Our research impact
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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Advancing affordable rail electrification
Enabling UK rail infrastructure to become more sustainable. -
Developing our future tech wardrobes
Next generation e-textile development to improve health and leisure -
Pioneering Alzheimer’s drug development
Advancing the development of targeted treatments to slow or halt disease progression. -
Highlighting risks from car brake dust emissions
Brake pad emissions can be more toxic than diesel exhaust. -
Transforming chronic respiratory disease care
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Promoting sustainable aquaculture
Researchers at Southampton are working with low-income fishing communities in India to promote sustainable fishing practices and protect biodiversity in the oceans. -
The place to bridge the gap between national policy and local action
Tangible solutions to reduce carbon emissions and protect green spaces -
Exploring how young people's diet, environment and mental wellbeing shape their health
Southampton researchers explored how food insecurity, diet and urban life shapes adolescent health in Soweto. -
The place to engineer fully immersive, next-generation sound
Southampton spin-out company Audioscenic is making waves by redefining how we enjoy sound as consumers of the entertainment industry. -
Air pollution research transforms UK policy and public health awareness
Pioneering research from a Southampton respiratory physician and clinical professor has transformed our understanding of air pollution from a respiratory issue to a central public health challenge. -
Understanding the impact of migration on older people’s support networks
Support networks for an ethnic minority of older people in Romania have changed following the large-scale emigration in 1990 by their younger family members. -
Developing infrastructure to tackle homelessness
Southampton clinical psychologists link research, education and social enterprise to tackle homelessness.