News tagged with: research
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Robots can learn how to support teachers in class sessions
Research by the University of Plymouth, and published in Science Robotics, shows robots can take just three hours to successfully learn techniques which can be used to support teachers in a classroom environment
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University expert contributes to new BBC series Seven Worlds, One Planet
The University of Plymouth's Professor Iain Stewart acted as a scientific consultant on the BBC series Seven Worlds, One Planet, hosted by Sir David Attenborough and produced by the BBC’s Natural History Unit
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University works with international partners on €47 million tidal energy project
The University of Plymouth is among the partners in TIGER (The Tidal Stream Industry Energiser Project), an ambitious €46.8 million project that will see turbines submerged offshore to harness the energy of tidal currents
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Girls into Geoscience goes global at prestigious women in science event
Dr Sarah Boulton, Associate Professor in Active Neotectonics and Co-Founder of Girls in Geoscience at the University of Plymouth, will be speaking at the Dorothy Hill Women in Earth Sciences Symposium, being hosted by the University of Queensland
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University scientists selected to join NERC Advisory Network
Dr Sian Rees and Professor Tom Hutchinson, from the University of Plymouth's Faculty of Science and Engineering, have been appointed to the Natural Environment Research Council's Advisory Network
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Chief Dental Officer helps celebrate increased training capacity at University of Plymouth
An extension to cutting-edge facilities for training the next generation of dentists and dental therapists has been officially opened by the most senior member of the profession in England.
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New book suggests governments need to maintain focus on transformative transport strategies
Transport Matters is the third book in a series produced by Iain Docherty, Dean of the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of Stirling, and Jon Shaw, Professor of Transport Geography at the University of Plymouth.
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Global tech firm IBM joins Mayflower Autonomous Ship project
International technology giant IBM has signed up to work with the University of Plymouth and other partners on an ambitious project to sail an unmanned ship across the Atlantic Ocean
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Scientists set sail on round-the-world plastics initiative
The eXXpedition Round the World voyage set sail from the University of Plymouth Marine Station on October 8 and the crew will undertake a range of research projects developed by the University's International Marine Litter Research Unit
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University researchers contribute to RSPB’s State of Nature 2019 report
Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop and Dr Jacob Bedford, from the University of Plymouth, were invited to co-author the marine chapter of the RSPB’s State of Nature 2019 report, which also cites research from across the School of Biological and Marine Sciences
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South West businesses uncertain and sceptical as Brexit approaches
Researchers at the University of Plymouth conducted a series of interviews and focus groups to provide a unique picture of the Brexit pressures facing the region.
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Coastal engineering and ecology research receives European award
THESEUS, an international research project involving engineers and ecologists from the University of Plymouth, has received a Horizon Impact Award from the European Commission