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Uniting research disciplines, the University of Southampton aims to solve pressing global challenges. Our work ranges from enhancing cancer treatments to revolutionising renewable energy and defeating COVID-19. Uncover our multidisciplinary approach to a better future.

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Computer games with superpower help children with amblyopia or lazy eyes

AI, big data and analytics
Digital
Health and wellbeing
Lazy eye can lead to vision problems in young children when one eye doesn't connect well with the brain.
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24 April 2024

Homelessness in the countryside: a hidden crisis

Future societies and communities
Health and wellbeing
Southampton research is helping uncover a hidden homelessness crisis in rural England.
An AI-generated image of a humanoid robot sitting at a desk in a music studio. It is playing notes on a musical keyboard, as recording software displays the soundwaves being recorded on 2 computer monitors.
17 Apr 2024

Music and AI combine for quirky performance

AI, big data and analytics
Culture and creativity
Digital
Can artificial intelligence (AI) write a love letter? Southampton researchers in Music, English and Computer Science have shown that, with some help from humans, it can!
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17 Apr 2024

Enriching public understanding and interest in the Law

Culture and creativity
Future societies and communities
Interdisciplinary approaches to law, through humanities and the arts.
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15 Apr 2024

Improving the asylum system by making it more trauma-sensitive for vulnerable people

Future societies and communities
Health and wellbeing
Navigating the UK asylum system can negatively impact the mental health of young people seeking asylum. However, unaccompanied minors rarely have their voice heard.
Three teenagers eating takeaway pizza
12 Mar 2024

Encouraging healthier eating for adolescents

Health and wellbeing
Future societies and communities
University researchers have conducted focus groups with young people to understand the different factors that play a role in their food choices.
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7 Mar 2024

Improving health and wellbeing using molecular imaging

Engineering
Health and wellbeing
Innovative molecular imaging by Southampton researchers is shedding light on the interaction of pharmaceutical drugs with the gut microbiome and the repercussions this has on health and wellbeing.
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5 Mar 2024

Informing policy for the future of work

Future societies and communities
Health and wellbeing
Space
During the Covid-19 pandemic, office workers had to migrate from the office to work from home.
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28 Feb 2024

Developing a National Code of Corporate Governance for Ghana

Environment, sustainability and clean growth
Research by Southampton Business School academics
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28 Feb 2024

Helping policymakers understand how people from different communities prepare financially for later life

Future societies and communities
Health and wellbeing
Professor Athina Vlachantoni examines ethnic differences in pension protection among mid-life and older individuals from minority ethnic communities in the UK.
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20 Feb 2024

Mergers and innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Health and wellbeing
Professor Carmine Ornaghi led research into the potential detrimental effects of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) on research and development expenditure and innovation output in the pharmaceutical industry.
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13 Feb 2024

New and improved treatments for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

Health and wellbeing
People with IBS are benefiting from better ways to manage their condition
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7 Feb 2024

Maintaining skin health to improve pressure ulcer prevention in vulnerable patients

Health and wellbeing
Imaging to capture medical device fitting
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2 Feb 2024

Mirror Talkers – eco tips for hairdressers to share with their clients to save time, resources and money

Environment, sustainability and clean growth
Mirror Talkers – eco tips for hairdressers to share with their clients to save time, resources and money.