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Jan 30, 2014

Professor Philip Nelson appointed Chief Executive of leading research council

Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts has announced the appointment of Professor Philip Nelson as chief executive and deputy chair of t...
Jan 29, 2014

New research facility designed to improve patient care

Researchers in Southampton now have the benefit of a dedicated, brand new facility to develop and support pioneering research into patient safety and ...
Jan 28, 2014

Solent energy efficiency project aims to cut energy use in the home

The University of Southampton is part of an innovative £10m project, which has just received major funding to help reduce energy use in the home....
Jan 27, 2014

New marine research centre in Bergen

The Centre for Geobiology (CGB) is one of four Norwegian Centres of Excellence (SFF) at the University of Bergen (UiB). The centre is one of the world...
Jan 22, 2014

How the purple and pink sunscreens of reef corals work

New research by the University of Southampton has found a mechanism as to how corals use their pink and purple hues as sunscreen to protect them again...
Jan 20, 2014

Here comes the sun to lower your blood pressure

Research carried out at the Universities of Southampton and Edinburgh shows that sunlight alters levels of the small messenger molecule, nitric oxide ...
Jan 16, 2014

New research to support the huge potential of tidal power

New research from a global group of scientists and engineers, including from the University of Southampton, has been published in a special issue jour...
Jan 14, 2014

Tough limits on global greenhouse gas emissions could reduce some climate change damage by two-thirds

Tough limits on global emissions of greenhouse gases could avoid between 20 and 65 per cent of the damaging effects of climate change by 2100, accordi...
Jan 09, 2014

Major funding boost to train the engineers and scientists of tomorrow

Postgraduate training at the University of Southampton in engineering and scientific fields, important to the UK’s economy, has received a major fun...