News tagged with: research
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Project aims to enhance the potential to forecast landslides
University of Plymouth news: The EXCESS project aims to begin addressing the issue of variations in landsliding through time, and will go some way to providing the type of information that could ultimately save thousands of lives
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Collaboration awarded funding to develop marine digital twin of Dover Harbour
University of Plymouth 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
University of Plymouth 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
University of Plymouth 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
University of Plymouth 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
University of Plymouth 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 University of Plymouth 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
University of Plymouth 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
University of Plymouth 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
University of Plymouth 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
University of Plymouth news: A new paper by the University of Plymouth, 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
University of Plymouth 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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