Press office news tagged science-and-engineering

Further investigation required into impact of brownfield sites on coastal regeneration

Plymouth University news: Researchers at Plymouth University say in a new study that a greater understanding of brownfield or derelict sites could enhance the social and economic regeneration of coastal towns and cities
17 March 2016
Winter storms the most energetic to hit western Europe since 1948, study shows

Plymouth University news: Repeated storms which battered Europe’s Atlantic coastline during the winter of 2013/14 were the most energetic in almost seven decades, new research led by Plymouth University with colleagues from France and Ireland has shown
16 March 2016
One Giant Read giving audiences an out of this world literary experience

Plymouth University news: Science fact and science fiction collides with an initiative themed around the Principia Mission to the International Space Station
6 November 2015
Liquid nitrogen and ping-pong balls collide

University of Plymouth news: Scientists at the University of Plymouth have staged an eye-catching experiment involving liquid nitrogen and 1650 ping-pong balls in an attempt to inspire people about the power of science
6 August 2015
From Babies to Robots - new book reveals the link between robot and child development

Plymouth University news: Professor Angelo Cangelosi releases a new book on developmental robotics, which examines the similarity between robots and the study of child development
19 May 2015
Bone-eating worms ate marine reptile carcasses

Plymouth University news: A new report has revealed that a species of bone-eating marine worm called Osedax, believed to have co-evolved alongside whales, may actually have existed during the time of the dinosaurs - this impacting upon the fossil record
15 April 2015
New study shows net value of seagrass to fishing in the Mediterranean

Plymouth University news: A new study by researchers at Plymouth University with counterparts in Australia has revealed the economic value of seagrass habitat to commercial and recreational fishing industries
23 March 2015
Sparks fly with new electrical innovation

Plymouth University news: An engineering student from Plymouth University has given a 19th century electrical device a modern twist, using it to generate striking new versions of some of Hollywood’s best loved film scores
12 March 2015
Plymouth environmental scientists invited to talk at Washington Ocean Summit

Plymouth University news: Two of the UK’s top environmental scientists have been invited to talk about the state of the world’s oceans to an audience including US Secretary of State, John Kerry, at an ocean summit in Washington.
11 June 2014