Wildflower once used to treat wounds and sore throats shows promise in fighting dangerous superbugs The root of tormentil was used in Irish folklore and European traditional medicine to treat wounds, sore throats, diarrhoea and gum disease.

A wildflower once used to treat wounds and sore throats shows promise in fighting superbugs, according to our expert Prof Ronan McCarthy.

Read our latest @uk.theconversation.com article here 🏵️

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Our gut microbiome expert Prof Jon Swann spoke to @itvx.com and @laralewington.bsky.social about whether food really can improve our mood.

Watch it here📺

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Families waiting for months or years for an ADHD diagnosis feel stressed, powerless and “forever in limbo” according to a study by our Psychology at Soton researchers.

They spoke to parents of children on waiting lists about their experiences.

Read more: https://southampton.pulse.ly/i2tsqsuax1

Fascinating article from Prof Keith Godfrey and Dr Danielle Schoenaker. They say most healthcare systems aren't designed to support father’s involvement in preparation for pregnancy and parenthood.

Iran war lacks strategy, goals, legitimacy and support – in the US and around the world The US and Israel have taken a huge risk by attacking Iran. This war will make the world a more dangerous place.

The #IranWar lacks strategy, goals, legitimacy and support, says our expert Prof Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social.

Writing for @uk.theconversation.com, he asks under what conditions do people support military action.

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Golders Green ambulance attack: how this part of London became a home for Jews Golders Green started to develop as a place of Jewish settlement from the first world war onwards.

In our latest @uk.theconversation.com article, our Professor Tony Kushner writes about the Golders Green ambulance attack, and how the London suburb became a home for Jews👇

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Did you catch our expert Dr @keyvanhosseini.bsky.social on BBC Radio Solent today?

He was in the studios talking about the emerging health crisis in #Iran where citizens are facing high pollution levels from burning oil fields.

Listen here (starting 10:18am) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A couple sits side by side at an outdoor café table beneath leafy trees. One is looking at their smartphone. In the background, a wide river and a modern city skyline with high-rise buildings and a yellow crane are visible across the water.

Constantly checking your phone during conversations with a partner may be less about bad manners and more about deeper psychological needs.

Dr Claire Hart also says materialism amplifies the pull of the phone.
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Matt Goodwin is wrong about whiteness and Englishness – but here’s why he has struck a chord with some voters One one in ten residents in England take the same view as Reform’s candidate for Gorton and Denton.

As some on the political right attempt to link Englishness to ethnicity, @jydenham.bsky.social says polls are moving towards a more inclusive view of nationality.
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These five short video games work like poems – and they’re ideal for Valentine’s Day Here are five short game poems, all playable in a web browser, that explore themes of love, intimacy, longing and separation.

Want to try something different this Valentine's Day? ❤️

@jordanmagnuson.bsky.social has selected five game poems that explore themes of love, intimacy, longing and separation.

Perfect whether you are playing on your own or with someone special!
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How scientists and artists can collaborate to cut through ‘ecofatigue’ and inspire positive action Art projects can help unlock more enthusiasm from citizens for deposit return schemes, reuse pilots or new recycling sorting rules.

Pairing scientists with artists can cut through feelings of exhaustion about #environment issues that lead to apathy, says our Prof Ian Williams.

Writing for @uk.theconversation.com, he says it can spark emotion and change the way people deal with plastics 👇

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We’re proud to be partnering with GSK, Oxford and Cambridge to help train future leaders in pharmaceutical science, with a newly launched doctoral training programme.

Read more: tr.ee/xgzjS6

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Two scientists in lab coats are working in a laboratory filled with complex equipment. One is pouring liquid from a container, while the other monitors the process. They wear protective eyewear and gloves.

Black and white close-up of a microscopic organism with a spherical shape, composed of three interconnected sections. Each section has a textured surface of hexagonal patterns resembling honeycomb structures. A scale bar in the bottom-left corner indicates the size as 50 micrometers.

Our scientists have examined fossilised plankton that’s millions of years old to help predict the future of our oxygen starved oceans.

They’ve found the condition of seas has a chance of improving in centuries to come.

Find out more: www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2026/01...

Why do onions and chips keep washing up on England’s south coast? Here’s the science When cargo falls into the sea, it becomes an accidental ocean currents experiment.

Why do onions and chips keep washing up on England’s south coast?

Our ocean and earth science expert Dr Simon Boxall explains all🧅🍟

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Ethiopian women and safety: why some switch their ethnic identity when they start working Ethnicity can be consciously adjusted in response to the risks women face in public spaces.

For many women in Ethiopia, getting their first formal job doesn’t just change their income, writes @monicabeeder.bsky.social.

It can also change how they describe who they are in everyday public interactions.

Read our latest @uk.theconversation.com article 👇

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US boards a ship sailing under a Russian flag: what we know and don’t know about the legal position An expert in international maritime law spells out what the international law of the sea has to say on incidents of this sort.

