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Astronomers unveil most complete 3-D map of local universe
Wed, May 25, 2011
Astronomers have unveiled the most complete 3-D map of the local universe ever created - to a distance of 380 million light-years. Taking more than 10 years to complete, the 2MASS Redshift Survey (2MRS) extends closer than previous surveys to the Galactic plane - a region that is generally obscured by dust.....moreBlack holes spinning faster than ever before
Mon, May 23, 2011
Giant black holes in the centre of galaxies are spinning faster now than at any time in the history of the Universe, according to new research by a University of Portsmouth astronomer.....moreSoftware helps cut energy use by quarter
Tue, May 17, 2011
A software engineering student from Portsmouth has helped design a new award winning way of cutting energy use in buildings by up to 25 per cent.....moreCosmologists win million pound grant
Wed, Mar 23, 2011
A group of cosmology researchers at the University of Portsmouth has won a million pound grant to fund further research which will take them a step closer to achieving a complete theory of the Universe.....morePortsmouth entrepreneurs on a winning streak
Thu, Feb 17, 2011
Three University of Portsmouth students have won top prizes for their product designs in a competition for universities in the South.....moreEntrepreneurs win cash - and prizes that money can't buy
Wed, Feb 9, 2011
The winners at this week's stage one Enterprise challenge awards proved once again that University of Portsmouth students are inventive, creative and talented.....moreFirst images from giant radio telescope
Tue, Feb 1, 2011
The first ‘radio pictures from the largest telescope in the world have revealed images of a quasar (a black hole in a distant galaxy) with unprecedented resolution. The images of the 3C196 quasar were taken by the International Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) Telescope, a network of radio telescopes designed to study the sky at the lowest radio frequencies accessible from the surface of the Earth.....moreCosmologists explore Universe with new supercomputer
Tue, Feb 1, 2011
A supercomputer capable of doing a billion calculations each second has been installed at the University of Portsmouth, enabling cosmologists to test our understanding of the origin of galaxies and of gravity itself.....moreSmart use of mobile phone power
Tue, Jan 18, 2011
For the first time smart phones and tablet PCs could be used by police officers to help solve crimes faster and more cheaply.....moreNew image of the sky is largest ever
Tue, Jan 11, 2011
Scientists today released the largest digital image of the sky ever made, mapping the Universe in more detail than any other image has ever achieved.....moreBars may be killing spiral galaxies
Wed, Nov 10, 2010
With the help of the army of volunteers working on the Galaxy Zoo 2 ‘citizen science’ project an international team of scientists led by a Portsmouth astrophysicist may have discovered what is killing spiral galaxies.....morePlatinum award for ICG summer student
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Portsmouth Grammar School student Eoin Martyn has been awarded an Exscitec Platinum Award for his summer project working on inflationary cosmology.....moreDame Jocelyn Bell Burnell unveils 'ear on the universe'
Tue, Sep 21, 2010
The first major radio telescope to be built in Britain for decades has been officially opened by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell at a ceremony at the Chilbolton Observatory in Hampshire.....moreCosmologists win prize for Japanese partnership
Fri, Sep 3, 2010
A team of researchers from the University of Portsmouth have won £10,000 in recognition of cosmology research conducted in collaboration with a university in Japan.....moreCosmologist wins fellowship to explore fate of our Galaxy
Mon, Jul 26, 2010
A University of Portsmouth cosmologist has won a prestigious fellowship to further her work on spiral galaxies, which could hold the answer to the fate of our own Galaxy.....moreUK scientists win £3.6m space exploration grant
Fri, Jul 16, 2010
The UK Space Agency has awarded £3.65m to help UK scientists, including cosmologists at the University of Portsmouth, prepare to compete for funding for three new space missions.....moreElectronics student studies at 30,000ft
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
An electronic engineering student studied for his degree at 30,000ft sometimes locked in the loo of a jumbo jet while he worked as a steward to help pay for his studies.....moreStudent designs talking trolley to help elderly
Wed, Jul 14, 2010
A product design student has made a talking gadget for supermarket trolleys to help the millions of elderly and visually impaired people who find shopping difficult.....moreNASA astronaut visits university
Mon, Jun 28, 2010
Local school children boldly went where no class has been before by being part of an exclusive audience with a NASA astronaut at the University of Portsmouth today. ....moreEngineering student wows design teachers
Fri, Jun 11, 2010
A student who wants to become a teacher has had her first lesson for a design and technology class ranked as one of the best in the subject by hundreds of secondary school teachers.....moreNew radio telescope will listen to the Universe on the FM-band
Wed, Jun 9, 2010
The first major radio telescope to be built in Britain for many decades will ‘listen’ to the sky at FM frequencies, providing vast quantities of data to a super computer in the Netherlands, paving the way for unexpected new discoveries. ....moreDesign student's work on show in London
Thu, Jun 3, 2010
A Portsmouth student will be exhibiting her design for a kitchen scales for the visually impaired at the prestigious Design Museum’s ‘design overtime’ event this Friday evening.....more'Smart' houses will watch over you
Tue, Jun 1, 2010
Smart houses that recognise when someone is ill or has forgotten to take medication – or even if the fridge needs replenishing – are likely to become commonplace in the UK.....more