News tagged with: research
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Northeast Atlantic holoplankton taxa have decreased in abundance during the
past 60 years; triangles represent coastal stations while grid squares
illustrate trends in Continuous Plankton Recorder data. Blue indicates a
decreasing abundance trend; orange indicates an increase]()
Study shows six decades of change in UK’s plankton communities
Involving leading marine scientists from across the UK, led by the University of Plymouth, new research for the first time combines the findings of UK offshore surveys such as the Continuous Plankton Recorder and UK inshore long-term time-series.
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Scientists start work on vaccine to prevent future coronavirus outbreaks
Scientists from the University of Plymouth have started work on a coronavirus vaccine designed to prevent outbreaks similar to the current COVID-19 pandemic
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![Detailed analysis has estimated a LEGO brick could survive in the ocean for as many as 1,300 years (Credit Andrew Turner, University of Plymouth)]()
Study suggests LEGO bricks could survive in ocean for up to 1,300 years
A study led by the University of Plymouth examined the extent to which items of the ever-popular children’s toy were worn down in the marine environment
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Industry involvement vital in creation of unique new Cyber-SHIP Lab
With funding from Research England, there are 18 commercial partners working alongside the University of Plymouth to bring the Cyber-SHIP Lab project to fruition
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‘Fossil earthquakes’ offer new insight into seismic activity deep below earth’s surface
The research was led by the University of Plymouth and University of Oslo, with scientists conducting geological observations of seismic structures in exhumed lower crustal rocks on the Lofoten Islands
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Documentary aims to reveal the human side of earthquake science
The 60-minute documentary Pseudotachylyte, by Associate Professor in Photography Heidi Morstang, focuses on a University of Plymouth research project examining the mechanisms which cause earthquake cycles to begin up to 40km below the earth’s surface.
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New study suggests wearing clothes could release more microfibres to the environment than washing them
In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists from the National Research Council of Italy (IPCB-CNR) and the University of Plymouth compared four different items of polyester clothing and how many fibres were released when they were being worn and washed
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Supergen ORE launches programme to further offshore renewable research
The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub, led by the University of Plymouth, has launched its second round of Flexible Funding to advance research into the opportunities and challenges of offshore wind, wave and tidal energy
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Tropical forests’ carbon sink is already rapidly weakening
A study involving the University of Plymouth provides the first large-scale evidence that carbon uptake by the world’s tropical forests has already started a worrying downward trend
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Vessel confirms University’s place at forefront of autonomous ocean science
CETUS – a C-Worker 4 unmanned surface vehicle developed and supplied by L3Harris Technologies – has been purchased by the University of Plymouth and will be based at its Coxside Marine Station
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Scientists call on government to increase UK’s ambition to save our ocean
A team of marine scientists from across the UK, led by the Marine Conservation Research Group at the University of Plymouth, have called on the Government to increase its ambition to save the oceans by overhauling its approach to marine conservation
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University research partner wins award for pioneering arts initiatives
Plymouth Music Zone, which has worked with the University of Plymouth for many years, has won the 2020 Hearts for the Arts Award for Best Arts Initiative
