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Discovering the dark side of the Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

Discovering the dark side of the Moon

...and has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers in journals of high-scientific standing. He currently chairs the UK-node of the NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) comprising of over 100 members from 15 UK higher education institutions. In the video below, Mahesh discusses the far side of the moon and why we need samples from it. Transcript...
Reducing the digital carbon footprint of the cloud
Nature & Environment

Reducing the digital carbon footprint of the cloud

...energy use. Cloud technologies live in data centres, and data centres are estimated to account for 1% to 1.5% of global energy consumption. The data transmission networks that connect them to each other and everything else, a further 1%. [A data centre in China]A data centre in China. An IEEE article suggests that cloud technologies account for almost all of the 1% to...
How can corporations reduce digital carbon footprints?
Nature & Environment

How can corporations reduce digital carbon footprints?

...energy, the rate of growth might indeed slow from exponential to simple linear models. Organisations might be tempted to consider digital carbon footprints inconsequential when compared to other parts of their business but given the points above and the continual digital transformation of entire industries, this would be a miscalculation. The opportunity presented by...
Light: Wave-particle duality
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Light: Wave-particle duality

...energies remained the same. Decreasing the wavelength of the light, however, caused the electrons to be emitted with a higher maximum energy. Conversely, increasing the wavelength of the light beyond a particular cut-off value (specific to each metal), caused the emission of electrons to cease. The explanation was that light interacts with matter as if it is composed of a...
Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT
Nature & Environment

Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT

...energy road to decarbonisation, we should all adopt more carbon and environmentally conscious attitudes to purchasing and disposal, since this will have the greatest collective impact for years to come. Working with procurement, IT managers can significantly cut the embodied carbon cost of their assets through a circular IT approach to extending technology lifetimes,...
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An introduction to exoplanets

...Solar System like? Could there be life on them? Learn about this fascinating area of twenty-first century science in this exciting free course, An introduction to exoplanets. The course introduces our Galaxy's population of planets, and some of their many surprises. It explains the methods used by astronomers to study exoplanets, and provides a general introduction to the...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes
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Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes

...solar system? Samuel Jackson, PhD student in The School of Physical Sciences digs into the research...At the Open University we are looking at asteroids with the OpenScience Observatories to study their rotation and surface. To understand the conditions present in the early solar system, we must study the remnants of its formation. By studying the dynamical and physical...
Soaring by Design
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Soaring by Design

...energy change, providing a useful way of modelling the behaviour of a glider in the air. This material makes up part of the course MST209, Mathematical methods and models... Soaring by Design A short introduction to this album. Modeling Flight Introducing the forces a glider is exposed to during flight. Avoiding Collisions Demonstrating the change of energy when a pilot...