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Investigating fungi: the wood-wide web
Science, Maths & Technology

Investigating fungi: the wood-wide web

...system? And how can they be utilised to reclaim barren land and grow sustainable plantations for economic markets? In this album, scientists from the UK and Malaysia explore how fungi form constructive and cooperative partnerships with other plants and trees, and how such symbiosis can be used for economic and environmental benefit. In the audio track, Professor David...
Management in Chinese cultures
Money & Business

Management in Chinese cultures

...systems and business management. This material forms part of The Open University course B822 Creativity, innovation and change... Management in Chinese cultures An introduction to this album. Clan-based networking Exploring the relationship between Confucian values and the way companies do business in Asia. Guanxi How a form of business relationship that entails mutual...
Energy in buildings
Nature & Environment

Energy in buildings

...think of a house being heated solely by some form of heating system, in practice it is likely to be warmed by energy from three sources: the heating system ‘free heat’ gains − from occupants, lights, appliances and from hot water use passive solar gains from solar energy penetrating the windows. In a really low-energy house design, free heat and solar gains may...
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Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta’s closest approach to the sun
Science, Maths & Technology

Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta’s closest approach to the sun

...system. It was last at perihelion (its closest approach to the sun) in 1995. Each time the comet comes to the inner solar system, it sheds dust. Over time, this debris has built up, and is smeared out along the entire track of the orbit. Once a year, in August, the Earth’s orbit crosses that of comet Swift-Tuttle, and dust from the comet is captured. If you record a...
Chemical vapour deposition (CVD)
Science, Maths & Technology

Chemical vapour deposition (CVD)

...system [Images to demonstrate 'Chemical Vapour deposition (CVD)' - see article ] [Diagram showing the Cold Wall System] Hot wall system [Images to demonstrate 'Chemical Vapour deposition (CVD)' - see article ] Manufacture: A “high” temperature process. Cheaper, more suitable for mass-production than PVD (Physical vapour deposition), needing no special attachments,...
What is a password manager - and should I be using one?
Digital & Computing

What is a password manager - and should I be using one?

...systems, including mobile devices. It can generate and store passwords, and manage them across multiple devices. 1Password is available for Windows and Mac computers as well as mobile devices running iOS, Android and Windows Phone. As well as generating and storing passwords, 1Password can be used to hold other confidential documents. It offers password synchronisation...
What is biomedicine?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is biomedicine?

...systems (physiology), in particular to understanding mechanisms like the heart, arteries, nerves, brain and so on. Health is seen as a state where all the parts of the body function normally, like a new repaired car. If bits go wrong—if the body is struck down by a virus, internal changes damage it, or parts wear out—it goes in for repair by specialists. This view...
Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?
Society, Politics & Law

Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?

...system, a view he claims is perceived as ‘nakedly sectarian’ by the Catholic community. In response, the First Minster replied that the Bishop had ‘somewhat lost the plot’ and the phrase used by Robinson in 2010 to describe the separate schools system, 'benign apartheid', has entered the debate again. This exchange is unusual in that both the Bishop and First...