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How does online intergroup contact compare with face-to-face?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How does online intergroup contact compare with face-to-face?

...researched area of psychology. However, as more and more contact takes place online, PhD student Julian Bond is working to understand whether this changes the effectiveness of intergroup contact and the potential implications for a more harmonious society...This content is associated with The Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications. In 1954, Gordon...
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The trouble with teaching physics
Health, Sports & Psychology

The trouble with teaching physics

...children in a classroom.] Why is physics so hard? Students can have difficulty with any subject, but science (especially physics), often deals with abstract concepts, such as magnetic fields, chemical bonds and electrical currents, which students find particularly tricky as they cannot see or touch them. Physics is also frequently counterintuitive. For example, many...
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How can you use sand to store energy?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can you use sand to store energy?

...Researchers in Abu Dhabi are testing a pilot device that can store solar energy in sand to improve the efficiency of power plants and provide energy at night. The technology, developed at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, uses gravity to drain sand from a higher basin into a lower one, heating up the sand grains with solar power during the transition. In the...
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Broken Hearts in Juvenile Dementia
Science, Maths & Technology

Broken Hearts in Juvenile Dementia

...research into the heart problems in juvenile dementia, also called CLN3 - a rare disease. ...[Cardiac myocytes loaded with a fluorescent stain for lysosomes (red) and a dye measuring the intracellular calcium concentration (green)] Cardiac myocytes loaded with a fluorescent stain for lysosomes (red) and a dye measuring the intracellular calcium concentration (green). The...
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OpenMinds-Talk: What does Brexit tell us about Britain?
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds-Talk: What does Brexit tell us about Britain?

...researching the British prime minister. Anne Wesemann, Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Business and Law , specialises in European Union Law and comparative constitutional law. Anne's research focusses on the constitutional construct of the European Union and the interrelations with the Member States. As a consequence, she is closely involved in current discussions and debates...
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Using art and creative methods to interrogate identity, citizenship and migration
Society, Politics & Law

Using art and creative methods to interrogate identity, citizenship and migration

...research, arts, culture, audience participation and education might learn from each other. You will have the opportunity to first explore a number of conversations from OU academics with artists and media practitioners whose work and engaged practice, uses visual, audio, and digital arts, film, photography, theatre and the spoken word. You will then engage with some...
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How do you read a person their rights when English isn't their first language?
Languages

How do you read a person their rights when English isn't their first language?

...research on comprehension of this and other rights delivered to suspects shows that even native speakers of English do not always understand their rights. The problems are even greater for non-native speakers of English who may be able to conduct basic transactions but do not understand legal terms or complex sentences. [Santa being arrested] How can communication...
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Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?
History & The Arts

Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?

...research in America suggests that characters like Laverne Cox's Sophia Burset in Orange Is The New Black may have more impact on how society reacts to transgender people, than the reported experiences of real people. Erica L Rosensthal and Traci Gillig share some of their findings...[Laverne Cox] Laverne Cox, who plays Sophia Burset in Netflix prison drama Orange Is The...
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