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Devon business honoured with first ever King's Award for Enterprise

A scientific services business from Devon has been recognised by the UK’s most prestigious business awards.

Brixham-based Scymaris was today unveiled as a winner of the prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise, in the International Trade Category. Founded in 2016, Scymaris is a leading provider of Ecotoxicology, Environmental Fate and Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Services to global...

Scientists discover freshwater diversity hotspot in arid region of South Africa

Scientists from Plymouth University have discovered a number of new species in a previously unrecognised hotspot for water beetles in South Africa.

Detailed tests have so far identified six new species which were sampled during a two-day research trip to the Bokkeveld plateau, an area of Namaqualand with reliable winter rains in what is generally an otherwise arid region.

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Coastal scientists receive funding to study full impact of winter storms

Coastal scientists at Plymouth University have launched a 12-month project to fully analyse how the recent barrage of devastating winter storms has affected the communities and coastlines of south west England.

From early December 2013 to February 2014, the coasts of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset were battered by an unprecedented run of major winter storms. Infrastructure and coastal...

Saturn’s youthful appearance explained

As planets age they become darker and cooler. Saturn, however, is much brighter than expected for a planet of its age - a question that has puzzled scientists since the late sixties. New research published in the journal Nature Geoscience has revealed how Saturn keeps itself looking young and hot.

Researchers from the University of Exeter and the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon found...