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Innovative design aims to boost quality of life for women post mastectomy
A student designer is doing her best to bring joy to cancer survivors by developing colourful, comfortable prosthetic breasts.
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Scientists receive $1.3 million to study new propulsion idea for spacecraft
Dr Mike McCulloch, from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓÆµ, has received $1.3million from the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for a four-year study into his idea of quantised inertia (QI)
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Geologists reveal ancient connection between England and France
Geologists based at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓÆµ have a paper out in Nature Communications following an extensive study of mineral properties at exposed rock features across Devon and Cornwall
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Former student returns to university for special screening of star-studded film
A student turned award-winning director is returning to Plymouth to host a preview screening of his first major feature film.
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Dementia screening app shortlisted for two national awards
ACEmobile, a dementia screening app developed by Dr Craig Newman from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓÆµ and Dr Rupert Noad and University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, has made the final of two categories at the HSJ Awards.
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Emergency health team excels in military challenge
Staff and students from the Faculty of Health and Human Sciences finished second out of 17 teams in annual South West Military Challenge.
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Scientists awarded funding to investigate quantum physics using intense lasers
Scientists at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓÆµ are embarking on a £450,000 project, funded largely through a grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, to investigate fundamental quantum physics using intense lasers
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University technician in running for national award
Dr Jodie Fisher, Earth Science Technician in the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓÆµ's School of Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences, is among the finalists in the WISE Awards 2018
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Does seedling defence vary over large geographical scales?
Researchers from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s School of Biological and Marine Sciences will study the feeding behaviour of snails in a new project funded by the Leverhulme Trust
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Naval mystery solved by Plymouth historian
The ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓÆµ's Dr Harry Bennett purchased 50 odd records recorded in 1934-35 on the HMS Emerald by R.T. Grogan and was able to piece together the history of the records.
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Dr Harry Bennett appeared on BBC's Who Do You Think You Are?
The ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓÆµ's Dr Harry Bennett appeared on BBC's Who Do You Think You Are?, helping Marvin Humes, a former member of the band JLS and DJ, research his family history
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British Civil Wars at Sea
Dr Elaine Murphy, Associate Professor of Maritime History at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓÆµ's, has recently co-authored a new book on the British Civil Wars at Sea