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Microplastic revolutionary named in the inaugural TIME100 Health list
University of Plymouth news: Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS has been selected by TIME magazine to feature in its inaugural list of the world’s most influential individuals in health.
Ensuring health technology works for older people
A new toolkit has been launched by a project co-led by the University of Plymouth to help developers consider older people’s accessibility right from the start.
University plays key role in £5.6million project to engage and inspire Cornwall businesses
The University of Plymouth is playing a key role in a major new initiative, the Entrepreneurial Futures project, aiming to nurture a culture of business innovation and entrepreneurism across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
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University launches national test facility for floating offshore wind innovations
University launches national test facility for floating offshore wind innovations
University leads largest ever research programme to take place on an atoll island
University of Plymouth news: Researchers from the University have taken part in an extensive programme of research on an uninhabited atoll island in the Maldives, the first fieldwork to take place as part of the £2.8 million ARISE project.
European Space Agency shares marine students’ success
Second-year students studying Ocean Science and Marine Conservation have been celebrated by the European Space Agency (ESA) for their ‘impressive’ success in completing research projects using satellite data.
Head of Dental School to lead key publication
Professor Ewen McColl, Head of University of Plymouth Peninsula Dental School, has been chosen as the new editorial director of Dental Update.
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Escape the vapes: scientists call for global shift to curb consumer use of disposable technologies
University of Plymouth news: Academics from across the UK, writing in the journal Science, have called for worldwide action to halt the environmental threats posed by single-use electronic devices.
“Our nursing skills saved a choking man’s life”
University of Plymouth news: Joana Miranda and Billie-Jo Isaac sprung into action using skills they had just learned that morning
Academic invited to help develop China’s offshore renewable energy revolution
University of Plymouth news: Professor Lars Johanning has been invited as International Co-Chair to lead an expert group exploring China’s future use of ocean energy
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Community beach clean-ups could beat high-tech solutions for clearing plastic pollution
University of Plymouth news: Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS, Head of our International Marine Litter Research Unit, is the lead author on a new report by the Royal Society looking at ways to remove plastic from the environment
Mental imagining of self-harm can increase urge and heighten the risk of people harming themselves
University of Plymouth news: New research from the School of Psychology represents the first study of its kind to track the real-time occurrences of mental imagining of self-harm, alongside the urge to self-harm and actual self-harming behaviour.