University of Portsmouth, Author Profile

Radioactive-Free Vodka Produced from Crops in Chernobyl

August 12, 2019

Scientists now want to produce the artisan vodka and give 75 percent of profits back to the affected community

Crime Fighting Just Got Easier

May 20, 2019

The use of virtual reality to observe offenders undertaking residential burglary is reaping rewards, giving researchers preci...

The Bird That Came Back from the Dead

May 10, 2019

The white-throated rail is a chicken-sized bird, indigenous to Madagascar in the south-western Indian Ocean

Spectacular Flying Reptiles Soared over Britain's Tropical Jurassic Past

December 21, 2018

Researchers have uncovered evidence of well armed and substantial flying reptiles from historically important, but overl...

Can Pollution Alter Wildlife Behavior?

July 30, 2018

A team of scientists from the University of Portsmouth has developed new scientific tests to better understand the effects of...

Off the Scale: Can Forensics Save the World's Most-Trafficked Mammal?

July 2, 2018

A pioneering new project trials fingerprinting techniques to battle pangolin poaching

Biodiversity and Nature’s Contributions Continue Dangerous Decline in the Americas, Scientists Warn

March 28, 2018

Biodiversity—the essential variety of life forms on Earth—continues to decline in every region of the world, sign...

Cocktail Tests on Toxic Waste Called For

October 17, 2017

Researchers call for the need to consider low dose and mixture toxicity testing in risk assessment of chemicals entering...

New Model May Help Overcome the Brain's Fortress-Like Barrier

September 20, 2017

Model could pave the way for better, more efficient, and reliable tests of drugs to treat brain diseases

Apes' Abilities Misunderstood by Decades of Poor Science

September 1, 2017

Hundreds of scientific studies over two decades have told us that apes are clever—just not as clever as us

After Fukushima: Radiation Levels in Food Predicted

June 14, 2017

Scientists can predict with confidence what the effect of the Japanese disaster has had and will continue to have thanks to a...

Atomic-Scale Imaging Improves Dating of Planetary Events

May 29, 2017

Using atom probe tomography, researchers were able to accurately date such events in baddeleyite, a relatively common but sma...

Scientists Find Strongest Natural Material

February 19, 2015

Limpet teeth might be the strongest natural material known to man, a new study has found.