News tagged with: research

National launch for ‘revolutionary’ Parkinson’s project

University of Plymouth news: 'Developing Home-based Parkinson's Care' will focus on co-designing a new service to help Parkinson’s patients, carers and healthcare staff monitor a person’s condition remotely
24 July 2019
Scientists complete first assessment of blood abnormalities in Antarctic penguin colony

Scientists from the University of Plymouth have contributed to the first study of immune and genetic stability among a colony of penguins living in a remote corner of southern Antarctica
24 July 2019
Peatlands of Dartmoor could be crucial in fight against climate change

Research by the University suggests the peatlands of Dartmoor could be an underestimated resource in the fight against climate change as their ability to store carbon has not diminished in almost 150 years
17 July 2019
Limits on pot fishing can result in win-win for fishermen and marine wildlife

A report by the University of Plymouth, funded by Defra and the Blue Marine Foundation, has found that in areas of low potting intensity the industry was operating in a way that had little impact on seabed species or economically-important shellfish
17 July 2019
Hospital gowns retain superbugs even after disinfectant use, research shows

The study showed that C difficile - a bacteria that can cause severe diarrhoea, bowel complications and even death - is surviving on surgical gowns despite disinfectant use
12 July 2019
Seeing greenery linked to less intense and frequent cravings

A study led by the University of Plymouth is the first to demonstrate that passive exposure to nearby greenspace is linked to both lower frequencies and strengths of craving.
12 July 2019
Responding to the climate emergency

Professor Judith Petts CBE, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Plymouth, believes universities should play a leading role in addressing the challenges of climate change.
10 July 2019
University listed among the world’s best for engineering research and impact

The University of Plymouth is eighth in the world, and the top UK university, for Marine and Ocean Engineering in the ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019.
8 July 2019
Evolution of life in the ocean changed 170 million years ago

Research led by academics from the University of Plymouth suggests the ocean as we understand it today was shaped by a global evolutionary regime shift around 170 million years ago.
1 July 2019
Mantle cell lymphoma patients living longer thanks to specialist clinic

Plymouth patients are shown to be living, on average, twice as long as the general population in new work by University researchers Professor Simon Rule and Dr Rory McCulloch - clinicians in the Haematology team at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
1 July 2019
Toxic substances found in the glass and decoration of alcoholic beverage bottles

Researchers at the University of Plymouth analysed both the glass and enamelled decorations on a variety of clear and coloured bottles readily available in shops and supermarkets
28 June 2019
Psychiatry profession ‘must make itself more appealing to state educated non-whites’, new study suggests

Figures show doctors are more likely to apply for psychiatry training if they are older, white and privately educated with below average performance at medical school.
27 June 2019