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Project’s £4 million funding extension to boost health technology sector
News at the Â鶹´«Ã½: Funding has been announced for the next phase of a multimillion-pound project that aims to increase the use of digital technologies in health and social care. Â
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Scientists start work on vaccine to prevent future coronavirus outbreaks
Scientists from the Â鶹´«Ã½ have started work on a coronavirus vaccine designed to prevent outbreaks similar to the current COVID-19 pandemic
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Study suggests LEGO bricks could survive in ocean for up to 1,300 years
A study led by the Â鶹´«Ã½ examined the extent to which items of the ever-popular children’s toy were worn down in the marine environment
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Industry involvement vital in creation of unique new Cyber-SHIP Lab
With funding from Research England, there are 18 commercial partners working alongside the Â鶹´«Ã½ to bring the Cyber-SHIP Lab project to fruition
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‘Fossil earthquakes’ offer new insight into seismic activity deep below earth’s surface
The research was led by the Â鶹´«Ã½ 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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Documentary aims to reveal the human side of earthquake science
The 60-minute documentary Pseudotachylyte, by Associate Professor in Photography Heidi Morstang, focuses on a Â鶹´«Ã½ research project examining the mechanisms which cause earthquake cycles to begin up to 40km below the earth’s surface.
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University works to inspire research in offshore renewables and health technology
Thanks to funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Â鶹´«Ã½ is creating a new Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) which will support a minimum of 11 PhD studentships
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Office for Students Chair Sir Michael Barber visits Â鶹´«Ã½
The Chair of the Office for Students, Sir Michael Barber, has visited the University to find out about its work to champion social mobility and widening participation in higher education.
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New study suggests wearing clothes could release more microfibres to the environment than washing them
In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists from the National Research Council of Italy (IPCB-CNR) and the Â鶹´«Ã½ compared four different items of polyester clothing and how many fibres were released when they were being worn and washed
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Supergen ORE launches programme to further offshore renewable research
The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub, led by the Â鶹´«Ã½, has launched its second round of Flexible Funding to advance research into the opportunities and challenges of offshore wind, wave and tidal energy
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Fulfilling the ambition of a lifetime
Â鶹´«Ã½ graduate Dr Emma Rendle will join the crew of eXXpedition for 24 days as it sails from Easter Island to Tahiti
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Tropical forests’ carbon sink is already rapidly weakening
A study involving the Â鶹´«Ã½ provides the first large-scale evidence that carbon uptake by the world’s tropical forests has already started a worrying downward trend
