University of Southampton

Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered that two intense periods of volcanism triggered global cooling and falling oxygen levels in the oceans, which caused one of the most severe mass extinctions in Earth history.The…

Southampton researchers have found that the link between smoking at the start of pregnancy and having a smaller baby may extend to future pregnancies.The findings showed that women who smoked at the start of their first pregnancy were…

GP’s could save billions of pounds for the NHS by switching patients’ prescriptions from patented medicine to alternative drugs whose patent has expired, a new study shows. Researchers found that whilst some practitioners have been quick…

Researchers from the University of Southampton, working with colleagues at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), have developed a new technology based on nanoparticles to kill dangerous bacteria that hide inside human…

Female healthcare workers and those from Black And Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds have struggled to find personal protective equipment (PPE) that provides them with adequate protection, a new study has found.Researchers at the…

The University of Southampton’s expertise in digital humanities is set to bring to life the many untold stories about women’s achievements and discoveries in archaeology, history and heritage in the UK. The School of Humanities will help…

An international team of astrophysicists from South Africa, the UK, France and the US have found large variations in the brightness of light seen from around one of the closest black holes in our Galaxy, 9,600 light-years from Earth,…

An international research team, including Dr Maria Baker from the University of Southampton, has taken a major step forward in deep-sea exploration by sampling and filming one of Earth’s last truly remote and inaccessible environments:…

A new study from the University of Southampton has demonstrated a new method to safely clean and reuse facemask respirators with advanced low-temperature plasma technology. The discovery could help future pandemic responses by providing…

A new study has shown how climate change could impact the ecosystems of the planet’s largest lakes by revealing varying levels at which their water layers are mixed together through the seasons. As the climates warm, changes to the this…