Our impact

Impact and innovation are at the heart of Plymouth's research culture. Browse our case studies to see how we are working towards developing solutions to the planet's most challenging issues.

R&D Solutions Fund case studies

  • An intelligent advisory system for sustainable crop production.

  • Point of care medical diagnostic sensors for early coronary heart disease detection.

  • Efficacy of UV-C Technologies in decontaminating pathogenic microorganisms.

  • The Autonomous Agricultural Robotic Platform.

  • Essential Oils use in treating mantle cell lymphoma.

  • Investigating currents to optimise artificial reef implementation in marine restoration.

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