University of Southampton

The drummer in one of the world’s most famous bands was presented with his honorary degree after meeting students from the Music department at the University of Southampton. Coldplay’s Will Champion chatted to an audience of Music…

Researchers from the University of Southampton are involved in a programme of rapid research projects aiming to ease winter pressures faced by the NHS.This year, the NHS is under considerable strain compounded by COVID-19 and a record flu…

A new centre based jointly at the University of Southampton and the University of Warwick will draw on expertise from two world class universities and become a game changer for chemical industries, including manufacturing, pharma and…

Research led by the University of Southampton has revealed how supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are feeding off gas clouds which reach them by travelling hundreds of thousands of light years from one galaxy to another.An international…

Researchers from the University of Southampton, University of Oxford and Cardiff University have released findings from a clinical trial investigating the effectiveness of the antiviral treatment molnupiravir against COVID-19 – the first…

A new index developed by researchers at the University of Southampton reveals neighbourhoods in the north of England have the highest risk of food insecurity.Published in the journal PLOS ONE, the Food Insecurity Risk Indices can identify…

For the first time since the 1960s the University of Southampton is holding its winter graduation in the city centre.The achievements of more than 1,000 students will take centre stage in three days of celebration from Tuesday to Thursday…

“Stop being nice – or risk festive fraudsters” is the warning from a University of Southampton academic, after research shows a link between the 'season of goodwill' and return scams.As the retail sector seeks to recover from the…

Archaeologists have identified a 4000-year-old goldworking toolkit amongst the grave goods from an important Bronze Age burial near Stonehenge.The toolkit was found at the Upton Lovell G2a Bronze Age burial, which was excavated in 1801…

Southampton clinical researchers, working as part of a UK team, have shed new light on causes of bronchiectasis, a long-term lung condition currently effecting more than 200,000 people in the UK.People who have bronchiectasis experience a…