May 2024

A state-of-the-art 3D tool, which is helping to drive transformation and modernise city planning, has won a prestigious Geography in Government 2024 award for outstanding innovation. The University of Nottingham’s City as Lab initiative…

Researchers from three universities in Stockholm are trying to understand cellular mechanisms involved in the development of childhood diseases, with a special focus on the brain, spinal cord, heart and lungs. “Many childhood diseases,…

A project led by the University of St Andrews to protect the site of a 3.6-million-year-old human footprint at risk from climate change is one of 22 new projects to be supported by the British Council’s Cultural Protection Fund. The …

A Dalek, a set of original sketches by Scottish science-fiction writer Iain M. Banks, and a handwritten inscription by Galileo are among items on display in a new exhibition in St Andrews that is out of this world. Alien Worlds at the…

A research team led by Academician GUO Guangcan from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with the research team at the University of Turku, Finland,…

A research team led by Prof. ZENG Jie and Prof. GENG Zhigang from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has designed a tandem catalyst to improve the electroreduction of nitrate…

A new technical career route, aimed at supporting career progression for technicians and celebrating their vital contributions, has been launched at the University of Sheffield. The route aims to tackle the long-standing issues of…

Orchid plants nurture their seedlings via an underground fungal network, new research has revealed.  The Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) is found all over the UK. These orchids produce tiny seeds that can be carried anywhere…

A team of scientists from the USA and UK has used artificial intelligence (AI) to map the activities of seafloor invertebrate animals, such as worms, clams and shrimps, across all the oceans of the world. The research, led by Texas…

Artificial intelligence is being employed in the hunt for a female partner for a critically endangered male plant species that predates dinosaurs. A research project led by the University of Southampton is scouring thousands of acres…