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Monitoring rail track health with smart sensors
Sensors under railway lines provide crucial data to help tackle trouble spots, saving cash and carbon. -
Insights from Mars transforming healthcare technology
Laser and light-based techniques lie behind both the search for life on Mars and accelerated drug discovery on Earth. -
Building greener communities with satellite technology
Scientists at Southampton are using satellite data to assess the carbon production of plants, monitor the Earth’s health, and help create greener, healthier global communities. -
Serious health risks posed by nurse shortages
Understaffing is linked to an increased risk of serious illness and patient death in hospitals.
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Increasing rainfall reveals climate change contradiction
Scientists from Southampton have found that there has been an unexpected increase in Indian monsoon rainfall that contradicts widely-held views on global warming. -
Autonomous ships tackle the high seas and climate change
Tests prove fuel cell vessels can cut shipping’s carbon burden. -
Preserving DNA in everlasting memory crystals
Scientists at the University of Southampton have successfully stored the full human genome (or complete set of DNA) onto a 5D memory crystal – an achievement which could hold the key to restoring life after extinction. -
Creating RRS Discovery’s ‘digital twin’
A team led by the University of Southampton has developed a highly accurate 3D representation of the entire research vessel RRS Discovery, shedding light on the lives of Antarctic explorers. -
Transforming early cancer diagnosis
University of Southampton researchers are developing a new diagnostic blood test that uses biomarkers and artificial intelligence to predict multiple cancers at an early stage. -
Linking diamonds with landscape evolution
Researchers are solving one of the most puzzling questions in plate tectonics, by investigating how the Earth’s surface has responded to the breakup of continental plates through time.
