2019

Edinburgh scientists have demonstrated their latest robotics technology developed for the renewable energy sector as part of a multimillion-pound collaboration.

The search for evidence of life on Mars could be helped by fresh insights into ancient rocks on Earth.

Red deer on a Scottish island are providing scientists with some of the first evidence that wild animals are evolving to give birth earlier in the year as the climate warms.

Edinburgh scientists are taking part in the most detailed survey of the Universe ever undertaken.

Lunchtime research talks, open to all. This week: Engineering Biology: programming cells to compute, sense and manufacture with Dr Baojun Wang from the School of Bilogical Sciences.

Putting Edinburgh in Space: developing the University's Space and Satellite innovation programme.

A gardening robot has been developed that can self-navigate and automatically prune roses and trim bushes.

Rising night-time temperatures are causing woodland birds to build nests and lay eggs earlier in springtime, research shows.

The School of Informatic's Dr Vaishak Belle will deliver the first in a new series of 'Academics Unplugged' talks entitled Artificial Intelligence versus Us:
building explainability and ethical responsibility into automated systems.

An Edinburgh spinout whose innovative products could save kidney patients’ lives has raised £2.75m in a new funding deal.

Edinburgh scientists have been awarded £1.4 million to carry out pioneering work on a technology that could aid efforts to decarbonise the UK’s energy sector.

At a cost of £33.5m, work on Engineering Module 1 will commence in spring 2020 and is due to be completed in summer 2022.

It is well established that weakened immune systems in old age affect people’s health and fitness, but a study suggests that it is also an issue for wild animals.

A previously unknown type of light wave has been discovered by researchers, based on the pioneering work of a 19th century Scottish scientist.

On Saturday 28th September 2019, visitors can find examples of architectural developments across the King’s Buildings campus and discover more through our information panels.

Affordable technologies for tuberculosis (TB) testing could help millions of patients in poverty or remote settings.

Bacteria could be used to produce large quantities of medicines and fuels using a new gene programming technique, research suggests.

A vast region of Africa affected by drought and changing land use emits as much carbon dioxide each year as 200 million cars, research suggests.

One quarter of the world’s tropical land could disappear by the end of the century unless meat and dairy consumption falls, researchers have warned.

North Sea oil and gas rigs could be modified to pump vast quantities of carbon dioxide emissions into rocks below the seabed, research shows.

Insights into how minute, yet powerful, bubbles form and collapse on underwater surfaces could help make industrial structures such as ship propellers more hardwearing, research suggests.

The College of Science and Engineering presents an evening celebration of two distinctive research areas including public lectures, displays and interactive activities, as well as live music.

Astronauts are to test the world’s first space mining devices, in an advance that could open up a new frontier in exploring the universe.

Researchers from Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt Universities have proposed a new research agenda in which artists and scientists come together, called Experiential AI.

The Centre supports the delivery of data science education, data skills development training, and data understanding across the University

Artificial skin produced using nanoscale technology could improve wound recovery for patients with burns or skin grafts.

Making minor changes to how food is produced, supplied and consumed around the world could free up around a fifth of agricultural land, research suggests.

The European Space Agency's latest mission will visit a comet from the very edge of our Solar System.

New analysis suggests a natural origin for our first observed interstellar visitor, ‘Oumuamua

Dr Antonis Giannopoulos from the School of Engineering is part of an international team of scientists that will advance the search for water on Mars.

Carbon dioxide emissions can be captured and securely stored beneath deep-seated and impermeable underground rocks, new research shows.

Students and staff in the School of Chemistry are marking having saved one million pairs of disposable gloves from landfill.

Uncharted regions of the Atlantic will be mapped for the first time as marine scientists assess its health.

An interactive touchscreen display has been installed in the Bayes Centre foyer, providing further information about the NASA Valkyrie.

Extreme erosion of Arctic coastlines in a changing climate – up to a metre a day – has been revealed with drone surveys.

Four University scientists have been awarded government fellowships to help them become leaders in research and innovation, three are from the College of Science and Engineering.

Unusual rocks discovered on a remote mountainside have alerted Edinburgh scientists to the dangers posed by a little-studied type of volcano.

Software developed by researchers from the School of Engineering is to be included in a prestigious mentoring programme.

First joint workshop will strengthen existing links between Edinburgh and Japan

A new network has been launched to bring together the world’s leading biofoundries to drive forward synthetic biology research.

A major research collaboration is to investigate key factors that limit people’s chances to live longer, healthier lives.

A discovery of how stem cells are protected from viruses could inform the development of therapies for use in medicine, research suggests.

The science of what makes good chocolate has been revealed by researchers studying a 140-year-old mixing technique.

A new relative of Tyrannosaurus rex has been identified by a team of palaeontologists including Edinburgh researchers.

Measures to reduce air pollution could affect the severity of heatwaves in coming decades, a study suggests.

On 29 April, the University of Edinburgh Court gave the approval for a major new £48m development at the heart of the King’s Buildings Campus.

New findings about a fatal form of blood cancer could aid the development of new drugs with significantly less harmful side effects than existing chemotherapy.

