Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from the University of Southampton

'Eternal' 5D memory crystal capable of storing 360 TB of data for billions of years now holds a full human genome

The 5D memory crystal enables the creation of a lasting genomic repository for the potential restoration of complex organisms.

TechRadar

There might be far more supermassive black holes hiding around us than we thought, scientists warn

The universe could be home to far more supermassive black holes than we realised, according to new research.

The Independent UK

Many more black holes could be ‘hiding’ in the universe than previously thought

A new study by the University of Southampton has found the galactic giants behind clouds of dust and gas.

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

What’s the best treatment for ADHD? Largest study finds new clues

Stimulant drugs are well tolerated and have an impact on symptoms, according to the review

The Independent UK

New study finds best treatments for adults with ADHD

Stimulant drugs are well tolerated and have an impact on symptoms, according to the review.

Evening Standard

Ancient cosmic collisions may have birthed the universe's most monstrous galaxies

Astronomers have discovered that large flows of cold gas created by collisions between galaxies in the early universe may have forged some of the most monstrous star systems.

Space

Dino teeth help scientists take a bite out of history 135 million years ago

For the first time, UK paleontologists said tyrannosaurs have been identified in sediments of this age and region

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Mystery of how giant galaxies formed could be close to being solved

Scientists from the University of Southampton believe galaxies crashed together to create gigantic elliptical galaxies.

Evening Standard

Vitamin D supplements in pregnancy shown to improve bone density in childhood

Researchers said bone density scans showed they contained more calcium and more minerals, making them stronger and less likely to break.

The Independent UK

Can we solve the satellite air pollution problem? Here are 4 possible fixes

New technologies including recoverable satellites and in-orbit space debris recycling could help solve the satellite air pollution problem and prevent a new ecological crisis in the future.

Space

Three judges announced for The Conversation Prize for writers

The Conversation UK, Curtis Brown and Faber are pleased to announce our three judges for The Conversation Prize for writers: Miriam Frankel, senior science editor at The Conversation UK, Priya Atwal, historian, broadcaster and community history fellow at the University of Oxford, and Alice Hunt, professor of early modern literature…

The Conversation

‘Utterly unique’ Bronze Age hoard found in Borders saved for the nation

An “utterly unique” hoard of hundreds of Bronze Age items discovered by a metal detectorist in the Scottish Borders has been saved for the…

The National (Scotland)

‘Utterly unique’ Bronze Age hoard saved for the nation

The Peebles Hoard was discovered by a metal detectorist in the Scottish Borders in 2020.

Evening Standard

Sea trials under way for wind-powered sail in bid to cut shipping emissions

Scientists from the University of Southampton are experimenting with a new wing-sail which can be fitted to vessels to use the wind to travel.

Evening Standard

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

New breakthrough laser test could detect different types of dementia in seconds

Diagnosing dementia can take more than two years with current tools

Space

Dangerous satellite air pollution exists in a legal loophole

Air pollution from re-entering satellites is a potential environmental disaster that evades Earth-based laws, experts say.

Medical Daily

New Promising Alzheimer's Drug May Prevent Tau Build-Up, Study Finds

The latest drug, RI-AG03, is a peptide inhibitor that blocks tau-build-up, acting at two regions of the protein, preventing it from sticking together.

The Independent UK

Alzheimer’s breakthrough after drug treatment success

Study found that the medication, called RI-AG03, was effective at preventing the buildup of Tau proteins

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

LiveScience

Human genome stored inside near-indestructible '5D memory crystal' that could survive to the end of the universe

The record-breaking crystal will act as a DNA time capsule that could be used to bring back humanity after our extinction, researchers say. But not everyone is convinced.

The Independent UK

Falkland Islands ‘were covered in lush rainforest up to 30 million years ago’

Dr Zoe Thomas, from the University of Southampton, found that the South Atlantic archipelago was once covered in cool, wet woodland.

Al Jazeera

Japanese scientists graft living skin onto ‘smiling’ robot

Researchers say breakthrough could pave the way to realistic humanoids in the future.

The Independent UK

Scientists working on cancer vaccine that uses immune system’s ‘killer’ cells

‘As well as liver cancer, killer cell treatment in the future could be used to treat head and neck cancers, endometrial, bladder or breast cancer’

LiveScience

Dodos were fast and powerful, not slow and inept, definitive preserved specimen suggests

A new study has cleared up misconceptions about the extinct dodo, identifying the reference specimen for the species and showing they were fast and powerful.

The Independent UK

Scientists solve mystery of some of Earth’s most dramatic landscapes

Results showed that when continents split, the stretching of the continental crust causes stirring in the Earth’s mantle

Autosport

Adrian Newey to join Aston Martin - legendary designer's F1 career highlights

Newey had previously renewed his contract with Red Bull last year, but it was confirmed by the team in May that he will leave during the first part of 2025. There had been growing speculation about his future with the team and it was reported that he was unsettled with the…

1 2 3 4

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the University of Oxford

164 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.