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Report spotlights a sinister side to dating apps

09 April, 20252025 Data, Digital and AI Research

Child sex offenders are using online dating sites at high rates and may be trying to gain access to…

 A man using an online dating app

Europe's largest AI chip cluster drives innovation

08 April, 20252025 Data, Digital and AI

The University, in partnership with Cerebras Systems, has started service on a powerful new…

Computer chip systems at EPCC

Rugby tackle height change boosting player safety

08 April, 20252025 Data, Digital and AI Future of Health and Care Research

Lowering the tackle height in men’s rugby has successfully reduced the rate of head collisions…

An example of a Men’s Premiership tackle (Edinburgh Academical ‘Accies’ versus Kelso)

Edinburgh named the UK's leading AI city

04 April, 20252025 Data, Digital and AI

Scotland’s capital ranked among top AI-powered cities of the future, a new report finds.

An aerial view of Edinburgh

University prize for duo’s schools programme on mosquitoes

03 April, 20252025

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

Photo of Dr Aidan O’Donnell and Dr Petra Schneider, winners of the 2025 Tam Dalyell Prize

T. rex ancestors mingled on Scottish island, footprints show

02 April, 20252025

Despite being prehistoric predator and prey, massive meat-eating and plant-eating dinosaurs drank…

Meat-eating megalosaurs and plant-eating  sauropods mingle at site reconstruction. 'A Hidden Place'. Credit- Tone Blakesley and Scott Reid

Inner and outer space to be explored at Science Festival

02 April, 20252025

Listen to galaxies, help create a new language and discover how light and lasers are transforming…

A festival volunteer helps a young boy perform a simple scientific experiment at the Edinburgh Science Festival

Pupils experience hands-on hospitality

01 April, 20252025

The University has partnered with a local high school to give pupils hands-on hospitality…

Plate of food and place mat as prepared by pupils from Gracemount High School

Fish use sharks as shields to ambush prey, study reveals

27 March, 20252025 Research animal research

Scientists have revealed for the first time that some fish sneak up on their prey by hiding behind…

Shadowing behavior displayed by blue runner fish hiding below a sandbar shark before attacking prey. Lampione island, Central Mediterranean sea. Credit: Rocco Canella

Early life factors drive obesity risk

26 March, 20252025 Future of Health and Care Research

Factors beyond a person’s control, such as socioeconomic status or maternal smoking, can influence…

A baby's hand is seen gripping its mother's little finger