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Safer battery could spark investment in renewables
Nature & Environment

Safer battery could spark investment in renewables

...technology already tested by the same engineers, but made more attractive with a switch to chemical components that are non-toxic, non-flammable, and safe for use in homes and offices. Electrical action Typically, flow batteries have exploited a metal, such as vanadium, dissolved in acid to deliver electrical action. Kaixiang Lin, a chemistry student at Harvard, Michael...
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The meaning of home in later life
Health, Sports & Psychology

The meaning of home in later life

...technological and digital. For people in the UK, being able to stay in their own home in old age may involve the use of assistive technology. The development of social media sees a gradual merging of public and private lives that impacts on well-being. The digital aspect, using portable technology, may be another home base: not location-specific, but transferrable between...
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Jediism: Will the Real Religion Please Stand Up
History & The Arts

Jediism: Will the Real Religion Please Stand Up

...technologically advanced societies such as our own. So, if we decide that Jediism is not a religion because it’s fake or invented, or because it’s a sub- or pop-cultural fad or because it lacks authenticity or because it’s on the Internet and doesn’t have any buildings, then we should think again. We are accustomed to thinking and talking about religion in...
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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’?

...technological developments changed how we view and understand privacy in contemporary society? This was inspired by how we, as a society, talk about privacy and privacy loss...This content is associated with The Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications. Today, developments in technology coupled with the increased use of ‘big data’ for commercial and...
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Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research
Education & Development

Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research

...educational research? Can you think of a significant project that has influenced your work as a student teacher, teacher, or pupil (e.g. phonics, Nuffield Science)? In the reflection above, you may have thought of something in your subject such as ‘Children’s learning in Science Project (CLISP)’ (Driver, 1994) or ‘Cognitive Acceleration through Mathematics...
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Do boys need male role models?
Education & Development

Do boys need male role models?

...educational ‘underachievement’, poor mental health, and involvement in offending and anti-social behaviour. It is often argued that positive ‘male role models’ are increasingly absent from home, schools, childcare settings, and the media - and that involving more men in young men’s education and care is key to solving many of the difficulties they face. But...
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SEND crisis: overdiagnosis - fact or fiction?
Education & Development

SEND crisis: overdiagnosis - fact or fiction?

...Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)...It is widely accepted that there is a SEND crisis in schools, with the support needs of children outstripping the resources available. There have been recent suggestions by high profile figures that an overdiagnosis of specific learning difficulties and neurodiversity is to blame. However, the data tells us a different story; in...
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OpenMinds: Why visit Mars and what we might find there?
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds: Why visit Mars and what we might find there?

...Technology, Engineering & Mathematics and Rhian Chapman (@RhianInSPACE ), PhD student, will look at the challenges of landing on the Red Planet and markers of life there. Transcript Dr Lewis will question why missions fly to Mars, why it is so hard to land there and what the recent European Space Agency ExoMars 2016 mission found there and will reveal next. As...
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