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Study reveals household spending trends over 30 years

A new study led by the University of Portsmouth has used 30 years of data from the Office for National Statistics to distinguish between how much people spent on essential and non-essential goods and services.
17-Apr-2024 4:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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The hidden role of the Milky Way in ancient Egyptian mythology

A new study by a University of Portsmouth astrophysicist sheds light on the relationship between the Milky Way and the Egyptian sky-goddess Nut.
10-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Researchers enable detection of remarkable gravitational-wave signal

Researchers from the University of Portsmouth’s Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation (ICG) have helped to detect a remarkable gravitational-wave signal, which could hold the key to solving a cosmic mystery. The discovery is from the latest...
5-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Pollen is a promising sustainable tool in the bone regeneration process

A new study, led by the University of Portsmouth in England, has used pollen to grow hydroxyapatite capsules, so the mineral can better support bone regeneration.
3-Apr-2024 5:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Earlier retirement for people with chronic musculoskeletal pain

Frequent musculoskeletal pain is linked with an increased risk of exiting work and retiring earlier, according to a new study from the University of Portsmouth.
20-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Caught on camera: grey seal spits at sea eagle in never seen before encounter

A grey seal has been seen spitting a jet of water at a sea eagle, a defensive behaviour that hasn’t been reported before, according to a new study from the University of Portsmouth.
6-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

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First-ever report of Nesting of incredibly rare and endangered giant turtle

Biologists have discovered a breeding population of a Cantor's Giant Softshell Turtle, as part of conservation efforts in the south of India.
21-Feb-2024 4:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

New study finds anti-piracy messages backfire, especially for men

Threatening messages aimed to prevent digital piracy have the opposite effect if you’re a man, a new study from the University of Portsmouth has found.
20-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

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17-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT

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Military Expert Available to Comment on Israel-Palestine Conflict.

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Expert Pitch: Second release of Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific

4-Oct-2023 9:45 AM EDT

Expert available to comment on CERN's Antimatter experiment

2-Oct-2023 6:05 AM EDT

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Expert available: NASA report into UFOs

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Titanic submersible: University of Portsmouth expert available

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About

The University of Portsmouth is a progressive and dynamic university with an outstanding reputation for innovative teaching and globally significant research and innovation. The University's research and innovation culture is impacting lives today and in the future and addressing local, national and global challenges across science, technology, humanities, business and creative industries.

Experts

SCIENCE

Harold Lovell, PhD, MSc

Senior Lecturer in School of the Environment Geography and Geosciences

Keywords:
Environment, Geoscience, Sustainability

LIFE

Chris Morris

Doctor

Keywords:
Ukraine, Military, Warfare, War, Military Strategy, International Relations

SCIENCE

Alex Ford, PhD

Professor of Biology

Keywords:
Marine and Terrestrial Ecology, Marine Ecophsyiology, Marine Organisms and Ecosystems, Ecotoxicology and Pollution, Science and the Media

SCIENCE

Sercan Ozcan, PhD

Reader in Innovation and Technology Management

Keywords:
Innovation, Technology, Artificial Intelligence

SCIENCE

Simon Cragg, PhD

Professor of Marine Zoology

Keywords:
Endeavour, Shipwreck, Shipworms, Marine Biology

SCIENCE

David Hutchinson, PhD

Reader in Environmental Innovation

Keywords:
circular economy, Future and Emerging Technologies, Innovation Management, Sustainability and the Environment

SCIENCE

Amitava Roy, PhD

Senior Lecturer on Renewable Energy Systems

Keywords:
hydrogen energy, Civil Engineering, Electrolyser, Fule cells, CO2 capturing, H2 compressor

LIFE

Diego Vazquez-Brust, PhD

Professor in Global Business Sustainability and Strategy

Keywords:
Sustainability, social inclusion, Sustainable Development Goals, circular economy

LIFE

Pierre Failler, PhD

Professor of Economics and Director of the University’s Centre for Blue Governance

Keywords:
Economics and Finance, Business and Law, development economics, Environmental Economics

SCIENCE

John McGeehan

rofessor of Structural Biology and the Director for the Centre for Enzyme Innovation (CEI)

Keywords:
Biological Sciences, Revolution Plastics, Structural Biology

SCIENCE

Hom Dhakal, MSc, PhD, CEng, FHEA, FIET, FIMMM

Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Research Group

Keywords:
Sustainability and the Environment, Mechanical Engineering, materials engineering

SCIENCE

Mark Gaterell, PhD

Professor of Sustainable Construction and Co-Director of The Cluster for Sustainable Cities research group

Keywords:
Sustainable construction, Civil Engineering, Sustainability and the Environment

SCIENCE

Richard Teeuw, PhD

Professor of Geoinformatics and Disaster Risk Reduction

Keywords:
Environment, Geoscience, Geomorphology

MEDICAL

Tom Smith, LLB, PhD

Senior Lecturer in International Relations

Keywords:
Terrorism, political violence, Insurgency, transnational criminal groups

SCIENCE

Ewan Tregarot

Research Fellow in the Centre for Blue Governance

Keywords:
Environment, Coastal Economy, Marine Ecology

SCIENCE

Ian Hendy, PhD

Senior Teaching Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences

Keywords:
Coastal Ecosystem, Environment, Marine Biology

SCIENCE

Joanne Preston, PhD, MS

Reader in Marine Ecology & Evolution

Keywords:
Marine Ecology, Coastal Ecosystem, Environment

SCIENCE

Fay Couceiro, PhD

Senior Research Fellow in Biogeochemistry

Keywords:
Technology, Engineering, Sustainability, environmental technologies, Biogeochemistry

LIFE

Cressida Bowyer, PhD

Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Creative & Cultural Industries

Keywords:
Culture, Innovation, Art and Education

SCIENCE

Heather Rumble

Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Urban Development

Keywords:
Ecology, green infrastructure, Urban Greenspaces, Urban Ecosystems

LIFE

Karen Shalev Greene, PhD, MSc

Reader in Criminology, Director of the Centre for the Study of Missing Persons

Keywords:
Missing Children, Missing Adults, Missing persons

SCIENCE

Steve Fletcher, PhD

Professor of Ocean Policy and Economy, and Director of the Sustainability and the Environment Research Theme

Keywords:
ocean policy and economy, Conservation, sustainable blue economy, deep ocean, ocean literacy, Plastic Pollution

LIFE

Peter Lee

Reader in Politics and Ethics

Keywords:
Drone, drone operations, Politics, Ethics, Military intervention

SCIENCE

Karen Masters, PhD

Reader in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:
Galaxy Formation, Galaxy Evolution, galaxy kinematics and dynamics, Morphology, Citizen Science

MEDICAL

Michael Tipton

Professor of Human & Applied Physiology

Keywords:
Psychological, Physiological, Survival

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