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Science, Maths & Technology
Ask the experts: Coronavirus fake news & medical terminology
A discussion and Q&A session on COVID-19 with experts from the OU STEM faculty.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Coronavirus: The Lowdown
The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting almost everyone worldwide. We've pulled together some content on the virus and how to cope in these unprecedented times.
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Science, Maths & Technology
How to read a rock
By understanding the ways in which minerals combine to form rocks like the way words link to form sentences, we can start to unravel the secrets of the earth.
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Science, Maths & Technology
How to make a mountain: Investigating crustal melting in the Himalaya
PhD student, Stacy Phillips, explains how researching granites in Eastern Bhutan can give clues about the evolution of the Himalayan mountain belt.
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Science, Maths & Technology
How old is a mountain range?
Eleni Wood explains how the science of 'geochronology' can be used to effectively analyse the history of a mountain range.
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Nature & Environment
Haymaking is critical to our heritage meadows, but is later really better?
Meadows are not just about wildflowers, they’re also about hay as an agricultural crop. But they don’t make it like they used to. PhD student, Vicky Bowskill, explains how researching seasonal changes in the nutritional content of hay can help conserve the UK's precious species-rich floodplain meadows.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Why cancer cells go to sleep: the mystery of cancer dormancy
New studies are challenging our understanding of the disease and teaching us more about dormant cells.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Understanding interstrand crosslink repair in Drosophila
What happens when DNA becomes damaged? One OU PhD student explains how studying interstrand crosslinks in fruit flies has exploited similar human disorders.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Investigating Links Between Pesticides and Mental Health
What are the links between mood disorders and a type of pesticide called Organophosphates? One OU PhD student explains their research...
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Science, Maths & Technology
Planetary Protection: Space Governance and the Search for Life
What is planetary protection? This article explores the policies and legislative action of forwards and backwards contamination.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Diary of a Mars operations day
Dr Susanne P. Schwenzer outlines a day in the life of the operations team for the Mars rover, Curiosity.
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Science, Maths & Technology
What can Earth tell us about Mars?
As NASA’s Perseverance rover gears up for its mission to collect and test rock samples from the Jezero Crater on Mars, Michael Macey talks about his work, what got him started in this area of research and where he hopes it will go with Ann Grand (Lecturer in Astrobiology Education).