News tagged with: research
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University leads first UK-wide assessment of changes in plankton community
Scientists led by the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ have completed the first ever assessment of how plankton communities are changing in coastal waters and shelf seas around the UK
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University spinout to play key role in research to protect US military from deadly viruses
The Vaccine Group, a ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ spinout company, is to play a central role in a multi-million-dollar project to protect US military forces from Ebola, Lassa fever and other deadly zoonotic viruses
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Seeing through another’s eyes – research shows for the first time how we use others’ viewpoints to make decisions
New research by the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ has provided the first direct evidence that we often use other people’s eyes to see situations and make judgements.
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New study looking to prevent hospital admissions of older people in Cornwall
Helen Lyndon's study will develop, implement and test a nurse-led intervention to improve healthy living in older people with frailty.
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Report warns of isolation for coastal and rural schools
Policy makers, funding agencies, organisations and stakeholders should review their practices and funding mechanisms to support schools that are educationally isolated, according to a new report by the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ and Plymouth Marjon University
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Exhibition sheds light on university research into native bees
Research by the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ and the B4 Project, which aims to develop increased understanding of the UK’s native dark honey bee, features in a major exhibition being staged at the world famous Eden Project
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Interdisciplinary approach the only way to address devastating effects of soil erosion
A study led by the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ has shown traditional pastoralist communities – such as the Maasai in East Africa – are abundantly aware climate change and intensive grazing are having a marked effect on the resources they rely on for survival
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University becomes part of international hub helping communities at risk from natural disasters
Scientists from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ are working as part of the new £20million UKRI GCRF Multi-hazard Urban Disaster Risk Transitions Hub, which is aimed at reducing disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow’s cities
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University spinout receives £1.2million government funding to tackle antimicrobial resistance
Amprologix Limited, a ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ spinout company, has won a £1.2 million government contract to accelerate development and scale up its lead antibiotic candidate to tackle antimicrobial resistant MRSA and related superbugs
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University researchers to tackle drug-resistant disease that jumps from pigs to humans
Dr Michael Jarvis's The Vaccine Group and Professor Mat Upton have received £700,000 funding from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to tackle a disease which can cause meningitis, blood poisoning, or septicaemia.
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Researchers part of £20 million programme aimed at tackling threats to the world’s oceans
Marine conservation experts from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ are playing an integral role in the UKRI GCRF One Ocean Hub, a £20 million programme aimed at transforming the global response to the threats facing our oceans
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Why integrated teaching is important for dental professionals
New paper explores how Plymouth’s Dental Hygiene Therapy programme became the first of its kind to be integrated with the Dental Surgery course
