News tagged with: research
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Message in a bottle project highlights problem of ocean plastic to COP26 delegates
Scientists from the University of Plymouth are part of a project deploying plastic pollution tracking devices into the ocean around Scotland.
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Extreme weather and earthquakes need greater attention when examining Nepal’s landslides
Scientists from the University of Plymouth helped to compile a database of almost 13,000 recorded monsoon-triggered landslides spanning a period of almost 30 years
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Major international study to shape future of asthma treatment
Researchers from the University of Plymouth are part of a major international study to assess the benefits of new medications for asthma.
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Paris Agreement will not be reached without urgent ocean action, study says
Researchers from the University of Plymouth have played a key role in new research highlighting how measures to address climate change and reach the Paris Agreement will not succeed unless the ocean is fully taken into account
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Sea shanty and storm data collide in project demonstrating impacts of climate crisis
Scientists from the University of Plymouth have transformed data captured during the most energetic series of extreme storms on record into a musical piece demonstrating the effects of climate change
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Tidal stream power can aid drive for net-zero and generate 11% of UK’s electricity demand
New research led by the University of Plymouth shows that tidal stream power has the potential to deliver 11% of the UK’s current annual electricity and play a significant role in the government’s drive for net-zero
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Study shows how 1.5°C temperature rise can cause significant changes in coastal species
A study by ecologists at the University of Plymouth examined how increases in rock surface temperature were affecting the quantity and behaviour of species commonly found on the shorelines of Devon and Cornwall
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University helps to create children’s book about offshore renewable energy
Academics and graduates from the University of Plymouth have helped to create Gaia’s Energy Adventure! to help four to six-year-olds understand more about the often complex world of offshore wind, wave and tidal energy
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Academic contributes to new book highlighting urgency of the climate emergency
Ian Bailey, Professor of Environmental Politics at the University of Plymouth, is among the experts who have written chapters for a new book released to coincide with COP26
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New project to develop new community-led social prescribing
The University of Plymouth is leading new research that will investigate if and how social prescribing might be broadened and offered outside of the NHS.
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Common antidepressant should no longer be used to treat people with dementia, study says
A drug used to treat agitation in people with dementia - mirtazapine - is no more effective than a placebo, and might even increase mortality, according to a new study published in The Lancet.
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Parkinson's expert honoured with national award
Dr Camille Carroll has won the Tom Isaacs Award, given by Cure Parkinson's and Van Andel Institute to recognise a researcher who has significantly impacted the lives of people living with Parkinson’s and has involved people with Parkinson’s in their work.