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Engaging with future leaders: how business is tapping into the University’s talent
09 March 2010
Businesses in the region are benefiting from the University of Southampton’s largest ever drive to offer its students ‘on-the-job’ work experience.
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Leading musician to give Olympic-inspired event for local schoolchildren
09 March 2010
Nitin Sawhney, one of Britain’s most talented musicians, is coming to Southampton next Tuesday (16 March) to take part in an Olympic-related workshop with local schools and give a talk at Turner Sims.
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Award-winning science event returns to Southampton
08 March 2010
The University of Southampton’s award-winning Science and Engineering Day and Ocean and Earth Day are back again in 2010 for National Science and Engineering Week (12 to 21 March).
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Southampton professors to join discussion on the future of the Web
05 March 2010
Professors Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Dame Wendy Hall and Nigel Shadbolt from the University of Southampton will be discussing 'Why study the Web' at an event at the Royal Society in London next week.
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Half-million milestone for University-developed RNID Hearing Check
04 March 2010
A hearing check designed by University of Southampton audiology experts to encourage people to tackle hearing loss at an early stage has clocked up more than half a million users in the UK.
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Leading health policy-makers to be grilled at University Question Time
03 March 2010
Students and the public will have a chance to question key policy-makers and commentators on a variety of health issues at the University of Southampton's 'Questiontime' event on Wednesday 10 March.
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National award for Southampton physiotherapist
01 March 2010
A leading Southampton physiotherapist has received a national award for developing innovative staff workshops to act on patient feedback.
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New Energy Harvesting Network means batteries not included
26 February 2010
A new Energy Harvesting Network to be launched next week could mean unlimited power supplies for industry.
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Music students ‘show’ children the sound of a symphony orchestra
25 February 2010
Music students are leading an unusual project to show children in Southampton schools how the sound of a symphony orchestra is created.
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Southampton to host international conference on nanotechnologies
19 February 2010
A conference on nanotechnologies for future communication devices, which mean that mobile phones and computers will be even lighter, more functional and more economical, will be held at the University of Southampton next month.
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University of Southampton partners new national centre for marine science excellence
02 February 2010
The University of Southampton will have a key role in a new national research organisation launching on 1 April 2010, to deliver integrated marine science and technology from the coast to the deep ocean.
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Carbonate veins reveal chemistry of ancient seawater
05 February 2010
Researchers from the University of Southampton have described a new way of reconstructing ancient ocean chemistry, which helps us understand how the planet has evolved.
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Southampton invention wins prestigious NHS innovations award
02 February 2010
A revolutionary computer software system, which is transforming the way clinical research trials are managed in UK hospitals, has won an NHS Innovation Award.
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Southampton scientists help new global initiative to assess Haiti earthquake damage
26 January 2010
Scientists from the University of Southampton joined a network of over 700 scientists and engineers from universities and other establishments across the world, to give their time over the weekend (23 and 24 January) to assess the impact of the Haiti earthquake.
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Solutions to climate change: using trees and grasses to capture carbon and produce energy
26 January 2010
A unique £1.1 million research project is investigating how coppiced trees and grass crops can be used both to generate renewable energy and to trap carbon in the soil over the long term.
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New exhibition reveals stories of the past from the Broadlands Archives
22 January 2010
Letters from Queen Victoria and Mrs Oscar Wilde and portraits by the photographer Cecil Beaton are among items going on public display in a new exhibition at the University of Southampton.
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Southampton professors lead development of Government’s one-stop shop for data
21 January 2010
University of Southampton Professors, Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Nigel Shadbolt, have played a key role in the development of the new data.gov.uk web site launched today by the Government.
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Intelligence in young children is not influenced by omega 3 fatty acid
21 January 2010
Infant intelligence is more likely to be shaped by family environment than by the amount of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an omega 3 fatty acid, fed in breast milk or fortified formula, according to new research at the University of Southampton.
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Research into fish oil suggests health benefits for seriously ill patients
19 January 2010
A study into the use of fish oil for patients suffering from a life threatening illness of the immune system has suggested that it can improve their symptoms and reduce the length of stay in hospital.
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‘Wet’ computing systems to boost processing power
12 January 2010
A new kind of information processing technology inspired by chemical processes in living systems is being developed by researchers at the University of Southampton.
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Southampton photonics centre wins part of £70 million boost for UK manufacturing
07 January 2010
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson today announced government investment of £70 million in a series of state-of-the-art manufacturing research centres across the UK, one of the first of which is to be at the University of Southampton.
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New application to measure the carbon intensity of the UK electricity grid
07 January 2010
As temperatures drop below freezing and demand for energy soars, engineers at the University of Southampton have launched a new iPhone application to monitor the UK electricity grid.
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University of Southampton Professor honoured for services to social science
31 December 2009
Professor of Social Statistics at the University of Southampton, Chris Skinner, has been awarded a CBE in the New Year's Honours list. He’s been recognised for services to social science.
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University of Southampton to conduct research to help shape the UK’s future health and social care
21 December 2009
The University of Southampton is about to embark on a unique piece of research into future supply and demand of health and social care for the UK’s ageing population.
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From greenhouse to icehouse - reconstructing the environment of the Vøring Plateau
16 December 2009
The analysis of microfossils found in ocean sediment cores is illuminating the environmental conditions that prevailed at high latitudes during a critical period of Earth history.
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Winter graduations to celebrate students’ success
14 December 2009
The University of Southampton will be hosting graduation ceremonies for more than 800 students later this week.
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Three University of Southampton musicians make list of top 100 albums of 2009
14 December 2009
Three University musicians are included in The Times Top 100 Albums of 2009.
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New genes for lung disease discovered
13 December 2009
Scientists at the University of Southampton and the MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre are part of a consortium that has discovered five genetic variants which are associated with the health of the human lung. The research by an international team of 96 scientists from 63 centres in Europe and Australia sheds new light on the molecular basis of lung diseases.
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First stunning images captured by VISTA Telescope
11 December 2009
A new UK-designed telescope, that can map the sky much faster and deeper than any other infrared telescope, has made its first release of stunning images.
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Accelerating business growth in global markets
09 December 2009
The University of Southampton has launched a new business development office in China to explore new research opportunities and attract investment from China to the Solent region.
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Key role for Nigel Shadbolt in local government data release
10 December 2009
Professor Nigel Shadbolt of the School of Electronics and Computer Science has been asked to lead a panel of experts who will oversee the release of local public data,
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New report says more young adults are staying at home than in the past 20 years
09 December 2009
More young adults in their late 20s and 30s are living with parents than in the past 20 years, according to research from the University of Southampton.
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Southampton researchers unlock secrets of most common type of leukaemia
04 December 2009
Researchers at the University of Southampton have announced exciting progress in the understanding of how the genetic makeup of patients with leukaemia can affect how they respond to treatment.
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Winchester School of Art prepares fashion students for industry with new ‘computerised’ knitting machines
03 December 2009
The University of Southampton’s Winchester School of Art has invested in two new state-of-the-art computerised knitting machines.
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King crab family bigger than ever
02 December 2009
Sally Hall, a PhD student at the University of Southampton's School of Ocean and Earth Science (SOES) at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) has formally described four new species of king crab, all from the deep sea.