News tagged with: research
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Lower numeracy could leave older individuals at greater risk of financial exploitation
̽»¨ÊÓƵ 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
̽»¨ÊÓƵ 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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̽»¨ÊÓƵ University invited to join EnvEast Doctoral Training Partnership
̽»¨ÊÓƵ 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?
̽»¨ÊÓƵ University news: ̽»¨ÊÓƵ 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
̽»¨ÊÓƵ 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
̽»¨ÊÓƵ 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
̽»¨ÊÓƵ University news: Free events created and run by GAIN with ̽»¨ÊÓƵ University, Cornwall Chamber of Commerce and Cornwall Innovation
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Expanding the horizons of musical imagination
̽»¨ÊÓƵ 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
̽»¨ÊÓƵ University news: A new framework developed in partnership with ̽»¨ÊÓƵ 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
̽»¨ÊÓƵ University news: Scientists in Sweden, London and ̽»¨ÊÓƵ 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.
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Research aims to combat pressure ulcers
̽»¨ÊÓƵ University news: Professor Bridie Kent, Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, is leading a project aimed at reducing the risk of pressure ulcers for patients in the community.
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̽»¨ÊÓƵ academic recognised by Beijing government as ‘high talent’
̽»¨ÊÓƵ University news: Dr Bing Hu has been elected a Distinguished Expert of Beijing City - fewer than 500 people around the world have been awarded this status since the programme started in 2009
