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Drinking glasses can contain harmful levels of lead and cadmium

Enamelled drinking glasses and popular merchandise can contain more than 1000 times the limit level of lead and up to 100 times the limit level of cadmium, a study by the University of Plymouth has shown

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£600,000 for Cornwall businesses to help tackle health and social care challenges

Cornish businesses are invited to bid for part of a Challenge Fund to develop eHealth solutions for the county’s health and social care challenges. The initiative is part of the eHealth and Productivity in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (EPIC) project.

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“It helped us share every precious moment” – research project helps family in mother’s final days

A family whose mother could not speak or hear has praised a PhD student's research project for helping them communicate with her in her final days.

The Zagros Mountains. Credit: Cherom (Own work) via Wikimedia Commons

Could the Neolithic Revolution offer evidence of best ways to adapt to climate change?

The behaviour of the human population during the last intense period of global warming might offer an insight into how best to adapt to the current challenges posed by climate change, a study led by the University of Plymouth suggests

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Academic appointed to lead international Earth science research committee

Professor Antony Morris, from the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Plymouth, has been appointed to chair the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD) Science Support and Advisory Committee (ESSAC)

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Culture app ceases after three successful years

Artory, Plymouth’s incentivised mobile app for cultural events produced by i-DAT at the University of Plymouth and Plymouth Arts Centre, is going offline

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Future climate change may not adversely impact seafood quality, research suggests

Future ocean acidification and warming may not have a marked effect on the taste of oysters grown in the UK, according to new research by the University of Plymouth published in Frontiers in Marine Science

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Gravel bringing salmon back to Devon river

Researchers at the University of Plymouth are part of a project trying to understand some of the challenges faced by salmon spawning in rivers on Dartmoor

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Innovative solar power company granted two US patents

University spin out company PulsiV Solar is awarded two US patents to protect its new intellectual property in the fields of solar panel energy generation, and energy storage in electrical devices.

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Student research journal celebrates success

A research journal created by and for students is going from strength to strength, say its editors – including a senior editor from the Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry

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First students enrol for digital technology apprenticeships

A group of students from across the South West have embarked on a four-year degree apprenticeship with the University of Plymouth which will enable them to earn while they learn

Dr Natasha Stephen

Royal appointment for University academic

Dr Natasha Stephen, Director of the Plymouth Materials Characterisation Project (PMCP) at the University of Plymouth, has been appointed to the national committee of the Royal Microscopical Society