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Life Beyond Earth: The Big Debate
Science, Maths & Technology

Life Beyond Earth: The Big Debate

...solar system, such as Europa and Ganymede (moons of Jupiter) and Enceladus and Titan (Saturn), which may be habitable today. His work involves lab and field work to track how ocean chemistry and microorganisms can be delivered from the oceans to the icy surface. Team Mars [Dr. Susanne P. Schwenzer] Dr. Susanne P. Schwenzer Associate Director, AstrobiologyOU Susanne is a...
Engineering: The challenge of temperature
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The challenge of temperature

...energy, such as moving matter around within a solid without risking melting or changing the basic shape of a component. On the other hand, it can be a real nuisance. It can make magnetic disks 'forget'. It can leave materials 'sapped' of their strength. Just a few degrees of temperature change can make some things unrecognisably different. Temperature really does present...
Mission to Titan
Science, Maths & Technology

Mission to Titan

...Solar System, and its extraordinary results will be studied in the world’s leading scientific journals for years to come... Mission to Titan An brief introduction to this album. The Cassini-Huygens Probe Adam Hart-Davies introduces one of the most ambitious space exploration missions ever launched. Titan: first glimpse OU professor John Zarnecki shows the first ever...
Carbon process: Photosynthesis
Science, Maths & Technology

Carbon process: Photosynthesis

...the tiny green structures called chloroplasts. These give leaves their colour, and capture light energy from the Sun. What happens next is a complex chain of reactions that can be summarised very simply. Water and carbon dioxide are converted, using the sun's energy, into simple sugars. The oxygen released in the reaction is now available for other organisms to respire....
Fracking: No need for all the fuss
Science, Maths & Technology

Fracking: No need for all the fuss

...energy usage. In the meantime, we in the UK face a national problem. We rely on gas for a lot of our energy. It’s cleaner than coal, but we’re running out. I’m very uneasy about relying on Russia and other eastern nations to supply a major fraction of our energy needs, which is the prospect we face if we don’t produce gas of our own. Fortunately, there is a...
Legitimate or illegitimate: Fracking
Society, Politics & Law

Legitimate or illegitimate: Fracking

...energy production and energy independence, driving down gas prices. Opponents point to environmental and health concerns: small earth tremors, high water requirements, and possible water and chemical contaminations. The debate on the real need for shale gas is ongoing. So, what is your opinion on fracking? Take part in our interactive tool 'Shades of grey - legitimate or...
Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care
Nature & Environment

Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care

...energy and carbon because once I have the new windows I won’t have to use so much energy to heat my house. If I invest in buying their windows I’ll be saving money and saving the planet in one go, win-win, right?Unfortunately though it isn’t quite that simple. There are several stages to consider, explained in this short animation. Transcript All of these processes...
How we can all tackle our digital carbon footprints
Nature & Environment

How we can all tackle our digital carbon footprints

...energy consumption required for housing (eg, heating, electricity and cooling), along with cutting travel in diesel or petrol cars, and eating less meat-based foods, will have a big impact on our individual footprints. But where does the digital carbon footprint fit in with this? When it comes to our digital carbon footprints, they are a fraction of our total carbon...