News tagged with: research
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Collaboration awarded funding to develop marine digital twin of Dover Harbour
Ƶ news: The University is working with the Port of Dover and the University of Manchester on a new initiative seeking to develop a digital twin of Britain’s busiest port.
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Small but mighty – study highlights the abundance and importance of the ocean’s tiniest inhabitants
Ƶ news: New research led by the University sheds light on tiny plankton, which measure less than 0.02mm in diameter but can make up more than 70% of the plankton biomass found in the ocean.
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Citizen science project tracks the health of planet’s peatlands
Ƶ news: Requiring nothing more than a photograph taken by smartphone, the Tracking the Colour of Peatlands project encourages people to assess how the areas change colour over the course of the growing season
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Relocated songbirds can successfully learn the diversity of song they need to survive
Ƶ news: A new study led by the University has found nestling songbirds relocated as part of conservation programmes successfully learn the song repertoires they need to communicate – and ultimately survive – in the wild
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Microparticles from road tyres are “high concern” pollutants, research shows
Ƶ news: A new study involving the University suggests plastic microparticles released into the environment from common road tyres should be treated as a “high concern” pollutant
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Eat, drink and be happy – new diet and nutrition guidance for older adults
The Ƶ has led an evidence review that underpins new guidance for older adults, recently published by the British Dietetic Association (BDA), the review explored the most up-to-date evidence for six key themes relating to over-65s.
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£14.5million project creates a new home for the Plymouth Business School
Ƶ news: The transformed Fitzroy Building will include specialist teaching facilities and social learning spaces for students on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes including those in Business, Accounting and Marketing
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People with Parkinson’s benefit from new Home Based Care pathway, study shows
Ƶ news: A new study shows how a pioneering care programme through which people with Parkinson’s are supported in managing and monitoring their condition at home can have benefits for both patients and care teams
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Scientists combine AI and climate data to create a warning tool for coastal flooding
Ƶ news: Funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, the 'SPLASH: digital approaches to predict wave hazards' initiative aims to build a coastal overtopping warning tool that can be deployed at locations along the UK coastline
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Study highlights the critical importance of uniting communities and conservation to effectively implement environmental practices
Ƶ news: A new paper by the Ƶ, Blue Marine Foundation, Natural England and DEFRA draws together more than 15 years of research carried out in the Lyme Bay Marine Protected Area
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University expands its work to address critical challenges facing our planet
Ƶ news: Our new Centre of Research excellence in Intelligent and Sustainable Productive Systems (CRISPS) will apply a systems level approach to the challenges of feeding a future global population in excess of 9 billion people
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New Deputy Vice-Chancellor champions Plymouth as a ‘global player’
Ƶ news: The University’s new Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Kevin Jones, has pledged to continue growing the institution’s world-leading research and innovation (R&I) activities
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