News tagged with: research
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Testing environment could transform underwater innovation and research
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ news: Smart Sound Connect Subsurface (SSCS) is a University-led initiative that extends the existing capabilities offered by Smart Sound Â鶹Æƽâ°æ and the Western Channel Observatory beneath the ocean surface
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University academic features in the 2026 ENDS Power List
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ news: Professor Melanie Austen is one of only 10 academics included on a list celebrating the people making the greatest impact on the UK environmental sector.
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![Mangroves – like this one at Cispatá Bay, a protected marine area located in the Morrosquillo Gulf along Colombia's Caribbean coast – are efficient carbon sinks, but they may drown and lose their ability to store carbon under sea-level rise]()
Rising seas could ‘drown’ mangroves and release carbon
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ news: A new study led by Dr Arya Iwantoro, Senior Research Consultant in Coastal Modelling at the University, found that mangroves could store less carbon – and even begin releasing it – as sea levels rise.
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![Professor Matthew Palmer has been working in the marine autonomy sector for more than two decades and will officially join the Â鶹Æƽâ°æ as its new Professor of Marine Autonomy and Environmental Intelligence in June]()
University appoints senior academic to drive marine autonomy innovation and collaboration
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ news: Professor Matthew Palmer has been working in the marine autonomy sector for more than two decades and will officially join the University as its new Professor of Marine Autonomy and Environmental Intelligence
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Why fathers in prison need to maintain contact with their families
Why fathers in prison need to maintain contact with their families
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University selected to be part of UK’s largest independent gambling harms research centre
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ news: The University has been chosen as one of the key partners in the Gambling Harms Research UK (GHR-UK) Evidence Centre, which will work to strengthen policy, practice, and public understanding across the UK
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“Sand is not unlimited – we need to treat it responsiblyâ€
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ experts contribute to UN Environment Programme report highlighting how the demand for sand in infrastructure is outpacing supply
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![Pseudo-nitzschia are a common component of the phytoplankton community along Europe’s Atlantic coast and the North Sea, and a number of species produce the toxins responsible for amnesic shellfish poisoning]()
Study provides detailed assessment of shifts in toxin-producing phytoplankton abundance
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ news: The University led a study showing how the abundance and distribution of two groups of toxin-producing phytoplankton – Pseudo-nitzschia and Dinophysis – have changed over the last six decades
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Â鶹Æƽâ°æ expert champions history education
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ news: A Â鶹Æƽâ°æ research academic has been elected as President of the UK’s leading voluntary organisation that furthers the study, teaching and enjoyment of history.
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Ultrasound has potential to alter how the brain responds to pain
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ news: Our Brain Research Imaging Centre (BRIC) and Centre for Therapeutic Ultrasound (CENTUS) have led hew research suggesting transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) may have an analgesic effect
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Pregnant women’s mental images are directly linked to vaccine hesitancy and uptake
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ news: A new study led by the University explored whether women visualised a vaccine would have a positive or negative impact on their babies, and if that affected their decision to be vaccinated
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Scientists explore whether plastic particles could be linked to significant rises in liver disease
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ news: A new article written by experts from Â鶹Æƽâ°æ’s Centre of Environmental Hepatology explores whether tiny plastic particles are directly contributing to the soaring global rates of liver disease.