Maritime law expert Prof Andrew Serdy explores the legal arguments surrounding the US seizure of a Russian-flagged tanker in the Atlantic yesterday.
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Four diseases doctors fear may start pandemic in 2026 and symptoms to watch for Flu, Mpox and Victorian disease rubella are among the diseases doctors are most worried about for the upcoming 12 months, after unprecedented outbreaks of 'super flu' across the UK

Dr Michael Head and Jessica Boxall are quoted in this article in the Mirror about the diseases doctors are most worried about in 2026. www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...

Did Oliver Cromwell Ban Christmas? | Not Just the Tudors

Did you know Christmas was cancelled in England during the 17th Century?

Prof Mark Stoyle @historyatsoton.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social tells historian and broadcaster Suzannah Lipscomb why.

Listen to the @history-hit.bsky.social podcast: shows.acast.com/not-just-the...

Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year in physics for 2025 revealed – Physics World A molecular superfluid, high-resolution microscope and a protein qubit are on our list

Great to see our expert Prof Francesco Poletti feature in @physicsworld.bsky.social this month.

Francesco and his team developed a new type of optical fibre that was recognised as one of the top 10 breakthroughs of the year for 2025.

Read more 👇
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On the 250th birthday of #JaneAusten, our expert Dr Gillian Dow spoke to BBC Radio Solent about the novelist's legacy and how her writing is still relevant to readers today.

Listen here (at 15:10mins in) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/bbc_radio_solent

BBC Radio 4 - The Briefing Room, Are the old robbing the young? Are we seeing inter-generational economic injustice?

📻 Coming up at 4pm today on BBC Radio 4

CPC-CG Director @janefalkingham.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social will discuss #intergenerational #economic justice, with CPC-CG's @sophiehale.bsky.social @resolutionfoundation.org, + @bobbyduffy.bsky.social & @xiaoweixu.bsky.social @theifs.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️

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A new whooping cough vaccine trialled by UoS Medicine @uhsftresearch.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk could offer better protection.

The @nihr.bsky.social @iliadbio.bsky.social supported study shows a vaccine can stop infection causing bacteria from living in the nose and throat.

More 👉 https://tr.ee/hK8NsY

Wake Up Dead Man: an enjoyable slice of murderous Christmassy fun This locked-room mystery offers a lifetime of stored resentments, jealousies and greed spill over into brutal hatred – a bit like a family Christmas then.

Film expert @louisbayman.bsky.social says the latest instalment in the Knives Out series offers suspense, comedy and enough asides about religion and politics to get any traditional festive arguments going.
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We built a database of 290,000 English medieval soldiers – here’s what it reveals We created the database in order to challenge assumptions about the lack of professionalism of everyday soldiers.

Our historians helped to build a database of nearly 300,000 medieval English soldiers - turns out, many had professional careers lasting 20 years.

Read more in our latest @uk.theconversation.com article 👇

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What in the World - Could this be the most valuable shipwreck in the world? - BBC Sounds Colombian authorities say they’ve retrieved items from what they think is the San Jose

Great to hear @helenfarr.bsky.social of our Centre for Martime Archaeology on BBC World Service charting the fortunes of Spanish galleon, the San José - thought to be the most valuable shipwreck in the world: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Rocky desert in the Australian outback with sparse vegetation, copper coloured earth and a mountain range in the distance.

Map showing migration routes of settlers 60,000 years ago from what is now South East Asia (Sunda) to modern Australia (Sahul). The green landmass labeled "SUNDA" is on the left, and "SAHUL" on the right. Blue and orange arrows move from Sunda to Sahul and various Islands.

Aboriginal Australians and New Guineans descend from settlers who migrated south, 60,000 years ago, to the ancient supercontinent of Sahul.

Our maritime archaeologists with @huddersfielduni.bsky.social used DNA techniques to reach their findings.

Read more 👉 www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2025/11...

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Our researcher Becky Ward was interviewed by the BBC about the financial cliff edge facing care leavers as they turn 18.

She's been working with Step by Step, who are calling for fairer financial support.

Find out more: www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2025/11...

Tim Berners-Lee wants everyone to own their own data – his plan needs state and consumer support to work In his new book, This is for Everyone, the creator of the web argues for protection against the power and privacy invasion of big tech companies.

Famed computer scientist @timbl.bsky.social wants everyone to own their own data, says our lecturer Dr Alex Zarifis💻🛜

Writing in the @uk.theconversation.com, Dr Zarifis said the plan needs state and consumer support to work👇

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Summer could be 42 days longer by the end of the century according to our @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social scientists and @royalholloway.bsky.social researchers ☀️

European lake mud dating back thousands of years helped them make the prediction.

Read more 👉 https://tr.pulse.ly/fdcljgd2ga

Headshot of Professor Francesco Forconi from the University of Southampton with a blue box at the bottom contains a quote about his cancer research.

A new breakthrough by our scientists could pave the way for more targeted treatments for some blood cancer patients.

Researchers identified a specific subtype of lymphoma which doesn’t respond well to current therapies.

Read more 👉 https://southampton.pulse.ly/6ymk1rtwvd