Advances in disease outbreak management
The recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa has sparked discussions about how to prevent outbreaks of potentially fatal infectious...
ASCUS Lab: new open-access space for art and science research
In the depths of Summerhall, the organisation ASCUS Art & Science has been developing the UK’s largest publicly accessible...
Aspiring science communication stars prepare for FameLab 2016
Three minutes, no PowerPoints and one fascinating scientific topic—FameLab is back, with a new batch of keen scientists competing...
Sniffing out Parkinson’s disease
A remarkable ability to smell Parkinson’s disease has recently been uncovered by scientists at the University of Edinburgh. Joy...
Animal models may provide insight to emotional memories in humans
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition caused by stressful events, affecting anxiety levels and emotional state....
Early tissue reactions as the key to regeneration after traumatic brain injury?
What’s the difference between humans and zebrafish? Apart from ‘minor’ physical differences and the fact that fish are better...
On the path to understanding endometriosis
Globally, millions of women are suffering in silence from a condition shrouded in ignorance, which physicians often fail to...
Uncovering the origin of fragile skin in Kindler syndrome
The postman rings the doorbell at 9am. When you finally feel brave enough, you open the NHS envelope and...
New enzyme treatment a potential boon to blood banks
An enzyme may be the key to turning any blood type into the universal donor type O. Scientists at...