Lie Detection – Scientists Say FBI and Police Experts Have It Wrong
A widely adopted police interview technique, used by both the FBI and British police, to spot if a suspect is lying, is not fit for…
A widely adopted police interview technique, used by both the FBI and British police, to spot if a suspect is lying, is not fit for…
Dark energy is one of the greatest mysteries in science today. We know very little about it, other than it is invisible, it fills the…
The debate about when dinosaurs developed feathers has taken a new turn with a paper refuting earlier claims that feathers were also found on dinosaurs’…
The scientists who re-engineered the plastic-eating enzyme PETase have now created an enzyme ‘cocktail’ which can digest plastic up to six times faster. A second…
For decades astronomers have been puzzled by a gap that lies between neutron stars and black holes, but a major new discovery has found a…
Forensic scientists at the University of Portsmouth have discovered a new way of presenting fragile evidence, by reconstructing a ‘jigsaw’ of human bone fragments using…
A new paper has shown how large structures in the distribution of galaxies in the Universe provide the most precise tests of dark energy and…
The first ever specimen of a pterodactyl, more commonly found in China and Brazil, has been found in the United Kingdom. A fossil hunter recently…
The skeleton of an extinct ‘fish lizard’ locked in a glass case over 16ft from the ground for the last 100 years has finally been…
100 million years ago, ferocious predators, including flying reptiles and crocodile-like hunters, made the Sahara the most dangerous place on Earth. This is according to…
A community of flying reptiles that inhabited the Sahara 100 million years ago has been discovered by a University of Portsmouth palaeobiologist and an international…
A remarkable new treasure has been found by scientists from the University of Portsmouth — the first fossil plant gum on record. The beautiful, amber-like…
Men are twice as likely as women to consider themselves to be good at lying and at getting away with it, new research has found….
Researchers from the University of Portsmouth have made vital contributions to the observations of four new gravitational waves, which were announced this weekend. The new…
A new family of enzymes has been discovered which paves the way to convert plant waste into sustainable and high-value products such as nylon, plastics,…
New research has provided a deeper insight into emission line galaxies, used in several ongoing and upcoming surveys, to help us further understand the composition…
Researchers at the University of Portsmouth have discovered fossils of the oldest mammals related to mankind on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset. The two teeth…
Researchers from the University of Portsmouth have discovered a fossil of a snake that had four legs, helping to reveal how snakes made the transition…