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AKARI

AKARI

A team from The Open University - have mapped the whole sky at infrared wavelengths for the first time in two decades.

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Rings of Saturn

Analysing The Rings Of Saturn

In a project funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) researchers use data collected by the Cassini spacecraft to analyze the dusty rings of Saturn.

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Cold Rydberg Atoms

Cold Rydberg Atoms In Optical Traps

The recent advance in techniques for laser cooling and manipulation of neutral atomic gases has opened the possibility of unveiling the quantum behaviour of individual atoms at extremely low temperatures

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Deep Impact

Deep Impact

The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)is funding OU scientists to study the role of large asteroid impacts on Earth.

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Physics and Astronomy

Dendritic Organization Within The Cerebral Cortex In Autism

This pioneering study aims to establish a neuroanatomic basis for the core behavioural changes observed in autism

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Nerve Centre

Getting To The Nerve Centre

The OU has been awarded £196k from the Wellcome Trust to develop research which models the biological interfaces that prevent nerve regeneration following injury.

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Life in the hot tub

Life In The Hot Tub

The Leverhulme Trust has awarded the OU funding to explore the volcanic environments which have persisted on the Earth since its formation 4.5 billion years ago.

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Minerals Of Britain And Ireland

"Minerals of Britain and Ireland" is the title of a new book by Andy Tindle, Senior Project Officer in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Colorectal cancer

New Non-invasive Test For Predicting Risk Of Colorectal Cancer

A diet high in red meat has been found to be linked with colorectal cancer in volunteer studies. Scientists at the Open University have developed methods for the measurement of this damage.

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Predicting the weather

Predicting The Weather

Climateprediction.net aims to give a comprehensive forecast of how our weather will change over the next century by running thousands of slightly different predictive models at the same time.

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Quest to solve ice age puzzle

Quest To Solve Ice Age Puzzle

The OU has received funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to participate in a national project which aims to explore the patterns of global warming and cooling which have occurred over the past 1.6 million years.

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TB Pandemic

TB Pandemic

Technology originally developed by OU scientists to search for life on Mars and to study the ingredients of a comet could soon be used as a major tool to manage TB pandemic.

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