News tagged with: research
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University spinout receives £1.2million government funding to tackle antimicrobial resistance
Amprologix Limited, a ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ spinout company, has won a £1.2 million government contract to accelerate development and scale up its lead antibiotic candidate to tackle antimicrobial resistant MRSA and related superbugs
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University researchers to tackle drug-resistant disease that jumps from pigs to humans
Dr Michael Jarvis's The Vaccine Group and Professor Mat Upton have received £700,000 funding from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to tackle a disease which can cause meningitis, blood poisoning, or septicaemia.
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Researchers part of £20 million programme aimed at tackling threats to the world’s oceans
Marine conservation experts from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ are playing an integral role in the UKRI GCRF One Ocean Hub, a £20 million programme aimed at transforming the global response to the threats facing our oceans
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Why integrated teaching is important for dental professionals
New paper explores how Plymouth’s Dental Hygiene Therapy programme became the first of its kind to be integrated with the Dental Surgery course
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Extreme storms in the spotlight at first public lecture on university research
The ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ is launching a Public Research Lecture Series which will offer the chance to hear from world-leading academics about the impact their work could have on people’s lives
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Helping ‘underperforming’ doctors get back up to scratch – review to explore medical remediation
Dr Nicola Brennan is leading a review to explore if remediation programmes work for practising doctors and – as training a doctor costs £500K to the UK taxpayer – how these processes might be improved to save money for the NHS and restore patient safety.
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Could fabricated soils be the key to global food security?
Experts from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ are working with the world-famous Eden Project to explore how recycled and waste material could be transformed and then reused in agriculture and other sectors
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Research on the agenda for international offshore renewables experts
An event being held during the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Research Festival will mark the launch of the Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub, a four-year project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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New research to explore how skill influences result of animal fights
Scientists from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ have received funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council to examine whether an individual’s skill levels directly influence the results of such fights
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Plymouth woman quits 33-year smoking habit thanks to research project – and you could too this New Year
Plymouth woman Jaki Slater has has kicked her smoking habit thanks to the Trial of physical Activity and Reduction of Smoking (TARS) study led by Professor Adrian Taylor.
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Water quality testing kits to be deployed in UK and Ireland
The SirenBW system developed by Molendotech, established to commercialise the work of Professor Simon Jackson, can drastically reduce the length of time it takes for local authorities and environmental agencies to assess the quality of recreational water.
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Report reveals seasonal iron depletion in UK coastal waters
Scientists from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ - contributing to the Shelf Seas: The Engine of Productivity report - have found that a lack of summertime iron could be having a major impact on the overall health of our coastal waters and shelf seas
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