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The Remarkable Story of Carbon
Dr Gareth Neighbour recently presented a paper related to The Remarkable Story of Carbon at Carbon 2025 (The World...
OU Physics Graduate at CERN Conference
Scientists from all over the world got together this summer at POSMOL 2025, an International Workshop on Low-Energy Positron, Positronium Physics,...
Patterns and Tilings: Beyond Aesthetics
Dr Iestyn Jowers (E&I) will be giving a short talk at the opening event of the City of Codes and Light festival on 01 October 2025. Organised by...
Korea Institute of Materials Science
In May 2025, Dr. Ho Kyeom Kim and Dr. Richard Moat from the School of Engineering & Innovation (E&I) visited the Korea Institute of...
OU researchers find Saturn’s radiation can form molecules for life on its icy moon
Scientists from the OU have helped find that organic molecules found in plumes from Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus could be formed by radiation on...
Rare Earth – Series 6
On Friday 22nd August 2025 the OU/BBC radio series, Rare Earth, returns with a sixth series. Academics from the OU STEM Faculty, including the...
BBC Inside Science
On Thursday 11th September 2025, a new 26-part OU/BBC series of BBC Inside Science started on BBC Radio 4. BBC Inside Science is a weekly...
Materials, Minerals & Mining for People, Places, Planet (M3P3)
The School of Engineering and Innovation is sponsoring the new flagship event from the Institute of Materials, Mining and Minerals (IOM3) -...
Engineering Applications of Honeycombs
Honeycombs have long been known to offer interesting properties, such as low mass-weight ratio, energy absorption, and mechanical and acoustic...
BBC Radio 4 – Rare Earth
Academics from the OU STEM Faculty, including the School of Engineering and Innovation, have once again contributed to the BBC Radio 4...
Smart Contact Lenses
Researchers in the School of Engineering and Innovation are developing novel biosensor technologies for real-time analysis of diagnostic biomarkers...
Insights into the New Hydrogen Economy
A new Open Access book has been published which offers a comprehensive exploration of the future of the hydrogen industry. Written by former members...