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Using lanthanides as medical imaging tools
Science, Maths & Technology

Using lanthanides as medical imaging tools

...history shows that they are far from rare and are in fact, found abundantly in nature. For instance, neodymium is more abundant than gold, and thulium (which is the least common naturally occurring lanthanide) is more abundant than iodine. The attainment of their rare moniker is instead attributed to their tendency to appear “hidden” one behind another in their...
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Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more
History & The Arts

Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more

...history of canals shaped a nation's financial system, workers' rights and civil engineering...Dive deeper into the history of how canals shaped a nation with OpenLearn. For more information on the TV programme, Canals: The Making of a Nation, see the series page and episode guide here. Here, you can find out more about: the canal capitalists the canal workers the canal...
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Was Alcibiades the Athenian Donald Trump?
History & The Arts

Was Alcibiades the Athenian Donald Trump?

...history of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides incorporated many pairs of speeches arguing opposing points of view that reveal how politicians sought to put down, outmaneuver and even humiliate their rivals. Any student of Greek history, like me, cannot but admire the historian’s unparalleled understanding of the invisible web that every ambitious, skillful and ruthless...
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Why do some cities thrive?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do some cities thrive?

...history more than half of the world’s population lives in cities and so now more than ever it’s important to understand what it is that makes a city flourish,” says Professor Ron Martin, from Cambridge's Department of Geography. “Adaptability and resilience may be today’s buzzwords but this is the way that cities – and those making policies that affect cities...
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Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015
OpenLearn Ireland

Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015

...HISTORY' [Online] http://donegalyarns.com/our-history/ Fisherman Out of Ireland (nd) 'Fisherman Out of Ireland' [Online] http://www.fishermanoutofireland.com/ Studio Donegal (2011) 'About Us' [Online] http://studiodonegal.ie/shop/about_Us.html Central Statistics Office (2011) Census 2011 Small Area Population Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Stationery Office,...
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The interplay of language and culture in times of crisis: COVID-19 and beyond
Languages

The interplay of language and culture in times of crisis: COVID-19 and beyond

...FP, 13 March. Available at: https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/13/putin-ukraine-russia-war-language-shibboleth-palyanitsya/ (Accessed: 10 October 2022). Withers, M. (2022) ‘Message in a bottle: a history of the Molotov cocktail’, The New European, 28 February. Available at: https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/a-history-of-the-molotov-cocktail/ (Accessed: 10 October 2022)....
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Home education collection
Education & Development

Home education collection

...familial and personalised learning, obtaining qualifications and the cancellation of public examinations in 2020 and 2021, and employability and carer experiences of previously home-educated adults. But we won’t stop there. We will continue to develop and add new content and already have some exciting projects in the pipeline. Who are they for? These articles are...
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The Great Fall: A personal perspective, before and after
Languages

The Great Fall: A personal perspective, before and after

...family of musicians but I first visited East Germany in 1982 when we went on a camping holiday, a group of ten of us, including children. We arrived at a campsite in Werder, near Potsdam at 3am and blundered about noisily setting up our tents on the playground, but no-one seemed too bothered. This was the first of a comedy of errors throughout the trip (we got as far as...
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