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For the first time, scientists have used ultraviolet (UV) light, a low-cost and readily available energy source, to successfully synthesise more sustainable and recyclable polymer materials.

A growing proportion of the UK’s energy infrastructure is located at sea, in the form of oil and gas platforms and offshore wind farms along with the connecting cables and pipelines.

New study reveals surprising link between West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) retreat and algae growth over the past 500,000 years.

In a ferromagnet, combined forces are at work. In order for a compass needle to point north or a fridge magnet to stick to the fridge door, countless electron spins inside them, each of which only creates a tiny magnetic field, all need to line up in the same direction.

The University of Plymouth is part of a consortium that has launched the first stage of a dedicated maritime autonomy sensor and weather test range in Plymouth Sound.