The Million Pound Brain Prize: Edinburgh University Researcher Celebrated as 2020 Prizewinner
Professor Sir Adrian Bird, University of Edinburgh Fundamental and pioneering. This is how the selection committee for the prestigious and...
Category: Research in Edinburgh
Changing the perception of distance
HYPED is the University of Edinburgh’s Hyperloop Team, dedicated to developing the world’s fifth mode of transport. The Hyperloop concept,...
New evidence suggests climate change is affecting animal behavior
Image credit: Prem Sichanugrist via Flickr Weather and climate have a significant influence on life on Earth. Weather is the...
The rediscovery of a prehistoric crocodile species
Image credit: Sven Sachs via UoE Media Two and a half centuries after their discovery, the fossil remains of a...
Mapping the human synaptome: the origins of thought?
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences via Flickr The field of neuroscience has grown exponentially since it began. From the...
J.K. Rowling Donates £15.3 Million to Multiple Sclerosis Research
Image credit: Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic Author J.K. Rowling has recently donated £15.3 million to research at the University...
Scale of suicides by pesticide poisoning revealed by new study
Credit: wiredforlego via Flikr According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), pesticide self-poisoning is one of the most frequent means...
Protein power: Dementia study reinforces role of damaging proteins in Alzheimer’s disease
Andy Pipa via Flickr A study, led by Professor Tara-Spires Jones at the University of Edinburgh, has elucidated the role...
Research reveals how the body can detect cancerous cells
Image Credit: NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center via Flickr Cancer is a group of diseases characterised by excessive cell division...