News tagged with: research
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Is there a real risk from nanoparticles of plastic in the environment?
Plymouth University news: Plymouth and Heriot-Watt launch a £1.1 million, NERC-funded project called RealRiskNano to examine the risks tiny plastic particles pose to the food web including filter-feeding organisms like mussels.
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Climate change scientist says more must be done to meet 2-degree target
Plymouth University news: Professor Camille Parmesan, a leading climate change scientist, says that any historic agreement in Paris at the COP21 should not overshadow the need to secure greater reductions in the rate of global warming.
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Climate study finds evidence of global shift in the 1980s
Plymouth University news: Scientists have discovered that a sudden 'regime shift' occurred in the 1980s as a result of anthropogenic warming and a volcanic eruption in Mexico.
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Business club to inspire innovation in Cornwall
Plymouth University news: Free events created and run by GAIN with Plymouth University, Cornwall Chamber of Commerce and Cornwall Innovation
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Expanding the horizons of musical imagination
Plymouth University news: An audiovisual representation of dark matter and performances using brain-computer interfaces, biocomputers and artificial intelligence will be among the highlights of the Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival
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New marketing and sustainability framework revealed to practitioners
Plymouth University news: A new framework developed in partnership with Plymouth University and Friends of the Earth will enable marketers to build sustainability into their day-to-day activities
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Melting Scandinavian ice provides missing link in Europe’s final Ice Age story
Plymouth University news: Scientists in Sweden, London and Plymouth believe they have answered one of the most enduring puzzles of the last ice age, namely, the cause of a sudden cold snap 13,000 years ago.
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Research aims to combat pressure ulcers
Plymouth University news: Professor Bridie Kent, Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, is leading a project aimed at reducing the risk of pressure ulcers for patients in the community.
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Plymouth academic recognised by Beijing government as ‘high talent’
Plymouth University news: Dr Bing Hu has been elected a Distinguished Expert of Beijing City - fewer than 500 people around the world have been awarded this status since the programme started in 2009
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World first blood test reduces risk and increases accuracy in prenatal testing
Plymouth University news: Together with Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Plymouth University researchers have identified a simple and safe DNA foetal blood test to identify blood group, sex and genetic conditions
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Research suggests marine invasive species benefit from rising CO2 levels
University of Plymouth news: New research has found that the process of ocean acidification is helping many invasive species to widen their territories, such as toxic algae, stinging jellyfish and predatory crabs.
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Who’s Got Talent? for Huntington’s disease research
Plymouth University news: Following a tour to our labs, local people affected by Huntington's disease have chosen to raise money to support our research in this area
