News tagged with: research
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Research priorities revealed by marine renewable energy experts
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ University news: The PRIMaRE consortium, a collection of experts in the field of marine renewable energy at five universities and a number of other key research and development organisations, has published its list of priorities.
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Survival of the Fittest raises £2800 for research into brain tumours
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ University news: A team from the Devon Football Association has raised £2800 for research into brain tumours at Âé¶¹´«Ã½ University by taking part in the gruelling Men's Health Survival of the Fittest assault course
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Lower numeracy could leave older individuals at greater risk of financial exploitation
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ University news: Older people with lower levels of numeracy are more prone to financial exploitation because they are less likely to engage with numeric information and are more susceptible to certain biases in their decision making
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University receives unique wave-propelled AutoNaut for scientific research and teaching
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ University news: An agreement with MOST (AV) has paved the way for the University to receive a new autonomous research and teaching vehicle - the AutoNaut.
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Âé¶¹´«Ã½ University invited to join EnvEast Doctoral Training Partnership
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ University news: The University has been invited to join the EnvEast NERC Doctoral Training Partnership, run by the University of East Anglia, in conjunction with the Universities of Essex and Kent.
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Is there a real risk from nanoparticles of plastic in the environment?
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ University news: Âé¶¹´«Ã½ and Heriot-Watt launch a £1.1 million, NERC-funded project called RealRiskNano to examine the risks tiny plastic particles pose to the food web including filter-feeding organisms like mussels.
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Climate change scientist says more must be done to meet 2-degree target
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ University news: Professor Camille Parmesan, a leading climate change scientist, says that any historic agreement in Paris at the COP21 should not overshadow the need to secure greater reductions in the rate of global warming.
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Climate study finds evidence of global shift in the 1980s
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ University news: Scientists have discovered that a sudden 'regime shift' occurred in the 1980s as a result of anthropogenic warming and a volcanic eruption in Mexico.
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Business club to inspire innovation in Cornwall
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ University news: Free events created and run by GAIN with Âé¶¹´«Ã½ University, Cornwall Chamber of Commerce and Cornwall Innovation
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Expanding the horizons of musical imagination
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ University news: An audiovisual representation of dark matter and performances using brain-computer interfaces, biocomputers and artificial intelligence will be among the highlights of the Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival
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New marketing and sustainability framework revealed to practitioners
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ University news: A new framework developed in partnership with Âé¶¹´«Ã½ University and Friends of the Earth will enable marketers to build sustainability into their day-to-day activities
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Melting Scandinavian ice provides missing link in Europe’s final Ice Age story
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ University news: Scientists in Sweden, London and Âé¶¹´«Ã½ believe they have answered one of the most enduring puzzles of the last ice age, namely, the cause of a sudden cold snap 13,000 years ago.