News tagged with: research
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Free event celebrates benefits of the marine environment for human health and wellbeing
A free event at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ will explore the many and varied ways that the marine environment can benefit human health and wellbeing, including fields such as antibiotics, dementia, psychology and social work
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Marine litter student awarded scholarship from Sky Ocean Rescue and National Geographic
²ÝùÊÓƵ PhD student Imogen Napper has been awarded a scholarship by Sky Ocean Rescue and National Geographic to investigate the most effective ways to prevent microplastics being released into the environment when washing clothes
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Plants play greater role than megaherbivore extinctions in changes to ecosystem structure
Research by the University of Oxford, ²ÝùÊÓƵ, Queen’s University Belfast, Swansea University and the Natural History Museum, London, suggests plants may have exerted greater influence on our terrestrial ecosystems than megaherbivores
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£6.5m project aims to drive digital innovation in South West
The ²ÝùÊÓƵ is part of a new Creative Technology Network, funded by Research England, which will bring together universities and industrial partners to develop cutting-edge practices, techniques and products in creative digital technologies
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University wave model to enable preparation for storm events in the South West
Scientists at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ have set up the Operational Wave and Water Level (OWWL) model to provide detailed forecasts of wave and water levels that will aid in the management of coastal flooding and other coastal hazards
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²ÝùÊÓƵ researcher co-authors landmark study on malaria – new findings could contribute to vaccine
Dr Edwin Lasonder contributed to the early stages of a study led by Radboud University Medical Centre and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and findings could contribute to a new malaria vaccine.
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University spinout receives increased support to develop agricultural robots
²ÝùÊÓƵ news: Fieldwork Robotics, a ²ÝùÊÓƵ spinout company developing robotic solutions for the agriculture and produce industry, is to receive increased support from the University’s commercialisation partners, Frontier IP
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Researchers use artificial intelligence to predict probability of life on other planets
A project led by PhD student Christopher Bishop and Professor in Artificial Intelligence and Cognition Angelo Cangelosi, from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ, is using artificial neural networks to predict the probability of life on other planets
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High levels of hazardous chemicals found in plastics collected from Lake Geneva
A survey of Lake Geneva, conducted by scientists at the University of Geneva and the ²ÝùÊÓƵ, finds it contains a wide range of plastic pollution -- some of which could be decades old
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New bus to raise awareness of world-leading research
²ÝùÊÓƵ Citybus has launched a special vehicle in partnership with national charity Brain Tumour Research and the ²ÝùÊÓƵ.
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30-day project to fund pulmonary rehab centre in Uganda
The ²ÝùÊÓƵ aims to raise £10,000 this April to fund a pulmonary rehabilitation centre in Kampala, Uganda. The centre will provide treatment space and training for an evidence-based intervention not involving drugs.
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Did highest known sea levels create the iconic shape of Mount Etna?
After scientists revealed Mount Etna is slowly sliding into the Mediterranean Sea, research by Professor Iain Stewart from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ suggests the sea may have played a major role in the development of its iconic shape
