Press office news tagged research
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Innovative process enables the recycling and reuse of electric vehicle battery components on a commercial scale
Altilium Metals Ltd is working with the University of Plymouth to develop a method through which the elements critical for EV batteries can be reused
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Study provides first holistic assessment of plastic pollution in the Caribbean
A new study, led by the University of Plymouth, has provided the first holistic assessment of marine and land-based plastic pollution in the southern Caribbean and some of the environmental and human factors which might influence its distribution
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Lockdown runner to complete 52km for University MS research
Evelyn Truter, 52, will be running 52km around Clevedon and surrounding villages in Somerset to raise money for MS research at the University of Plymouth.
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Can an app improve the 12-week wait for mental health support?
A new project is investigating whether a digital health app, Wysa, can support people to manage their mental health and improve their resilience.
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Developing autonomous technology to assess condition of seagrass beds
University of Plymouth news: A collaboration between HydroSurv Unmanned Survey (UK) Limited and the University of Plymouth, funded by Innovate UK, will develop autonomous technology to assess condition of seagrass beds.
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Research aims to unlock secrets of magma transport below the ocean floor
New research led by the University of Plymouth aims to provide greater understanding of the dynamic processes occurring at depth beneath the seafloor
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Targeted removals and monitoring can help manage lionfish in Mediterranean
Scientists from the University of Plymouth, working as part of the European Union-funded RELIONMED project, teamed up with specially trained divers and citizen scientists to conduct a series of lionfish removal events and surveys over a six-month period
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Academics highlight major health challenges facing coastal communities
Professor of Health Policy Sheena Asthana and Senior Research Fellow Dr Alex Gibson, from the University of Plymouth, wrote a chapter analysing the burden of disease for the Chief Medical Officer’s Annual Report 2021.
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Coastal ecosystems being ‘burned’ by double whammy of rising temperatures and ocean acidification
Researchers have published two new studies showing the combined effects that rising temperatures and ocean acidification are having on coastal environments
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Grants to further researchers’ work in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
The funding, totalling near £15,000, has come from the Alzheimer’s Research UK South West Network Centre and the Northcott Devon Medical Foundation.
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University scientists help to unlock hidden secrets of UK meteorite
Dr Natasha Stephen and colleagues in the University of Plymouth’s Electron Microscopy Centre have been trying to determine the Winchcombe meteorite's mineralogy and chemistry to better understand how the solar system formed
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New technology to aid medical research and discovery
Funding from the Wolfson Foundation will support a new state of the art mass spectrometer.
