University of Southampton

A new study published in Science Advances reveals how early mammals grew and developed during their pivotal Jurassic radiation. Using a technique called synchrotron X-ray tomography to image growth rings in fossilised tooth roots, the…

Neil Ford, from the University of Southampton, has been awarded a prestigious National Teaching Fellowship in recognition of his influential peer support work within higher education. Neil, Principal Teaching Fellow within the university’s…

Scientists at the University of Southampton have answered one of the most puzzling questions in plate tectonics: how and why ‘stable’ parts of continents gradually rise to form some of the planet’s greatest topographic features. They…

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre (NOC), and Heriot-Watt University, are studying the role marine organisms play in storing carbon in the ocean. A…

Scientists from the University of Southampton have teamed up with Southampton City Council to map the city’s food system. Their project has looked at the impact that the current food system is having on public health and the…

Researchers are setting out to challenge our misconceptions about the Dodo, one of the most well-known but poorly understood species of bird. In a paper published today in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society researchers from…

The University of Southampton has climbed the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact rankings 2024 , which assess over 2,000 universities around the world against the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The…

Parents and Family Hub staff who took part in the University of Southampton’s Finding out Together project received community awards at a special event organised to recognise their contribution. Launched in 2019 in collaboration with…

Researchers at the University of Southampton have conducted the most detailed spatial analysis to date of storm surges along the coast of the UK and Ireland. The oceanographers found coastlines in the north of the Irish Sea experience the…

More than 100 primary schoolchildren from across Southampton city attended their very own ‘graduation’ at the University of Southampton this week. Pupils from seven primary schools across the city visited the university’s Turner Sims…