Press office news tagged research
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Predicted CO2 levels cause marked increase in forest temperatures
Ƶ news: Our researchers found that elevated carbon dioxide levels generated as a result of climate change could significantly increase the temperatures found within the canopies of the world’s woodlands and forests
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University co-leads $2m project using AI to study vulnerable deep-sea habitats
Ƶ news: The Ƶ has been awarded funding through the Bezos Earth Fund’s AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge for a two-year initiative using AI to accelerate mapping of vulnerable marine ecosystems
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University spinout highlights outstanding performance of vaccine candidate
Ƶ news: The Vaccine Group, a Ƶ spinout company, has demonstrated outstanding results in a trial of its novel vaccine candidate for bovine respiratory syncytial virus
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University heightens resilience of healthcare to climate change
Ƶ news: The South East Asia Health Policy Network, which brings together experts from the UK and South East Asia, was launched at an event supported by the University in the House of Commons
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University spinout raises £740,000 to accelerate development of novel antibiotics
Ƶ news: Amprologix was founded by Professor Mathew Upton to further his pioneering research to tackle antimicrobial resistance.
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Torpoint “Bridge to Zero” to deliver UK-first decarbonisation solution for the world’s busiest chain ferry service
Ƶ news: The University is one of three partners in the Bridge to Zero project, which will deliver a plan to transition the Torpoint Ferry service from fossil fuel power to 100% shore-supplied green electricity
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£15.5 million to continue South West health research partnership
Ƶ news: £15.5 million to continue South West health research partnership. The funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) will support the partnership, which includes the Ƶ.
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'Record’ allocation to support medical researchers in Britain’s Ocean City
Ƶ news: The University has secured 22 Integrated Academic Training posts from the National Institute of Health and Care Research.
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University selected to join NATO underwater security and defence project
Ƶ news: Researchers from the University are part of the multinational MANGROVE consortium, led by Saab and selected by NATO to lead its Allied Underwater Battlespace Mission Network project.
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![Cho Kwong Charlie Lam, Lecturer in Environmental Intelligence at the Ƶ]()
University academic appointed Lead Author of UN climate change report
Ƶ news: Dr Cho Kwong Charlie Lam is one of 31 UK academics who will serve in the role for the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report on adapting cities and infrastructure to climate change
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![Libby Hasell-Williams, PhD research in the Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence at the Ƶ, has received funding through the Young Investigator Award programme run by the the Children’s Tumor Foundation (CTF)]()
Study explores enzymes’ role in brain tumour growth and therapies
Ƶ news: Researchers in the Ƶ’s Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence will complete a pre-clinical evaluation of three drugs already being used to target aldehydes in other conditions
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![A new brain-monitoring headset is being developed by researchers at the Ƶ and partners across the UK to bring quicker, more accessible diagnosis of seizures and other neurological conditions to local communities]()
Faster, easier diagnosis could soon benefit people with neurological conditions
Ƶ news: A brain-monitoring headset is being developed by researchers at the University and partners across the UK to bring quicker, more accessible diagnosis of seizures and other neurological conditions to local communities
