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Nick Marsden receiving his MSc with distinction from chairman of the Dorset Fire Authority, Councillor Rebecca Knox

Confusion over what trust in workplace means

Trust in the workplace is being hampered by a lack of understanding of what it actually means, according to new research. Line managers who say they trust staff but don’t, pose one of…

Lie detector Dom Shaw

‘Smart’ liars caught out by researchers

Researchers at the University of Portsmouth may have found a way to catch out liars who pass an established lie detection test. It is the first experiment to reveal a pattern in how…

Dr Dan Pinchbeck

Joy as UoP scoops six awards

A computer game originally created by a University team has won in six categories at an industry awards ceremony. Dr Dan Pinchbeck and his studio thechineseroom, originally set-up as a research project within…

Professor Darek Gorecki

‘ Plumber’ protein holds key to a healthy brain

A protein that acts like a plumber, making sure that water is being pumped between the blood and the brain, could be the key to understanding brain damage in various diseases. Scientists say…

Fellows (l-r) Meriel Box (Liverpool John Moores), Professor Tara Dean, Director of Research, University of Portsmouth, Professor Julie Sanders (Nottingham) and Nicholas Jones (London College of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) each with artworks made to mark their Fellowship status

Professor’s leadership wins recognition

The University of Portsmouth’s Director of Research, Professor Tara Dean, is among the first in the UK to be awarded a Fellowship of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education. She is one of…

How SDSS-III was able to measure the distant Universe

Astronomers study ‘roller coaster effect’ of dark energy

British astronomers working with colleagues around the world have mapped the universe for the first time as it was 11 billion years ago. Astronomers at the University of Portsmouth, the only UK institution…

Star trails from a long exposure image of the Blanco telescope in Chile. Credit: T. Abbott & CTIO/NOAO/AURA/NSF

Portsmouth cosmologists help hunt for answers

Scientists from Portsmouth are today joining cosmologists from around the world in Chile to mark the 50th anniversary of the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory and the formal dedication of its Dark Energy Survey…

Dr Jo Corbett at work in the lab

Science throws cold water over sports theory

Athletes who since the time of the ancient Greeks have plunged into icy water after intense exercise are not getting any benefit and might even be putting their health in danger, according to…

Professor of Social Inclusion, Dan Finn

Major flaws in Universal Credit welfare reform

The biggest reform of Britain’s welfare system, set to come into effect next year, could see people worse off, struggling to manage their finances and left to deal with a more complex benefits…

Dr Claire Nee

Young criminals can be turned around

  Wayward youngsters could have their criminal tendencies nipped in the bud if more time was devoted to intervening early, according to new research. Forensic psychologists at the University of Portsmouth studied what…

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