Heriot-Watt University

Students from Harper Adams are celebrating after securing two of the top three places in The Royal Entomological Society’s 2021 RES Student Awards.The annual competition challenges students to write an 800-word essay in English, on an…

Quantum technology has the potential to transform how we live, from next-generation communication networks to quantum computers and better, cheaper medicines.Now, a Heriot-Watt researcher has received funding to help solve a potential…

The Medical Device Manufacturing Centre (MDMC) at Heriot-Watt University, led by Professor Duncan Hand and managed by Professor Marc Desmulliez, has been shortlisted for an accolade at this year’s Herald Higher Education Awards in the…

A laser-textured friction disc could reduce maintenance costs and downtime for the biggest ships sailing on the oceans. Man Energy Solutions tested laser-textured friction discs on its two-stroke engines on two ships sailing from Europe…

The Middle East and North Africa is currently faced with the challenge of diversifying energy sources away from oil and gas, reducing CO2 emissions, while at the same time meeting the needs of growing populations and expanding economies.…

In a new study never conducted before in the UK, researchers at Heriot-Watt University will undertake a comprehensive review of the television viewing habits of British Sign Language users.At present, most television programmes are…

During COP26 in Scotland last year, the World Economic Forum, in collaboration with Accenture and Electric Power Research Institute, launched the initiative Transitioning Industrial Clusters towards Net Zero in a bid to accelerate the…

The British Academy today announces that the third and final hub of its Early-Career Researcher (ECR) Network – a two-year pilot programme for UK-based postdoctoral researchers in the humanities and social sciences – will be in…

The global fashion sector, mainly the apparel and footwear industry, produced more greenhouse gases than France, Germany, and the UK combined in 2018, around 2.1 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions – approximately four percent of total global…

Heriot-Watt ranked in 16 subjects and three subject groups and are in the top 200 worldwide for five subjects: Mathematics, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Petroleum Engineering. The QS World University…