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Day 19 - Christmas pud, steam or microwave? Creative Commons Image By jeni rodger via Flicker under Creative Commons license

By Professor David Shuker (The Open University)

17 December 2010

Professor David Shuker of the OU Chemistry Department asks: Does steaming instead of microwaving the pudding make the product any tastier?  Read more : Day 19 - Christmas pud, steam or microwave?

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Measure the speed of light… with your microwave Featuring: video, The Open University

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

10 December 2008

This video discovers an unconventional way to measure the speed of light using the microwave in your kitchen  Read more : Measure the speed of light… with your microwave

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Welcome to the Wonderful World of DaresburyCreative Commons Image ofey under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Dr Paul Hatherly (The Open University)

26 February 2008

Paul Hatherly explains how the synchrotron radiation source is able to unravel tales from the pigments of historic artefacts.  Read more : Welcome to the Wonderful World of Daresbury

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Gamma-ray burstsNASA

By Dr Andrew Norton (The Open University)

06 July 2007

Andrew Norton tells how a mystery in the sky was solved.  Read more : Gamma-ray bursts

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The lure of the ready mealCopyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

By Dr Haider Ali (The Open University)

06 October 2006

How much are we influenced by perception when we buy our food?  Read more : The lure of the ready meal

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