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Royal appointment for University academic
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/royal-appointment-for-university-academic
Dr Natasha Stephen, Director of the Plymouth Materials Characterisation Project (PMCP) at the University of Plymouth, has been appointed to the national committee of the Royal Microscopical Society
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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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Winchcombe meteorite holds information about the origin of Earth’s oceans
A study involving researchers in the University of Plymouth's Plymouth Electron Microscopy Centre finds that the Winchcombe meteorite holds information about the origin of Earth’s oceans
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Fossil reveals evidence of 200 million-year-old ‘squid’ attack
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/fossil-reveals-evidence-of-200-million-year-old-squid-attack
A new study led by the University of Plymouth has uncovered what is believed to be the world’s oldest known example of a squid-like creature attacking its prey.
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Are UK earthquakes a cause for real future concern?
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/are-uk-earthquakes-a-cause-for-real-future-concern
After a 4.4-magnitude earthquake epicentred in South Wales on Saturday 17 February, Professor Iain Stewart from the University of Plymouth talks about the causes of earthquakes and how common they are here in the UK
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Water discovery could change the nature of future Mars exploration
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/water-discovery-could-change-the-nature-of-future-mars-exploration
Plymouth University news: The claim by NASA scientists that flowing water has been discovered on Mars could undoubtedly enhance our knowledge about the fate of the red planet, a scientist from Plymouth University has said
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University expert contributes to new BBC series Seven Worlds, One Planet
The University of Plymouth's Professor Iain Stewart acted as a scientific consultant on the BBC series Seven Worlds, One Planet, hosted by Sir David Attenborough and produced by the BBC’s Natural History Unit
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‘Fossil earthquakes’ offer new insight into seismic activity deep below earth’s surface
The research was led by the University of Plymouth and University of Oslo, with scientists conducting geological observations of seismic structures in exhumed lower crustal rocks on the Lofoten Islands
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University researcher helps to recover first meteorite found in UK for 30 years
Dr Natasha Stephen, Lecturer in Advanced Analysis (Earth & Planetary Sciences) at the University of Plymouth, was part of a collaborative effort to locate and analyse fragments of the meteorite that lit up the sky over the UK and Northern Europe
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Study examines causes of earthquakes originating deep below earth’s surface
The mechanisms which cause earthquake cycles to begin up to 40km below the earth’s surface are to be explored in a new research project led by the University of Plymouth and funded by the Natural Environment Research Council
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