, social stability and national independence. In China, the state of food security is very fragile and vulnerable to agricultural and hydrological drought. […]
Leicester physicists are involved in 3 Minute Wonder competition. Three Minute Wonder is a UK and Ireland-wide science communication competition that engages the public with researchers being challenged to explain their work in just three minutes. Those taking part work in physics or physics-related fields in academia and industry. The competition is made up of […]
The School of Physics celebrates International Women’s Day International Women’s Day is a day on which the social, cultural, political and economic achievements of women around the world are celebrated. As part of the week long celebrations that took place across our campus, the ‘Leicester Wall of Women’ was sent around the university. Anyone, staff […]
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