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Foreign interference?
Digital & Computing

Foreign interference?

...open about its workings. This is not the first time a Chinese telecom operator has been accused of being a threat to security. In February, six US intelligence agencies warned, on security grounds, against using devices from ZTE and Huawei; again, no direct evidence was provided and some people suggest this is simple protectionism from two increasingly-successful foreign...
Retrofitting older buildings to help mitigate the climate emergency
Nature & Environment

Retrofitting older buildings to help mitigate the climate emergency

...Open University, I did modules on the challenges of climate change and the need to take action in all sectors, including for buildings. I, therefore, decided that I wanted to do a PhD on a topic that had direct practical relevance to the climate crisis, in the hope that I could make a useful contribution. My research is investigating ways to reduce carbon emissions from...
Design from the inside
Science, Maths & Technology

Design from the inside

...Open University, we are exploring the mechanical behaviour of honeycombs, a type of cellular structure defined according to geometric two-dimensional patterns. Our research is exploring the relationship between the geometry of the patterns and the resulting mechanical behaviour, measured according to Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio, see Figure 2. We plot this...
Christmas at war: 1915 - A wish deferred
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1915 - A wish deferred

...open to them. It is not going too far to say that the Stock Exchange has purged itself for ever of the charge of being mainly devoted to Mammon, and that no body in the kingdom has evinced a more unselfish and fervent spirit of loyalty and has more justified its faith by works. The Stock Exchange, however, though it may have been more severely hit by the war than most...
Self-managed abortion in the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

Self-managed abortion in the UK

...Open University researchers highlighted several factors which it may be useful and important for health professionals and those seeking abortion to be aware of. The factors identified relate to how someone self-managing abortion might be best supported; as well as the importance of effective communication about pain and other effects of the medications that might be...
The Life of Socrates
History & The Arts

The Life of Socrates

...Open University's Philosophy courses and qualifications [Marcello Bacciarelli - Alcibiades Being Taught by Socrates] Alcibiades being taught by Socrates Socrates (469/470-399 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and is considered the father of western philosophy. Plato was his most famous student and would teach Aristotle who would then tutor Alexander the Great. By this...
Stoke-on-Trent, where they’re loving angels instead...
History & The Arts

Stoke-on-Trent, where they’re loving angels instead...

...Open University. Here you will be able to view archive images of Spiritualism in Stoke-on-Trent, listen to stories about what it’s like to live with angels and spirits in everyday life, and look at our Spirit Trail which maps all the sites that have been registered for Spiritualist worship and services across the city since 1870. You may be surprised at what a magical...
From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to paracetamol: why harmful autism myths are so common
Health, Sports & Psychology

From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to paracetamol: why harmful autism myths are so common

...O'Dell, Professor of critical developmental psychology, The Open University; Charlotte Brownlow, Professor of Psychology, School of Psychology and Wellbeing, University of Southern Queensland, and Sandra Thom-Jones, Honorary Professor, University of Wollongong This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article....