On 30th June 2001, the National Space Centre opened its doors to the public. The Centre was opened by NASA Astronaut Jeff Hoffman. Jeff had studied at the University of Leicester’s Space Research Centre, a building he now frequents as a guest lecturer in Human Spaceflight.
Crucial evidence analysed by the Forensic Science Service played a key role in helping the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to solve their biggest ever rape investigation and finally bring a dangerous offender to justice after almost 20 years.
Using the VISIR instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have imaged a complex and bright nebula around the supergiant star Betelgeuse in greater detail than ever before.
University of Leicester Professor highlights potential for new treatments. The largest-ever study of its type into coronary heart disease, involving scientists from the University of Leicester, has uncovered 13 new genes that increase risk of heart attacks.
The vivid red cloud in this new image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope is a region of glowing hydrogen surrounding the star cluster NGC 371. This stellar nursery lies in our neighbouring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud.
We are all aware that a bright day may lift our mood. However, the brain mechanisms involved in such effects of light are largely unknown.
A global analysis of extinction risk for the world's plants, conducted by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew together with the Natural History Museum, London and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has revealed that the world’s plants are as threatened as mammals, with one in five
Large waves in the solar wind cascade down to smaller turbulence effects, much the way large ocean waves cascade to froth at their crests. From Earth, the Sun looks like a calm, placid body that does little more than shine brightly while marching across the sky.
Astronomers hunting for planets orbiting nearby stars similar to the sun are looking for signs of rocky, Earth-like planets in a "habitable" zone, where conditions such as temperature and liquid water remain stable enough to support life.
Cockroaches could be moreof a health benefit than a health hazard according to scientists from The University of Nottingham.