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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...
Studio Properties: A Field Guide to Design Education
Authored by six internationally recognised experts in design education, Studio Properties: A Field Guide to Design Education serves as an...

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) -...

World Design Congress 2025
This September, the World Design Congress 2025 is being held at the Barbican Centre, London. The theme of the event is Design For Planet. The...
Flood Resilience, Community Voices, and a Panoramic Perspective
The Open University's Research Image of the Month for June 2025 highlighted the research of PhD student Claude Nsobya, based in the School of...
Digital 3D Modelling Through Touch
School of Engineering and Innovation researcher Lisa Bowers is leading efforts to ensure that The Open University is at the...
Sustainable Garment Mending
Ismay Mummery is a final year PhD student in the School of Engineering and Innovation. Her research considers how to increase garment mending by...
Methods as a Form of Engineering Knowledge
Methods comprise a significant part of the knowledge engineers are taught and that they use in professional practice. However, methods have been...

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...
To Touch is To Know – Haptic Inquiry for Primary School Citizen Science
School of Engineering and Innovation researcher Lisa Bowers is co-author on a recent paper which introduces a new approach to citizen...