News tagged with: research
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3.5M Euro funding for pan-European Alzheimer's training and research programme
¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ news: An innovative approach to training and research for Alzheimer's disease could revolutionise the battle to find treatments and preventive measures for the disease.
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Down’s syndrome contract renewed with Plymouth University
Plymouth University news: The Peninsula Clinical Trials Unit will continue to support the national prenatal screening programme for Down's syndrome and similar conditions, following the renewal of its contract by Public Health England
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Plymouth University plays a role in two BMJ Awards winners
Plymouth University news: Two BMJ Awards winners covering research in anaesthesia and an innovative approach to avoiding sudden death in epilepsy, included vital work from Plymouth University
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Snails select sources of food based on dislike for smells rather than acceptable taste - study
Plymouth University news: Harnessing naturally occurring chemicals could be used as a means to protect crop seedlings from being eaten by common pests, a study involving Plymouth University and the University of Southampton suggests.
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Plymouth University Centre for Sustainable Philanthropy receives $1million to grow international philanthropy
Plymouth University news: The Plymouth University Centre for Sustainable Philanthropy (CSP) – the only centre of its kind dedicated to growing philanthropy – has received a $1million USD donation to expand its work in philanthropic psychology
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Global marine renewable energy firm offers students a glimpse of the future
Plymouth University news: Carnegie Wave Energy discussed developments in the marine renewables sector at a special seminar at Plymouth University - and demonstrated their innovative CETO 6 device.
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Research launched into impact of sea lice upon salmon fisheries
Plymouth University news: A new international research project has been launched to investigate the issue of sea lice infestation that is costing the Atlantic salmon aquaculture industry millions of pounds in lost stock.
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Ball raises £5,000 for Plymouth Huntington’s disease research
Plymouth University news: Research at Plymouth University to find a therapy for Huntington's disease is to benefit from £5,000 raised by local supporters of the disease
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Satellite images reveal dramatic tropical glacier retreat
Plymouth University news: Scientists in the School of Biological and Marine Sciences have obtained high resolution satellite images that paint a stark picture of how tropical glaciers in the Pacific have retreated over the past decade.
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Research aims to enhance understanding of enterprise within refugee communities
Plymouth University news: The extent to which entrepreneurship is a catalyst for empowerment and poverty alleviation among women refugees in Arab countries is to be explored in new research by Plymouth University and the University of Nottingham
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University set to evaluate £15 million programme tackling social isolation and loneliness among older people
¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ news: The University's research observatory SERIO is to conduct an evaluation of the new government-funded Ageing Well Torbay Programme - part of a national network of similar initiatives.
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Plymouth marine expert to make television splash in ground-breaking shark documentary
Plymouth University news: Marine Institute researcher Dr Nick Higgs features on an ITV documentary, Britain's Sharks, after a ground-breaking experiment involving a whale carcass.
