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Fabric molecules magnifiedProduction team

By The Small Matters team (The Open University)

08 August 2006

How do we manage to spin clothes out of plastics, worm cocoons and sheep fur?  Read more : Fabric molecules magnified

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SilkProduction team

By The Small Matters team (The Open University)

26 September 2005

Find out how silk can be so smooth, yet weight for weight it's stronger that steel  Read more : Silk

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Fashion in Renaissance VeniceUsed with permission

By The Renaissance Secrets team (The Open University)

01 September 2005

Expensive fabrics were reused and refashioned many times to keep up with new styles - and records of rented clothing hint at how women were...  Read more : Fashion in Renaissance Venice

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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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