March 2010
Space technology event for Leicestershire businesses
You don’t have to be building satellites or launching rockets for space to be relevant to your company. Find out more at a free business event at the National Space Centre on 14 April.
Cardiovascular innovation wins award
A team from the University of Leicester and Glenfield Hospital has scooped a prize for their work in identifying patients at risk of sudden cardiac death.
Seeking Solomon’s treasure
One of our Geologists went looking for seawater on a tropical island, but all he could find was tellurium and gold…
Leicester physicists solve disappearing Martian atmosphere mystery
It may not be breathable but Mars has an atmosphere. The trouble is: bits of it keep disappearing off into space. Now Leicester researchers have discovered why.
Breakthrough for Leicester toxicologists
Among the various facilities hosted by the University of Leicester is the world's longest-established toxicology research unit, where researchers have made a significant breakthrough in our understanding of human immune response.
What's on your iPod?
Pussycat Dolls or Prokofiev? Lady Gaga or Lady Day? Dr Clive Marsh from our Institute of Lifelong Learning is researching what people listen to, how they listen and how choice of music relates to other interests and aspects of lifestyle.
