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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.

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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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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.

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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.

A variety of images from the JEOL 7001F SEM within PEMC. The top images (black and white) are backscattered electron images, showing atomic contrast in the Winchcombe meteorite; bright areas are metal-rich, containing nickel, iron, or chromium, whereas darker areas are mineral-rich. The bottom, coloured images are combined X-ray element maps of the same regions, showing chemical composition of the mineral and metal grains. These maps show the variety of different textures, size and composition of grains within the Winchcombe meteorite

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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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

Oliver Hanemann and his brain tumour research team in the John Bull laboratories.

New technology to aid medical research and discovery

Funding from the Wolfson Foundation will support a new state of the art mass spectrometer.

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£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.

Perranporth beach, Cornwall.

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

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Scientists uncover new signalling pathway that could shed light on damage repair during brain injury

The study in 'Cell Reports' has uncovered a signalling pathway that causes neural cells to enter divisions after damage.

Medical student Matthew Divine zooms in to local primary school to read to pupils 

Medical students deliver online reading sessions to local schools

The Right to Read Scheme, run by Plymouth Children in Poverty (PCiP) and funded by Plymouth Drake Foundation, sees students from across Peninsula Medical School drop in online to read a story to pupils, and follow it up with a discussion.

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Students shortlisted for national dental professional awards

Nicole Elango and Deeon Trute have been named as finalists at the Future of Dentistry awards, which recognise upcoming talent in the profession.