News tagged with: research
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First cutting-edge equipment installed at new brain research facility
The Siemens Prisma MRI scanner is the first piece of machinery installed in the Brain Research & Imaging Centre (BRIC)
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Project combines geology and technology to generate a new approach to calculating earthquake hazard
Dr Zoë Mildon, Lecturer in Earth Sciences at the Â鶹´«Ã½, has been awarded £1.1million to develop a new means of modelling all aspects of the earthquake cycle
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Laundry lint can cause significant tissue damage within marine mussels
Scientists at the Â鶹´«Ã½ exposed the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis), found in various locations across the world, to differing quantities of tumble dryer lint
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Scientists repeat century-old study to reveal evolutionary rescue in the wild
Research by the Â鶹´«Ã½ has showed that species may be able to evolve and adapt to rapid climate change.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ scientists play key role in assessing future threats to the Atlantic
The Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s world-leading ocean scientists will play a key role in an international project that aims to map and assess the current and future risks posed across the Atlantic Ocean
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Project aims to reveal the fate of tyre particles in the marine environment
Three-year project led by the Â鶹´«Ã½ aims to assess this until now hidden form of marine litter, and show the effects it could have on our seas and the species within them.
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New woodlands can help reduce flooding risk within 15 years
A new study by the Â鶹´«Ã½ has shown that within just 15 years of being planted, native broadleaf trees can have a marked impact on soil’s response during extreme weather events
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Offshore renewables expert admitted to Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship
Professor Deborah Greaves OBE, Head of the School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics at the Â鶹´«Ã½, has been admitted to the Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering
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Brain imaging expertise supports new discoveries on decision-making process
Research carried out by a University academic has shed new light on the fundamentals of how, and why, we make the decisions we do.
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Research tells Government what farmers want from new peatland strategy
Dr John Martin and PhD student Adam Guy, from the Â鶹´«Ã½, were involved in a major new report which suggests farmers and land managers need greater control of a forthcoming peatland restoration scheme in order for it to succeed
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University plays key role in £1.2 million project tackling flood and landslide hazards
The Â鶹´«Ã½ is playing a key role in SENSUM, a £1.2million project to reduce risks related to landslides and floods
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Humans’ construction ‘footprint’ on ocean quantified for first time
Dr Emma Sheehan, from the Â鶹´«Ã½, is the only UK author on a new study which for the first time shows the full extent of human development in oceans
