News tagged with: news, research
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![<p>Woman using an asthma monitoring phone app<br></p>]()
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.
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<b></b>Evelyn Truter running to raise money for MS research July 2021<b></b>
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Lockdown runner to complete 52km for University MS research
Evelyn Truter, 52, will be running 52km around Clevedon and surrounding villages in Somerset to raise money for MS research at the University of Plymouth.
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NWA 4231 meteorite fragment classified as ureilite (Credit: James St John via Wikimedia Commons)<br></p>]()
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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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.
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![<p>A replica of Captain Cook's ship HMS Endeavour in Whitby, North Yorkshire. The ship is now home to The Endeavour Experience (Credit Shutterstock)<br></p>]()
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
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Nurses and midwives ‘forever altered’ by COVID-19 pandemic
University of Plymouth news - Nurses and midwives ‘forever altered’ by COVID-19 pandemic
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![<p>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<br></p>]()
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.
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![<p>HydroSurv Unmanned Survey (UK) Limited and the University of Plymouth’s Marine Institute will use autonomous vessels equipped with cutting edge acoustic sensors
to provide a new and comprehensive means of mapping seagrass beds
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Developing autonomous technology to assess condition of seagrass beds
University of Plymouth news: A collaboration between HydroSurv Unmanned Survey (UK) Limited and the University of Plymouth, funded by Innovate UK, will develop autonomous technology to assess condition of seagrass beds.
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Ocean Conservation Trust and the University of Plymouth have been carrying out
experiments
in the University’s COAST (Coastal, Ocean and Sediment Transport) Laboratory
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Experiments aid in the restoration of seagrass in Plymouth Sound
University of Plymouth news: Tests in our COAST Laboratory have looked at how seagrass planting units are influenced by hydrodynamic forces.
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![<p>Professor Archie Clements, DVC Research and Innovation</p>]()
World-renowned health expert to become our new Deputy Vice-Chancellor for research and innovation
University of Plymouth news: Professor Archie Clements, a world-leading expert on the control and elimination of infectious diseases, will join the University in September as the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation.
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![<p>Ocean Organ - Creative Associates 2021 project</p>]()
Creating net-zero visions of our future communities
The Net-Zero Visions for the Devon Climate Emergency project, being led by the University of Plymouth, unites community groups with creative professionals and net-zero transition experts
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![<p>Professor Judith Petts and Professor Richard Thompson receive the Queen's Anniversary Price from HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall.</p>]()
University of Plymouth awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for world-leading microplastics research
The University has been presented with the Queen's Anniversary Prize for its pioneering research on microplastics pollution in the oceans and its impact on the environment and changing behaviour.
