University of Portsmouth

The University of Portsmouth is a public university in the city of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Plastic accumulation in foods may be underestimated and may also carry potentially harmful bacteria up the food chain

For the first time: techniques that can correct false recollections without damaging true memories

Could robotic animals be a better alternative to real-life therapy dogs?

Another leap towards beating plastic waste

One of the world’s most abundant natural resources could replace manmade chemicals in soaps other household products

A scientist has discovered a way of using one of the world’s most abundant natural resources as a replacement for manmade chemicals in soaps and thousands of other household products. An innovative research project, published this month and led by the University of Portsmouth, has demonstrated that bails of rice straw could create a ‘biosurfacant’,

One of the world’s most abundant natural resources could replace manmade chemicals in soaps other household products

Can forensics save the world’s most-trafficked mammal?

A pioneering new project trials fingerprinting techniques to battle pangolin poaching. Forensic fingerprinting techniques will now be used in the battle against illegal wildlife trade as new methods of lifting fingermarks from trafficked animals, are announced today. Researchers at the University of Portsmouth and international conservation charity ZSL (Zoological Society of London), with support from

Can forensics save the world’s most-trafficked mammal?

Converting plant waste into sustainable and high-value products such as nylon, plastics, chemicals, and fuels

A new family of enzymes has been discovered which paves the way to convert plant waste into sustainable and high-value products such as nylon, plastics, chemicals, and fuels. The discovery was led by members of the same UK-US enzyme engineering team which, in April, improved a plastic-digesting enzyme, a potential breakthrough for the recycling of plastic

Converting plant waste into sustainable and high-value products such as nylon, plastics, chemicals, and fuels

Could a plastic-eating enzyme help clean up the planet?

Scientists have engineered an enzyme which can digest some of our most commonly polluting plastics, providing a potential solution to one of the world’s biggest environmental problems. The discovery could result in a recycling solution for millions of tonnes of plastic bottles, made of polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, which currently persists for hundreds of years

Could a plastic-eating enzyme help clean up the planet?

Can an artificial coral reef made from plastic protect marine biodiversity?

Climate change from rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) is having two major effects in our seas – global warming and ocean acidification – and the combination of these threats is affecting marine life from single organisms to species communities. Researchers from the University of Portsmouth are helping to build an artificial reef that could

Can an artificial coral reef made from plastic protect marine biodiversity?

Scientists find strongest natural material

Limpet teeth might be the strongest natural material known to man, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of Portsmouth have discovered that limpets – small aquatic snail-like creatures with conical shells – have teeth with biological structures so strong they could be copied to make cars, boats and planes of the future.

Scientists find strongest natural material

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A mobile app could save lives in India
A mobile app could help turn the tide of a rise in breast cancer in women as young as 30 in India, according to new research.
Portsmouth building firm T Coleborn & Son named oldest city business after starting in 1783
T Coleborn & Son started in Newcastle Street in 1783, before moving to Sandringham Road, and then finally to Kirpal Road in April 2005. It specialises in building, decorating and refurbishment and ...
Center for Public History opening this Fall at SSU
Shawnee State University will open physical and virtual doors on the SSU Center for Public History. Located in the Clark Memor ...
New record set for coldest temperature—38 picokelvins
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Germany and two in France has set a new record for the coldest temperature ever recorded in a lab setting—38 picokelvins. In their paper ...
Curiosity is the Key for Early Intervention of Child Abuse
Professional curiosity, which is vital in keeping children safe can also lead practitioners to feel a fear of causing offense, stress and tension, a lack of confidence, compassion fatigue, and in ...

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A NH Writer’s Life: John Robinson – A Literary Life
John Robinson and I meet at a local Portsmouth, New Hampshire restaurant on a sunny morning to talk about his writing.
As Shatner heads toward the stars, visions of space collide
Risk is our business,” James T. Kirk once said. “That’s what this starship is all about. That’s why we’re aboard her.” More than a half-century later, the performer who breathed life into the ...
'Double' Galaxy Mystifies Hubble Astronomers | Weather Blog - WDRB'Double' Galaxy Mystifies Hubble Astronomers | Weather Blog
"We were really stumped," said astronomer Timothy Hamilton of Shawnee State University in Portsmouth ... nearly a century after its discovery. "We know it's some form of matter, but we have ...
Astronomers discover new galaxy 11 billion light-years from Earth
The discovery was made due to gravitational ... We were really stumped,' said astronomer Timothy Hamilton of Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio in a statement. The reflected images ...
Astronomers accidentally discover new galaxy 11 billion light-years from Earth
Astronomers using the Hubble have discovered a new galaxy 11 billion light-years away from Earth thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope and a phenomena ...