Read the latest news from the University, from student success stories and alumni achievements to research breakthroughs across our 5 faculties.
18 October 2019 2 min read
A meeting of international experts aims to help safeguard the aquatic environment.
01 October 2019 3 min read
A Portsmouth marine scientist is helping front a Sir David Attenborough-backed campaign to restore a vast underwater kelp forest off the West Sussex coast
19 September 2019 4 min read
A Portsmouth scientist has discovered how to use one of the world’s most abundant natural resources as a replacement for man-made chemicals in soaps and thousands of other household products.
19 July 2019 6 min read
Plastic pollution is a huge threat to the planet. Recycling is not widespread, and plastics like PET take centuries to break down. Prof McGeehan has a solution, in a new mutant enzyme. Find out more.
01 July 2019 3 min read
Enzymes have been engineered to help conversion of plant waste into sustainable and high-value products such as nylon, plastics and chemicals Read more today.
15 March 2019 2 min read
DNA experts Sam Robson and Dr Garry Scarlett use Mary Rose data to demonstrate the surprisingly diverse ethnic make-up of Tudor Britain. Read more today.
03 December 2018 3 min read
Scientists studying the digestive system of a curious wood-eating crustacean have discovered it may hold the key to sustainably converting wood into biofuel.
16 October 2017 3 min read
Research suggests surprisingly low concentrations of toxic chemicals can change the way some aquatic creatures swim and feed.
29 September 2017 3 min read
Genes which determine animal complexity, what makes humans so much more complex than a fruit fly, have been identified for the first time. Read more today.
19 September 2017 2 min read
Scientists help to better understand how to enable drugs to enter the brain and how cancer cells make it past the blood brain barrier. Read more today.
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