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Woman using an asthma monitoring phone app

University works on £1.9million project to evaluate asthma monitoring phone apps

University of Plymouth news: digital health experts from across the UK are joining forces to study the potential for new monitoring technologies to support children with asthma in a £1.9million project.

NWA 4231 meteorite fragment classified as ureilite (Credit: James St John via Wikimedia Commons)

Study unlocks hidden secrets of how ultra-hard diamonds formed in rare meteorites

Dr Natasha Stephen from the University of Plymouth is part of an international team of scientists who have discovered how lonsdaleite - a rare hexagonal form of diamond - forms in ureilite meteorites

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University twins with Ukrainian counterparts to offer hope to country’s higher education sector

The University of Plymouth has twinned with two Ukrainian universities - the State University of Infrastructure and Technology and Kherson State Maritime Academy - to share resources, learning and ideas during the country’s humanitarian crisis.

Clare Pettinger

It's not just vehicles and factories - what we eat can pollute the environment

University of Plymouth news - It's not just vehicles and factories - what we eat can pollute the environment

Aerial photo of Plymouth City Centre, looking up Royal Parade

Augmented reality provides a snapshot of Plymouth’s past

The University of Plymouth and The Box have joined forces for an augmented reality project that enables residents and visitors to unlock a series of heritage films from the British Film Institute archive featuring Plymouth's post-war reconstruction.

Aerial view of Plymouth Hoe

Plymouth shortlisted as University of the Year in the Times Higher Education Awards 2022

A place on the University of the Year shortlist acknowledges the University’s international reputation for marine research and teaching, as well as decades of focus, investment, and impact.

Dr Siobhan Moyes with the new diverse anatomy models 

New models improve diversity of medical teaching materials

University of Plymouth news: New models improve diversity of medical teaching materials

Ukrainian medical students at ultrasound simulation

University hosts Ukrainian medical students in new summer school

University of Plymouth news: Seven students from regions around the country, including Kharkiv, visited the University to enhance their clinical skills.

Dr Nick Cooper 

Academic elected as President of Academy of Medical Educators

University of Plymouth news - Academic elected as President of Academy of Medical Educators

A replica of Captain Cook's ship HMS Endeavour in Whitby, North Yorkshire. The ship is now home to The Endeavour Experience (Credit Shutterstock)

Could shipworms be destroying the wreck of Captain Cook’s Endeavour?

Dr Reuben Shipway, Lecturer in Marine Biology at the University of Plymouth, has just returned from Rhode Island having been able to dive to the submerged wreck where it was scuttled in 1778

Cooperation between air rescue service and emergency medical service on the ground. Paramedic is pulling stretcher with patient to the ambulance car. Copyright: Jaromir Chalabala, courtesy of Shutterstock

Research recommends safer approach to removing casualties from car accidents

Professor Tim Nutbeam has led research calling for a revised approach to how emergency services respond to patients in motor vehicle collisions.

BMT partnership signing

University and BMT join forces to improve cyber security in the maritime sector

The University of Plymouth has joined forces with BMT, a leading international multi-disciplinary engineering and design consultancy, to jointly research ship design and cyber security in the maritime sector