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Extreme Loading on Floating Offshore Wind Turbine under Complex Environmental Conditions

Project aims to ensure offshore renewable innovations remain cyber-secure

University of Plymouth news: The Cyber-Resilience of Offshore Wind Networks (CROWN) project, supported by funding from the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership, will create a purpose-built lab space at the University.

Roland Levinsky Building

Dive into our arts programme for 2023-24

University of Plymouth's Arts Institute launches new season to inspire, challenge and entertain. Find out more about the public arts programme and centrepiece exhibition, Ocean.

A set of dentures being held by hands wearing white gloves 

Research explores the long-term impact of wearing dentures

University of Plymouth news: Researchers are launching a new study through which they will use lab-created models to explore the long-term physical impacts of wearing dentures

The Living Seawall in Plymouth was installed during the summer of 2023

Living seawall creates a space for nature along the coastline of Plymouth Sound

University of Plymouth news: The University is leading a project that has seen a series of specially-designed concrete panels installed to make new habitats available to a variety of marine flora and fauna.

Aerial View of Plymouth including some of The Sound

Best in the South West!

University of Plymouth news: Unifresher’s Ultimate Alternative University League Table puts the University of Plymouth in pole position for South West England

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Plymouth students go global

University of Plymouth news: A successful bid for almost £300,000 of Government funding is enabling University of Plymouth students to study and work all over the world in 2023/24.

Temperature data being measured using sensors attached to a leaf in the Atlantic Forest near Sao Paulo, Brazil (Credit: Sophie Fauset)

Tropical forests may be approaching a critical high-temperature threshold

University of Plymouth news: A study published in Nature, co-authored by Associate Professor in Terrestrial Ecology Dr Sophie Fauset, has found some tropical leaves are already reaching temperatures at which they can no longer function.

Sunset over Port Isaac

Digital exclusion is leaving coastal communities behind

University of Plymouth news: Two leading University of Plymouth researchers are shining a light on causes of deprivation in coastal communities, aiming to raise awareness of issues that are not well understood currently.

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Study uncovers potential new source of genetic mutations that cause neurodegenerative disease

University of Plymouth news: An international team of researchers co-led by the University has discovered an additional cause of the genetic mutations that result in rare conditions such as Huntington’s disease

Doug Scott from Kier and Professor Judith Petts CBE at InterCity Place

University prepares to welcome healthcare students into landmark £33million facility

University of Plymouth news: InterCity Place, overlooking the city’s railway station, has been transformed through a £33million project that has breathed new life into one of Plymouth’s most iconic buildings.

Close up of blue clothes hanging up

Project focuses on decarbonisation of the fashion and textile industry

University of Plymouth news: The new £1.6million Future Fibres Network+ will build on the University’s extensive research into the sustainability of the fashion industry

Talpa hakkariensis was identified as a new species of mole, highly distinctive in terms of both its morphology and DNA

Hidden moles in hidden holes

University of Plymouth news: Scientists have identified two types of mole which they believe have been living undiscovered in the mountains of eastern Turkey for as many as 3 million years.