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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.
Appearance related anxiety – and the tool which is helping people post-lockdown
People with visible differences, and those who suffer appearance related anxiety, are encouraged to try the FaceIT@home programme
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
Plymouth's National Marine Park set to receive £9.5m
The National Marine Park in Plymouth has been awarded £9.5m from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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.
Illustration student creates winning designs for SailGP’s Great Britain Sail Grand Prix merchandise
Student illustrator and animator has won a competition to design the artwork that will appear on SailGP’s Great Britain Sail Grand Prix merchandise.
SailGP Inspire Careers and Racing candidates announced
The Inspire Racing program will see 32 local youth participate in an on-water showcase of skills – sharing the watery racecourse of the supercharged F50 catamarans – for sold out crowds gathering at Plymouth Hoe on July 17–18.
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
How can England prepare for the final? A sports psychologist’s view
Associate Lecturer in Psychology, Jon Rhodes, explains what England need to consider when they face Italy in the Euro 2020 final
New technology to aid medical research and discovery
Funding from the Wolfson Foundation will support a new state of the art mass spectrometer.
£1.375 million to rapidly accelerate Parkinson’s drug search
A philanthropic grant from the Edmond J. Safra Foundation will support the establishment of a pioneering multi-arm multi-stage (MAMS) clinical trial platform to quickly assess potential protective therapies that may slow or stop Parkinson’s progression.
New model accurately predicts how coasts will be impacted by storms and sea-level rise
The Forecasting Coastal Evolution (ForCE) model, developed by the University of Plymouth's Coastal Processes Research Group, has the potential to be a game-changing advance in coastal evolution science