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Academics celebrated in King’s Birthday Honours

16 June, 20252025 Research Staff

Three members of the College community have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List…

University set to host £750m national supercomputer

11 June, 2025AI and Data Science EPCC Research 2025

The University of Edinburgh has been announced as the home of the UK's next national…

University prize for duo’s schools programme on mosquitoes

07 April, 20252025 Biological Sciences Health and Life Research

Two researchers who use the world’s deadliest animal to spark pupils’ interest in biology have won…

College staff announced as Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

07 April, 20252025 Biological Sciences Chemistry GeoSciences Informatics Physics and Astronomy Research

Six College of Science and Engineering staff members have been elected as Fellows of the Royal…

Climate study focused on women and children receives £2m funding boost

23 January, 20252025 Climate and Sustainability Engineering Research

A global research project co-led by scientists at the College of Science and Engineering has…

Quotes from winning nominations

11 December, 2024Staff 2024

Read an edited-down selection of the nominations we received for our College of Science and…

Robots could adapt to high seas to cut green energy costs

04 December, 20242024 Climate and Sustainability Engineering

Underwater robots that can predict waves in real-time could reduce the cost of producing offshore…

Partnership set to boost offshore wind tech

03 December, 2024

Leading scientists and industry experts have joined forces to develop existing and emerging…

Centre to accelerate net-zero buildings for cities

05 November, 2024

An initiative that aims to significantly reduce carbon emissions from densely packed buildings in…

Nobel Prize in Physics for the ‘godfather of AI’, Geoffrey Hinton

08 October, 2024

Professor Geoffrey Hinton, who graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a PhD in Artificial…