News tagged with: research
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Could fabricated soils be the key to global food security?
Experts from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ are working with the world-famous Eden Project to explore how recycled and waste material could be transformed and then reused in agriculture and other sectors
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Research on the agenda for international offshore renewables experts
An event being held during the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Research Festival will mark the launch of the Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub, a four-year project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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New research to explore how skill influences result of animal fights
Scientists from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ have received funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council to examine whether an individual’s skill levels directly influence the results of such fights
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Plymouth woman quits 33-year smoking habit thanks to research project – and you could too this New Year
Plymouth woman Jaki Slater has has kicked her smoking habit thanks to the Trial of physical Activity and Reduction of Smoking (TARS) study led by Professor Adrian Taylor.
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Water quality testing kits to be deployed in UK and Ireland
The SirenBW system developed by Molendotech, established to commercialise the work of Professor Simon Jackson, can drastically reduce the length of time it takes for local authorities and environmental agencies to assess the quality of recreational water.
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Report reveals seasonal iron depletion in UK coastal waters
Scientists from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ - contributing to the Shelf Seas: The Engine of Productivity report - have found that a lack of summertime iron could be having a major impact on the overall health of our coastal waters and shelf seas
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New researchers to help tackle devastating brain tumours
The ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ has recruited three new researchers to a project aiming to improve technologies for the early diagnosis of brain tumours using molecular biomarkers in the blood.
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High levels of carcinogenic chemical found in everyday consumer products
Writing in Science of the Total Environment, scientists from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ say high levels of the carcinogenic chemical cadmium can still be found in everyday household products
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Technology paints in-depth picture of organisms’ response to climate change
EmbryoPhenomics, revolutionary new technology created at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, could fill a major gap in our understanding of how organisms’ early development will be impacted by climate change
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Scientific basis for climate change ‘Endangerment Finding’ is stronger than ever
A group of researchers, including Professor Camille Parmesan from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, say their findings could strengthen challenges to proposed efforts to rollback emissions standards and carbon emissions regulations in the United States.
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New insight into stem cell behaviour ‘highlights therapeutic target for cancer treatment’
Research led by the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ & Technische Universität Dresden has identified a new therapeutic target for cancer treatment & tissue regeneration – a protein called Prominin-1. This study is peer-reviewed, experimental, conducted in animals.
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£1million research programme explores human impacts on remote marine environment
New research by the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ will bring together a wide range of scientific disciplines to provide the first detailed assessment of the Chagos Archipelago's oceanographic processes, seabed habitats and deep water coral reefs
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