A research team led by Dr Sean Farrell, formerly of the University of Leicester and now at the Sydney Institute for Astronomy at the University of Sydney, has found that a newly discovered type of black hole - an Intermediate Mass Black Hole – reveals clues on how galaxies are formed and where the p
The National Space Centre in Leicester is home to the UK’s largest planetarium. Over the past ten years the dome has shown award winning content created in-house by NSC Creative.
Sustained changes in the region of the brain associated with cognitive function and emotional control were found in young adult men after one week of playing violent video games, according to study results presented by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers at the annual meeting of the Ra
Do we age as a consequence of being protected against cancer.
New genetic evidence reveals that most British men are not descended from immigrant farmers who migrated east 5,000-10,000 years ago – contrary to previous research.
13 Oct 2011 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has been used to make an image of galaxy cluster MACS J1206.2-0847. The apparently distorted shapes of distant galaxies in the background is caused by an invisible substance called dark matter, whose gravity bends and distorts their light rays.
Picking people's brains is a good way to learn about their minds, says neuroanatomist Jacopo Annese. "We're studying brain structure and trying to understand how the architecture of the brain supports our behaviour, our thoughts, our memories, our way of thinking," says Annese.
A new theory by UB physicist Dejan Stojkovic and colleagues proposes that the early universe had just one dimension and a fourth dimension may be opening up as the universe expands. Did the early universe have just one spatial dimension?
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.