The early arrival of spring in parts of the Arctic is driven by winter snow melting sooner than in previous decades and by rising temperatures, research suggests.

Professor Peter Higgs will celebrate his 90th birthday in May this year, and the School of Physics and Astronomy is planning a year of special events to mark this occasion.

A process that cells use to unravel knotted strands of DNA – resembling a method used to control climbing ropes – has been uncovered by scientists.

An animal’s choice of mate can be influenced by its diet as it reaches sexual maturity, research has shown.

The University’s annual prize for engaging the public with science has been awarded to palaeontologist Dr Steve Brusatte.

The University of Edinburgh’s DNA sequencing facility has received an internationally-recognised accreditation to mark the quality of its genome analysis services.

Young people in Scotland’s poorest neighbourhoods are increasingly likely to encounter tobacco products in their area, a study suggests.

Conservationists broadly agree on goals for protecting the natural world – but not how to move towards them, a survey shows.

Scientists have discovered a new state of physical matter in which atoms can exist as both solid and liquid simultaneously.

A newly identified species of 150 million-year-old marine crocodile has given insights into how a group of ancient animals evolved.

Experts from across the University are sharing their knowledge with audiences at the annual Edinburgh Science Festival.

A fascinating free new exhibition – part of a year-long series of events - opens in Edinburgh aiming to establish Charles Piazzi Smyth’s place in Edinburgh’s history.

Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest could accelerate as a result of the US-China trade war, researchers have warned.

A smartphone device could help millions of people avoid drinking water contaminated by arsenic.

Scientists have revealed the precise molecular mechanisms that cause drops of liquid to combine, in a discovery that could have a range of applications.

Striking traits seen only in males of some species – such as colourful peacock feathers or butterfly wings – are partly explained by gene behaviour, research suggests.

Dr Amy Wilson from the Centre for Statistics, School of Mathematics delivers our next Academics Unplugged talk looking at traces of cocaine on banknotes.

The University is to host a panel discussion with members of the world’s leading group of climate scientists on Wednesday 3 April 2019.

ARREST project receives €4.5M of funding.

Marine pollution, including fragments of fishing equipment and tiny pieces of plastic, have been found inside animals living on Scotland’s only inshore deep-water coral reef.

A £2.4 million engineering research facility will seek to speed the development of materials and structures for tidal energy, transport and other industries.

Experiments conducted at extreme conditions are giving scientists new insights into the chemical make-up of the Earth’s core.

The University is to host a £79 million national supercomputer that will be five times quicker than the UK’s current capabilities.

Dr Job Thijssen, from the School of Physics & Astronomy will present his talk - Soft materials for energy applications: how squidgy materials can help make better batteries.

Scientists are rethinking a major milestone in animal evolution, after gaining fresh insights into how life on Earth diversified millions of years ago.

Scientists have shed light on how healthy cells develop by identifying the role of key molecules involved.

Dr Lara Kalnins leads a interdisciplinary study investigating how warm materials, rising from deep in the Earth's mantle, negotiate subducted tectonic plates and how this affects the volcanic events we see on the surface.

Postgraduate programmes in artificial intelligence at the University are being supported as part of a package of funding announced by the UK Government.

The security of smart domestic appliances that can be managed remotely must be improved to better protect users’ privacy, research suggests.

Professor Evelyn Telfer, from the Institute of Cell Biology and CDBS at the School of Biological Sciences will present her talk - Lab grown human eggs: a new way to preserve fertility.

This January, two students from the School of Engineering travelled to Harbin Engineering University in China to compete in a world-famous ice and snow sculpture competition as part of a multidisciplinary University team.

Global climate change targets are unlikely to be met because of delays in changes to land use, Edinburgh researchers say.

A wave energy technology is being developed that could help generate low-cost electricity for thousands of houses.

Model owls roosting in parks are to be equipped with Wi-Fi hotspots to help experts better understand how the spaces are used.

A first-year University student has become an online sensation, offering expert advice on DIY robotics and computer programming.

A study of the Universe involving Edinburgh physicists could help to improve global security.

China-UK Low Carbon College (LCC) won the award for Innovation in Education at the China-Scotland Business Council Awards. 

A head-on collision between distant worlds led to the formation of an iron-rich planet nearly ten times as heavy as Earth, a study shows.

Three training centres are to equip PhD students with skills to tackle key challenges in engineering and the physical sciences.

The latest in our series of lunchtime research lectures will see Professor Jason Reese from the School of Engineering deliver his talk: 'A World in a Grain of Sand': why the particular matters.

Our Health projects create community-based research that invites local communities to set real-world research questions and agendas around health and wellbeing.

Rocks in the seabed off the UK coast could provide long-term storage locations for renewable energy production, new research suggests.

University scientists are to collaborate with three major Japanese research institutes on artificial intelligence and robotics.

The Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability are running an afternoon workshop for interested staff and students within the College of Science and Engineering

Gardens and allotments in towns and cities are a haven for insects that help plants to flourish, research has shown.

Analysis of the skulls of lions, wolves and hyenas has helped scientists uncover how prehistoric dogs hunted 40 million years ago.