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University returns ancestral remains to Ainu people in Japan

30 April, 20252025

The University has repatriated the skulls of three Indigenous Ainu people back to their community…

Mr Okawa Masaru, Executive Director, Ainu Association of Hokkaido with Tetsuya Ogawa and Yoshiyuki Uji holding the skulls during the formal repatriation ceremony

Live brain cell test reveals protein link to Alzheimer’s

30 April, 20252025 Future of Health and Care Research

Scientists using living human brain tissue have shown for the first time how a toxic form of a…

Looking at human brain tissue through a magnifying glass in a laboratory

Satellite set to map health of tropical forests worldwide

29 April, 20252025 Climate and Environmental Crisis Data, Digital and AI Research

A British satellite is set to map the state of the earth’s tropical forests in 3D for the first…

Biomass satellite in space- revealing pillars. Credit: European Space Agency

Teenage years crucial for depression intervention

29 April, 20252025 Future of Health and Care Research

Depression in young teens could be easier to treat than in adulthood due to the symptoms being more…

Teenage boy wearing dark t shirt looking out of bedroom window

Deleted posts on Middle East conflict broke no rules

25 April, 20252025 Data, Digital and AI Research

Hundreds of posts about an outbreak of violence in Israel and Palestine in 2021 that were removed…

Close up shot of a person using a smartphone while sitting at a table

Engineering Biology report showcases Edinburgh expertise

24 April, 20252025 Research

Engineered microbes could produce sustainable supplies of rare metals vital to a range of…

Edinburgh Genome Foundry

ME/CFS cases in England higher than first projected

22 April, 20252025 Future of Health and Care Research

Almost two-thirds more people are living with ME/CFS in England than previously thought, a study…

A teenage girl lies in bed looking out of the window

Award-winning Futures Institute is given royal seal of approval

15 April, 20252025

A stunning, category A-listed former hospital that has been painstakingly transformed into a state-…

HRH Princess Anne (second from right) joins Principal and Vice Chancellor, Professor Sir Peter Mathieson (second from left) to open the Edinburgh Futures Institute

Uni partnership boosts higher education progression

15 April, 20252025

Pupils in Scotland on a unique programme, which aims to improve educational opportunities for young…

Two young students raise their hands in a classroom at IntoUniversity's centre inCraigmillar, Edinburgh

Former astronaut touches down as space hub launched

10 April, 20252025 Data, Digital and AI

A former NASA astronaut has visited the University as it unveils a new hub to bring together…

Former NASA astronaut Kathryn Sullivan addresses an audience of students and staff during her visit to the University