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...et al. (1998, p. 2) state that: Systems engineering is the ‘key technology’ to manage complexity created by: increased complexity of products globalisation of the market-place the erosion of trade barriers reduction of product development cycles software as the dominant force for change in almost all new products worldwide deployment of new technology in ever shorter...

...profile is interpreted as being due to the diffusion of iron and magnesium between the surrounding magma and the olivine crystal just prior to eruption of the lava. The large pyroxene crystal also has a regular compositional variation around its edges, but this can be revealed only by LA-ICP-MS and IMP analysis of the trace element contents, which increase near the edge...

...style video from the Open University, which uses numbers in a similar way to news programmes and other documentaries. I hope you'll enjoy the next four weeks, and don't forget to get stuck into the discussions. You'll find people on there with all levels of expertise. I'll be back to catch up with you next week. Over the next four weeks you will look at how scientists:...