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Throwing light on research by South & Central American scientists
Science, Maths & Technology

Throwing light on research by South & Central American scientists

...research institutions experience. In fact, in the last decade, there have been substantial improvements in investigative capacities and indicators in the majority of countries in the region. Almost all of Latin America has increased its scientific production year after year. Brazil, for example, leads the region in the raw numbers, both in the size of its budget dedicated...
Apollo 11 and 50 years of research on Moon rocks
Science, Maths & Technology

Apollo 11 and 50 years of research on Moon rocks

...Research Organisation orbiter mission to the Moon (Chandrayaan-1). Over the past decade, our team at The Open University has been undertaking cutting-edge laboratory research to look for water (and other associated volatiles such as C, N, O, S and Cl) in Apollo samples and on lunar meteorites. We find it in one of the accessory minerals found in lunar rocks – the...
Science from Early Career Researchers in the School of Physical Sciences
Science, Maths & Technology

Science from Early Career Researchers in the School of Physical Sciences

...research to learn more about the world, and space, we live in...Have you ever wondered how scientists equip space missions with the technology they need to analyse the planets? Or how pieces of space rock can be picked apart in the laboratory to tell us about the history of the Solar System? In this collection you will learn how early career scientists within the School...
Researching rare disorders: NGLY-1, the first disorder of deglycosylation
Science, Maths & Technology

Researching rare disorders: NGLY-1, the first disorder of deglycosylation

...research focuses on protein aggregation when this deglycosylation is impaired, and how the cell copes with this aggregated material. NGLY1 is the first and so far, only disorder of deglycosylation discovered. N-glycanase is active in all cells in the body and the symptoms caused by its loss can affect the whole body. Typical symptoms include difficulty in walking and...
30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’
Money & Business

30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’

...researchers, many of whom have research and teaching interests around small businesses, social enterprises, innovation and entrepreneurship. The Open University Business School is actively developing new approaches to digital engagement that will continue to promote the core aims of the Quarterly Survey while also expanding its reach to a wider audience. For a copy of the...
Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge
Society, Politics & Law

Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge

...research? Mel Green reflects on how everyday conversations between Black mothers became a rigorous, community-rooted method that reveals insights traditional research often misses...The research study that would become the book Mothering at the Margins: Black Mothers Raising Autistic Children in the UK began on WhatsApp. As my academic colleague Claire and I shared yet...
I-SPY: Find out more about the research on Internet infidelity
Health, Sports & Psychology

I-SPY: Find out more about the research on Internet infidelity

...research on infidelity with Dr Andreas Vosser and Naomi Moller...[I-spy research] 1. Online survey on perspectives and experiences of Internet infidelity (Vossler & Moller) This recent study by two psychology academics at The Open University is the first in the UK which asked people with experience of internet infidelity how it impacted them, providing a fascinating...
What do scientists really do? My experience interviewing researchers
Science, Maths & Technology

What do scientists really do? My experience interviewing researchers

...research and do at the university...Written by Inka Maskiewicz and edited by Grace Richards My name is Inka and I am currently in Year 11, about to sit my GCSE exams. I've been participating in the Girls’ Network Programme for a year now, which is set up to match high school students like me with mentors who share their interests and can help develop their career goals....