News tagged with: research
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Billions of nanoparticles accumulate in marine organisms within six hours
A ground-breaking study led by the Â鶹´«Ã½ has shown it takes a matter of hours for billions of minute plastic nanoparticles to become embedded throughout the major organs of a marine organism
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Climate change poses significant threat to nutritional benefits of oysters
The nutritional qualities of shellfish could be significantly reduced by future ocean acidification and warming, a new study by the Â鶹´«Ã½ published in Marine Environmental Research suggests
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Combined local and global actions could lessen impacts of climate change
Increased oil and gas activities could combine with ocean warming and acidification to have a significant negative impact on marine organisms, a study by the Norwegian Research Centre AS and the Â鶹´«Ã½ suggests
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Dementia screening app wins national award
ACEmobile, a dementia screening app developed by Dr Craig Newman from the Â鶹´«Ã½ and Dr Rupert Noad and University Hospitals Â鶹´«Ã½ NHS Trust, has won the Using Technology to Improve Efficiency category at the HSJ Awards.
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Researcher receives OBE from HRH the Prince of Wales
Professor Deborah Greaves, Head of the School of Engineering at the Â鶹´«Ã½, has been presented with her OBE having been recognised in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List
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Pioneering microplastics research earns national award nomination
A team of researchers including Professor Richard Thompson OBE, Head of the International Marine Litter Research Unit at the Â鶹´«Ã½, has been shortlisted for a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Impact Award
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Beaches still struggling to recover following 2013/14 winter storms
New research involving the Â鶹´«Ã½ shows that many beaches on the north coast of Cornwall and Devon have only recovered to around 75% of their previous states
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Amazon forests failing to keep up with climate change
An environmental scientist from the Â鶹´«Ã½, Dr Sophie Fauset, has contributed to major new research assessing the impact of global warming on thousands of tree species across the Amazon
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‘Your infection can’t be treated’… a phrase too close to reality
In the lead up to World Antibiotic Awareness Week (12-18 November), Dr Tina Joshi from the Â鶹´«Ã½ explains why we all need to take the threat of antibiotic resistance more seriously.
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£5million partnership aims to train the scientists of tomorrow
The Â鶹´«Ã½ is one of five universities involved in the Advanced Research and Innovation in Environmental Science (ARIES) Doctoral Training Partnership, which has received more than £5 million from the Natural Environmental Research Council
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Film tells story of Â鶹´«Ã½ Chief Constable who waged war on crime and immorality
An unsung Â鶹´«Ã½ hero who as Chief Constable of the city’s police led a crusade against drunkenness, prostitution and gambling is being celebrated in a new film.
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Oxygen levels impact on species’ ability and willingness to fight
Scientists at the Â鶹´«Ã½, writing in the Journal of Experimental Biology, say that environmental conditions could play a major role in the instigation of fights within the animal kingdom
