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OU launches wireless button allowing dogs to control household appliances
A new wireless button designed for dogs to control appliances has launched thanks to research led by Professor Clara Mancini at The Open University’s Animal-Computer Interaction (ACI) Laboratory. The Dogosophy Button allows dogs to switch home appliances on and off using a device tailored to their physical and sensory characteristics. Initially developed to support assistance […]
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Pivotal moment for humanity as global tipping points edge closer to irreversible change
Global warming of around 1.4°C above pre-industrial levels is pushing several critical parts of the Earth’s climate system towards or beyond irreversible thresholds, according to the newly published Global Tipping Points Report 2025. Dr Ivan Sudakow, Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at The Open University, is among 160 authors from 87 institutions who contributed to the […]
Discover the human side of space exploration in new OU / BBC programme
From Monday 27 October a new four-part part OU/BBC series, Once Upon a Time in Space, begins on BBC Two and iPlayer at 9.00pm. In this series, we hear the remarkable, unusual and sometimes moving history of humans in space and consider what the consequences are for the future of humankind. Told by the people […]
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From monkey glands to ‘young blood’: the long, strange history of chasing immortality through transplants
When Russian president Vladimir Putin visited Beijing in September 2025, he told Chinese leader Xi Jinping that repeated organ transplants might make a person “get younger” and even live to 150, says Dan Stratton, Lecturer Biomedical Health Science, The Open University. The remark was widely dismissed as science fiction. Yet it coincided with genuine scientific progress. […]
Lights, camera, wildlife! It’s Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles
Britain is a treasure trove of natural history, some of it hiding in plain sight. Now a brand new series, Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles, starts at 6.15pm on Sunday 12th October on BBC1 and BBC iPlayer aiming to uncover just a few of those wildlife wonders lying right under our noses. Behind the lens is […]
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Uncovering the mysteries of the human brain in new OU / BBC programme
A new two-part OU / BBC series, Secrets of the Brain, begins today (29 September) at 9pm on BBC Two and available to watch on catch up through BBC iPlayer. Join renowned theoretical physicist Professor Jim Al-Khalili on an epic journey through 600 million years of evolution to uncover how the human brain, the most […]
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OU spaceflight lab hosts Cranfield University MSc student
OU space researchers have recently finished hosting Cranfield University MSc Astronautics & Space Engineering students undertaking a 4-month full-time Individual Research Projects (IRPs). The HyperVelocity Impact (HVI) and Space and Planetary Environments (SPE) Laboratories (supervised by Dr. Zoe Emerland) have facilitated projects for two students using a variety of extreme environment testing facilities. The first […]
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OU Researchers Begin New Collaboration with the MIT Kavli Institute
The Open University (OU) scientists from the Centre for Electronic Imaging (CEI) have started a new research project with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Kavli Institute (MKI) for Astrophysics and Space Research to support them in the evaluation of a new detector technology developed at the OU. During the project, members of the CEI […]
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OU study sheds light on future of Milton Keynes’ ancient woodlands
New research from The Open University (OU), recently published in Ecological Solutions and Evidence, has revealed how ancient woodlands in Milton Keynes are responding to the pressures of being surrounded by a growing city. The study was led by a team of OU researchers from the university’s STEM faculty: Holly Woo, Sarah Davies, Kadmiel Maseyk, […]
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Radio series Rare Earth returns for series 6
Today at midday (22 August) the OU/BBC radio series, Rare Earth, returns with a sixth series with environmental journalist Tom Heap and physicist Helen Czerski on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. Rare Earth is a weekly podcast and radio show which digs into the biggest issues facing our planet. Each week, hosts Tom and Helen tackle a major topic […]
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