University of Portsmouth

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

An important next step in developing nature-based solutions to the global plastics crisis

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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How AI might soon rescue consumers from signing up to unfair terms and conditions
To change this situation, lead author Jens Krebs and his colleague Ella Haig at the University of Portsmouth have been developing a terms and conditions app for England and Wales. When fully developed ...
How Portsmouth's first Market Square Day in 1978 came together like a 'miracle'
Monika Aring remembers sitting in her car, praying the rain would stop before the first Market Square Day dawned. It did, and the rest is history.
Reusable packaging revolution is close
A detailed plan to transform product packaging and significantly cut plastic production and pollution has been developed by researchers. The study comes as government representatives meet in Paris to ...
Greenland's ice is melting three times faster than at the start of the 20th century
Last year, a heatwave melted nearly 6 trillion kgs of Greenland’s ice in 3 days as satellite images showed Northern Greenland reached 15C. The melting of the Greenland ice sheet significantly ...
New research uses AI to analyze propaganda tweets on Iranian nuclear deal
Thousands of state-sponsored propaganda tweets on the Iranian nuclear deal have been analyzed using artificial intelligence by experts at the University of Portsmouth.

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The oldest pterosaur ever was just discovered; it's 107 million years old
Researchers from Australia have confirmed pterosaur bones that are 107 million years old, the oldest set of pterosaur bones known to the fossil record. They were able to confirm discovery of the first ...
A huge star just exploded, and you can actually see it
In the colossal Pinwheel galaxy, 25 million light-years away, a star has just exploded and is even visible through small telescopes. The supernova-hunting astronomer Koichi Itagaki discovered the ...
Size of a Jurassic sea giant found due to fossil discovery, study says
The chance discovery of large fossil specimens ... consultant for the episode and is currently a professor in the University of Portsmouth's School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences ...
Size of a Jurassic sea giant found due to fossil discovery, study says
The chance discovery of large fossil specimens ... consultant for the episode and is currently a professor in the University of Portsmouth’s School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences ...
University of Portsmouth scientists learn puppetry to help showcase their work in fighting plastic pollution
Senior lecturer in the school of art, design and performance at the University of Portsmouth, Dr Matt Smith, has led the workshops. He said: ‘Our workshops have given researchers and engineers ...