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The Birth of (Synthetic) DyeingOU

By The Rough Science webteam (The Open University)

27 September 2007

Today, the world’s dyestuffs industry produces around 500 000 tonnes of synthetic dye each year. It’s come a long way since William Henry Perkins discovered...  Read more : The Birth of (Synthetic) Dyeing

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Make a waterproof tentProduction team

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

27 February 2007

How would you set about waterproofing a tent if you only had what was to hand, your wits, and science to help?  Read more : Make a waterproof tent

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Power Extras Featuring: video, Production team

By The Rough Science webteam (The Open University)

02 November 2005

Follow Mike in this exclusive video extra as he processes the crushed coal to produce coal gas, as part of the sixth BBC/OU TV series...  Read more : Power Extras

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The truth behind the torch Copyrighted Image London 2012

As the Olympic flame wings its way around the UK, the OU's Aarón Alzola Romero asks: just how immemorial is the Olympic torch relay?

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