News tagged with: research
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Ceremony held at University’s new home for engineering and design excellence
A topping out ceremony has been held at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ's new engineering and design facility as work on site continues to progress.
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Expansion enables more to benefit from access to electron microscopy
The ²ÝùÊÓƵ has started investing more than £1.7million to enhance the ²ÝùÊÓƵ Electron Microscopy Centre
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Study demonstrates how microplastic particles differ across the Atlantic Ocean
A study by the University and sailing charity eXXpedition has shown the waters of the North Atlantic gyre contain significantly greater quantities of microplastics than other areas of the open ocean
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Project aims to advance knowledge around the environmental impacts of nuclear industry
The ²ÝùÊÓƵ has been given special dispensation to be part of a three-year initiative funded by the European Union.
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Winchcombe meteorite holds information about the origin of Earth’s oceans
A study involving researchers in the ²ÝùÊÓƵ's ²ÝùÊÓƵ Electron Microscopy Centre finds that the Winchcombe meteorite holds information about the origin of Earth’s oceans
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University and health trust unite to boost medical innovation and patient care
The ²ÝùÊÓƵ and the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust have formed a closer strategic partnership with the aim of improving patient care through research, innovation and knowledge exchange
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Project aims to give pupils an insight into the life of a researcher
²ÝùÊÓƵ news: Schools in Devon and Cornwall have already signed up to receive a visit as part of the University's FUTURES Researchers in Schools programme.
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Volvo Environment Prize 2022 awarded for world-leading microplastics research
Volvo Environment Prize 2022 awarded for world-leading microplastics research. Professor Richard Thompson OBE is one of three recipients of the prestigious annual accolade
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Offshore mussel farms could have wider environmental benefits
A new study by the ²ÝùÊÓƵ suggests that in addition to helping meet global fish consumption demands, there is also the potential for the offshore mussel farm industry to have wider benefits for the marine environment
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![HRH The Princess Royal launches the new National Centre for Coastal Autonomy]()
National Centre for Coastal Autonomy unlocks radical new capabilities for coastal science
The National Centre for Coastal Autonomy has been founded by the ²ÝùÊÓƵ, the Marine Biological Association and ²ÝùÊÓƵ Marine Laboratory through the Marine Research ²ÝùÊÓƵ partnership.
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Academic’s evidence highlighted in new report on preventing mass atrocities
Ben Willis, Associate Lecturer in Politics and International Relations in the the ²ÝùÊÓƵ's School of Society and Culture, is cited extensively within a new report by the International Development Select Committee
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Helping smallholder cotton farmers to sow the seeds of sustainable cotton production
The ²ÝùÊÓƵ is working with partners in Pakistan to develop machine learning and AI for the early disease detection of major cotton disease.
