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    £28m investment to boost sustainable transport of people and goods in the Solent The three-year project will implement innovative future transport solutions around personal mobility and freight movements

    20 May 2020 9 min read

    Thanks to a £28 million Solent Transport Zone project funded by the Department for Transport, the University of Portsmouth will benefit from £3.3 million to trial innovative and sustainable ways to move people and goods.

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    Brewing a better espresso with a shot of maths Read how Dr Jamie Foster's number-crunching has uncovered the secret to espresso perfection

    22 January 2020 3 min read

    Read how Dr Jamie Foster's number-crunching has uncovered the secret to espresso perfection

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    Latest astrophysical discoveries to be discussed in Portsmouth World-renowned scientists from five continents will meet to discuss the key subjects of gravity, cosmology, gravitational waves, high-energy astrophysics and black holes.

    12 December 2019 2 min read

    The 30th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics will be hosted by the University of Portsmouth’s Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation from 15 – 20 December.

    An image taken by the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope of the swirling core of our spiral Milkyway galaxy Image Credit NASA JPL Caltech

    Quantum distributed metrology - reducing measurement noise now in reach Researchers have published a new, scalable measurement scheme for applications where a high degree of precision is needed

    18 November 2019 3 min read

    Scientists have devised a new way of accurately measuring multiple quantities at once which could be used across geophysics and even to help global clocks tell the same time.

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    Building the transport systems of the future

    07 June 2019 2 min read

    The University of Portsmouth's Intelligent Transport Research Cluster launches an initiative to build the smart transport systems of the future. Read more today

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    University to help to drive economic growth in the region through the exploitation of space

    29 May 2019 3 min read

    Hosting South Coast Centre of Excellence (SCCoE) in Satellite Applications to help drive economic growth through exploitation of space. Read more today.

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    Mathematician helps surgeon save those injured in explosive blasts

    03 April 2019 4 min read

    A mathematician and military doctor develop the first simulator to test treatments for patients with blast lung injury caused by explosions. Read more today.

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    First quantum sensing and imaging technologies workshop held on campus

    01 April 2019 1 min read

    First cross-theme workshop on Quantum Sensing and Imaging Technologies addresses high-precision biomedical, health and security applications. Read more today.

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    New materials could help improve the performance of solar cells

    10 January 2019 3 min read

    Research could lead to new materials to improve the performance of perovskite solar cells, an emerging photovoltaic technology.

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    Researchers make vital contribution to new gravitational wave discoveries

    03 December 2018 3 min read

    Our researchers have contributed to the observations of four new gravitational waves which may allow us to understand how black holes are produced and explore the environments they form in.

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