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Nature & Environment
Can microplastics find their way onto your plate?
What harm can microplastics cause to human health and can they get into our food? Joanna Jesionkowska, a research student at The Open University, looks into this here.
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Nature & Environment
Deep oceans can help us understand our climate
Carbon isotopes found in deep water fossils offer an insight into deep ocean circulation says PhD student, Andrew McIntyre.
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Nature & Environment
Exploring the depth of the Antarctic ice sheet...
Within the comfort of my office and a computer model, Andreas Wernecke explains his research at The Open University.
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Nature & Environment
When did the largest ocean current on Earth start?
How can fossil fish teeth allow us to understand past deep ocean circulation? PhD student, Sophie Alexander, explains...
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Science, Maths & Technology
Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes
How can studying asteroids allow us to have a better understanding of the formation of our solar system? Samuel Jackson, PhD student in The School of Physical Sciences digs into the research...
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Science, Maths & Technology
To the Moon and beyond
Tara Hayden of the School of Physical Sciences at The Open University, explores the Apollo legacy and the future of human exploration.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Hitching a ride on an asteroid to travel back to the birth of the Solar System
Right now there are two active asteroid sample-return missions in space...
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Science, Maths & Technology
Can a space rock from Costa Rica reveal the origin of water on Earth?
Ross Findlay, a Cosmochemistry PhD Student in The School of Physical Sciences, explores different types of meteorites which have landed across our planet.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Phobos – an asteroid masquerading as a moon of Mars?
Zoe Morland, a PhD student in The School of Physical Sciences, looks at Phobos - one of Mars' moons and how space agencies are going to investigate its composition.
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Nature & Environment
Automated, satellite-based volcano monitoring
Less than 10% of the ∼1500 active subaerial volcanoes around the world are monitored with appropriate frequency says PhD student, Nikola Rogic.
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Nature & Environment
Ancient Rain: Historic monsoons could help us respond to climate change
Researching the Indian summer monsoon can allow us to develop a better understanding of our changing climate says PhD student, Katrina Nilsson-Kerr.
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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.