From tongue-rolling alpacas to irritable yaks and perturbed pigs, new research has lifted the lid on why some farm and zoo animals cope well with captivity and others display signs of stress.
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2022
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An interdisciplinary team of biologists, chemists and engineers from the University of Portsmouth have become the first to successfully grow a limpet inspired biomaterial with extreme strength.
Biotechnology
Jul 7, 2022
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Scientists who helped to pioneer the use of enzymes to eat plastic have taken an important next step in developing nature-based solutions to the global plastics crisis.
Biochemistry
Mar 21, 2022
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Enhanced mountain warming coupled with reduced rainfall at high elevation may deplete stores of mountain snow and ice more rapidly than previously thought.
Environment
Feb 2, 2022
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A new study has found face mask litter increased by 9,000% from March to October 2020. It shows a direct link between national legislation and the occurrence of discarded waste that included face masks and other COVID-19 ...
Environment
Dec 9, 2021
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High court juries can detect when someone is lying, even when they're wearing a face mask, according to new research analysis by the University of Portsmouth.
Social Sciences
Dec 7, 2021
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Music, dance, art and storytelling have allowed an international team of researchers to reveal aspects of air pollution in Nairobi that would not have been identified otherwise.
Environment
Dec 3, 2021
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New research has found that it was the babies of giant pterosaurs—known as flaplings—who overshadowed their small adult rivals.
Paleontology & Fossils
Oct 28, 2021
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Vast ammonites, relatives of squid and octopus, up to 1.8 meters across once littered the East Sussex seas, according to new research.
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2021
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Rats choose carefully who they spend time with, according to a new study published today. Published by researchers from the Universities of Portsmouth and Lincoln, the study found that male rats have preferred partners in ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 29, 2021
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