Read the latest news from the University, from student success stories and alumni achievements to research breakthroughs across our 5 faculties.
22 January 2021 3 min read
Three University of Portsmouth researchers studying communication between humans and cats, plastic-eating enzymes and how to brew an espresso – have been ranked as among the most influential in the world for 2020.
09 December 2020 3 min read
A competitive sexual frenzy in which bigger appendages have the most success of reproducing might sound like the briefing for a porn film, but instead, it’s the finding of a new study examining a clam.
02 December 2020 5 min read
Portsmouth researchers are to share in £12.2 million of funding awarded to potentially life-saving research into how Covid-19 spreads and evolves through genome sequencing.
21 October 2020 3 min read
University of Portsmouth researchers are to share in £6m funding to help to reduce the impact of plastic pollution on marine ecosystems in South East Asia.
28 September 2020 9 min read
The scientists who re-engineered the plastic-eating enzyme PETase have now created an enzyme ‘cocktail’ which can digest plastic up to six times faster.
06 August 2020 3 min read
The University is to share in £15.9 million of investment from the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).
22 May 2020 3 min read
Researchers from the University of Portsmouth are being deployed to the front line in the race to understand how coronavirus spreads.
26 February 2020 2 min read
An international team of researchers has developed an enzyme produced from agricultural waste that could be used as an important additive in laundry detergents.
29 November 2019 2 min read
The University of Portsmouth's pioneering research on plastic-eating enzymes has been named as Research Project of the Year (STEM) at the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards
04 September 2019 4 min read
Portsmouth plastics research shortlisted for national awards
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