News tagged with: research
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Human choices in a simulated pandemic: New study tests interventions to foster safer behaviour
Research published in 'Science Advances' has shown that it is possible to test the effectiveness of interventions designed to foster safer behaviour in order to slow the spread of a virus.
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Global company working with University to test new app for MS patients
The ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ is working with global pharmaceutical company, Roche, to test a new app to help people with multiple sclerosis (MS) better manage their symptoms.
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Leading UK marine scientists welcome the move towards a global plastics pact
Ahead of a major United Nations meeting, researchers from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ and across the South West of England outline their support for a coordinated, comprehensive and robust intergovernmental approach
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Nursing graduate inspires new national award for research
Joy O'Gorman has sparked the creation of a clinical research in the national Student Nursing Times Awards.
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What constitutes ‘seriousness’ in fitness to practise cases? University shares new report for regulators
The ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ has led a new report to investigate how seriousness in Fitness to Practise (FtP) cases is understood and applied by UK health professions regulators.
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Black Death mortality was not as widespread as previously thought
New research involving the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ shows the Black Death had a devastating impact in some regions of Europe – however, parts of the continent experienced little or no effect
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‘First of its kind’ resource guides health practitioners through remote assessment for people with physical conditions
The Telerehab toolkit has been launched, helping to empower practitioners as well as people with physical disability and impairment.
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Study shows how temperate rainforests can aid the fight against climate change
Environmental scientists and ecologists at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ showed that browsing behaviour by livestock is a major determinant of the expansion and connection of fragmented UK upland oak woodlands – so-called ‘temperate rainforests
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Creating net-zero visions of our future communities
The Net-Zero Visions for the Devon Climate Emergency project, being led by the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, unites community groups with creative professionals and net-zero transition experts
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Bluefin tuna tagged for the first time in UK waters with acoustic ‘residency’ tags
Bluefin tuna have been tagged with state-of-the-art acoustic tracking tags for the first time in UK waters as part of the FISH INTEL project, led by the University and funded by the EU’s Interreg France (Channel) England programme
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Study shows pheasants lose their cool after fighting
Scientists from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ and Exeter used thermal cameras to watch juvenile pheasants and see how their temperature changed during aggressive interactions that establish the pecking order
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Challenging ‘rule breakers’ – children will confront their peers, but how they do so varies across cultures
The study is the first of its kind, analysing the behaviour of over 300 children from societies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America.
