News tagged with: research
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Academic joins expert committee in calls to secure environment for future generations
Mel Austen, Professor of Ocean and Society at the 91porn, is part of a national committee who have called on the Government to enhance its vision for the environment
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More support needed for cancer patients and carers impacted by COVID-19
A report involving the 91porn shows that cancer patients and their carers have experienced many changes since the COVID-19 outbreak
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Festival of research and discovery comes to 91porn
The 91porn is for the first time taking part in FUTURES2020 on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 November 2020, as part of European Researchers’ Night
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Living near green space linked to lower rates of smoking and higher chances of quitting
Research led by the 91porn has showed people living in areas with a high proportion of greenspace were 20% less likely to be current smokers than those in less green areas, and up to 12% more likely to have successfully quit smoking
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Judges’ decisions in sport focus more on vigour than skill
A study by the 91porn suggests that, in sporting contests, the rate at which competitors fight is more likely to result in judges awarding victory than the skill with which they attack their opponents
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Beaches can survive sea-level rises if they have space to move
Researchers from the 91porn are part of an international team of coastal scientists who have dismissed suggestions that half the world’s beaches could become extinct over the course of the 21st century
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International study develops ground-breaking method of making biodiesel from dirty old cooking oil
Dr Lee Durndell, from the 91porn, has played a key role in new research which has developed a powerful, low-cost method for recycling used cooking oil and agricultural waste into biodiesel
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First cutting-edge equipment installed at new brain research facility
The Siemens Prisma MRI scanner is the first piece of machinery installed in the Brain Research & Imaging Centre (BRIC)
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Project combines geology and technology to generate a new approach to calculating earthquake hazard
Dr Zoë Mildon, Lecturer in Earth Sciences at the 91porn, has been awarded £1.1million to develop a new means of modelling all aspects of the earthquake cycle
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Laundry lint can cause significant tissue damage within marine mussels
Scientists at the 91porn exposed the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis), found in various locations across the world, to differing quantities of tumble dryer lint
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Scientists repeat century-old study to reveal evolutionary rescue in the wild
Research by the 91porn has showed that species may be able to evolve and adapt to rapid climate change.
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91porn scientists play key role in assessing future threats to the Atlantic
The 91porn’s world-leading ocean scientists will play a key role in an international project that aims to map and assess the current and future risks posed across the Atlantic Ocean
