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Laser cutting
Science, Maths & Technology

Laser cutting

...law for direct and reflected laser light. Guide to cutting speeds using a 1kW CO2 [Diagram to demonstrate 'Laser Cutting' - see article ] Comparative cutting speeds [Diagram to demonstrate 'Laser Cutting' - see article ] Materials: Laser cutting is currently used on metals, glasses, ceramics, polymers, cloth, wood and paper in a wide variety of industries. In some...
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Emmy Noether: Bucking the historical trends
Science, Maths & Technology

Emmy Noether: Bucking the historical trends

...law to the underlying symmetry of space itself – in fact, the conservation of energy is a result of the fact that empty space 'looks the same' from one moment to the next. Put another way, if empty space were rough or lumpy, then energy would be lost as things moved through, but the fact that space is symmetric and smooth means that energy cannot be lost. It is because...
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Solon upsets the wealthy Croesus
History & The Arts

Solon upsets the wealthy Croesus

...law-giver in Greek culture, and a reflection of a lot of real travel in the eastern Mediterranean by 6th century Greeks. Solon's reforms are conventionally dated to the first decade of the 6th century. Croesus, by Herodotus' chronology, was born in 595 BC. If Solon had undertaken his reforms, departed Athens, and then come to see him at the end of ten years, Croesus would...
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Spectre and Meltdown: What do you need to know about the chip security flaws?
Digital & Computing

Spectre and Meltdown: What do you need to know about the chip security flaws?

...law to prevent researchers disclosing security problems. For example, scientists from the University of Birmingham faced a legal injunction from car manufacturer Volkswagen stopping them publishing details of flaws in car keyless entry systems. The preferred route is “responsible disclosure”. When researchers discover a problem, they tell a small number of relevant...
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Becoming a University of Sanctuary
Society, Politics & Law

Becoming a University of Sanctuary

...Law, Head of Department and Chair of the Sanctuary Advisory Network at The OU, explains what this means...To be acknowledged as a University of Sanctuary, higher education institutions have to demonstrate that they are meeting a series of outcomes relevant to supporting those from a forced migration background. This includes a clear commitment, for example, to supporting...
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Privacy in the Digital Age: Is it ‘An Englishman’s home is his castle’ or ‘I’ve got nothing to hide’?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Privacy in the Digital Age: Is it ‘An Englishman’s home is his castle’ or ‘I’ve got nothing to hide’?

...law and the data mining policies of corporations. [A padlock with a cyber design] The recording and tracking of data shared digitally is not currently talked about as a loss of privacy until that data is perceived to have been abused, as in the cases involving Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. In my master’s degree research I conducted focus groups in which an...
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CSI: Current research into the impact of bias on crime scene forensics is limited – but psychology can help
Health, Sports & Psychology

CSI: Current research into the impact of bias on crime scene forensics is limited – but psychology can help

...Law courses. When a jury decides the fate of a person, they do so based on the evidence presented to them in the courtroom. Evidence obtained from forensic analysis, such as DNA analysis, is often interpreted as strong evidence by jurors. This perception of forensic evidence is enhanced by popular TV shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, where physical evidence is...
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Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...Scots played in contributing to the developments in healthcare during the nineteenth century. The radical transformation of medicine in Europe included the admission of women as doctors and the increased numbers of specialised institutions such as asylums. Such developments were also influenced by wider social, economic, political and cultural backgrounds these are also...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs