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SPS Researcher involvement on NASA mission to sample asteroid Bennu

09 Oct 2020

Space rocks returning from near-Earth asteroid Bennu on the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will bring never-before-seen samples back to Earth. Open University (OU) researcher Dr Ben Rozitis, a collaborator on the OSIRIS-REx mission,…

OU wins two categories in DataIQ 2020 Awards

30 Sep 2020

The Open University (OU) has won the categories for Best use of data by a not-for-profit organisation and the Data for society in the DataIQ Awards 2020.The two OU winners…

New workflow for adding new data providers and gaining access to the CORE Repository Dashboard

22 Sep 2020

CORE’s mission is to increase the discoverability of open access research and promote as widely as possible the content of our data providers, i.e., repositories, journals, and web resources. We…

Supporting Lifelong Learning with Blockchain Technology

15 Sep 2020

Blockchain technology provides a decentralised peer-to-peer infrastructure, supporting openness, transparency, accountability, identity management and trust. As such, the Blockchain has the potential to revolutionise education in a number of ways.…

Groundbreaking discovery could signal life on Venus

14 Sep 2020

Scientists from across the globe, including Dr Helen Fraser of The Open University, have detected a rare gas – phosphine – in the clouds of Venus. The landmark discovery could point to…

KMi’s Apprentice Featured in MK College Blog

14 Sep 2020

Last week Milton Keynes College, the education provider of KMi’s two apprentices, featured our Digital Marketing and Social Media Apprentice Kiran Parmar in their blog. Kiran has been with us for a year, alongside…

CORE update for April to June 2020

27 Aug 2020

Despite the global situation caused by the pandemic and the ongoing changes, the second quarter of 2020 has seen significant progress in the operation and development of CORE – new…

8th International Workshop on Mining Scientific Publications (WOSP), 2020

20 Aug 2020

Due to unprecedented events following the global pandemic situation, this year, the 8th International Workshop on Mining Scientific Publications (WOSP), 2020 was fully organised virtually. The entire workshop constituted a single…

Applications for Ernest Rutherford Fellowship within SPS

06 Aug 2020

The Science and Technology Facilities Council offer a number of Fellowships each year to early-career researchers working in research that aligns with priority areas within SPS. This includes astronomy, planetary science, and…

Best Paper Award for Alessio at Hypertext 2020

29 Jul 2020

Congratulations to Alessio Antonini, who was co-author of the Best Paper at the 31st ACM International Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT’20). This year’s conference theme was Hypertext for…

Tracie Farrell is a WebSci2020 winner!

23 Jul 2020

Tracie Farrell, one of KMi’s Research Associates, won second place for her presentation on exploring emergent language in the manosphere at WebSci2020 this month. This work was based on a…

Congratulations Anita Khadka on your PhD success!

23 Jul 2020

At the end of last week, Anita defended her thesis titled ‘Capturing and exploiting citation knowledge for the recommendation of scientific publications’ which explored various notions of citations for recommending…