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Quantum computing research turbocharged by funding boost

17 March, 20262026 Data, Digital and AI Research

A UK Government investment of £20 million for the University of Edinburgh’s Quantum Software Lab (…

Quantum network. Credit: Yuichiro Chino

Waste plastic turned into Parkinson’s drug

16 March, 20262026 Climate and Environmental Crisis Research

A drug to treat Parkinson’s disease can be made from waste plastic bottles using a pioneering…

Professor Stephen Wallace harvesting engineered bacteria for analysis

Funding boost for innovation campus

13 March, 20262026 Data, Digital and AI

A multi-partner campus that involves the University has been awarded £5 million to accelerate the…

An image of a tidal turbine blade at the FastBlade testing facility, with the University of Edinburgh logo in the background

Teenagers with ADHD at risk of mental ill health

12 March, 20262026 Data, Digital and AI Future of Health and Care Research

Scientists have shed light on some reasons why young people with attention deficit hyperactivity…

Group of school pupils in school uniform

Labs achieve ambitious sustainability award

12 March, 20262026

Laboratories from two University Colleges have been recognised for their exceptional commitment to…

The team from the School of Regeneration and Repair celebrate their Sliver Sustainability Award.

Student sports play to academic strengths

10 March, 20262026

Edinburgh students who engage in regular physical activity achieved eight per cent higher academic…

Edinburgh Sport Hockey Players on the pitch

A statement on our agreement with UCU Edinburgh

09 March, 20262026

A statement from Professor Sir Peter Mathieson, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of…

Trio honoured for transformational obesity treatment

09 March, 20262026 Future of Health and Care Research

Three scientists whose work at different stages led to the development of semaglutide – a…

Individual images of Dr Thomas Kruse, Professor Lotte Bjerre Knudsen and Dr Jesper Lau, who have won the Cameron Prize for Therapeutics.

Moving stories of love & loss at heart of art show

09 March, 20262026

Enormous picture collages, giant earthwork sculptures and photo-realistic watercolours are brought…

An aerial view of Mafolofolo by MADEYOULOOK in the Talbot Rice's Georgian Gallery

NASA robot’s 10-year mission complete

06 March, 20262026 Data, Digital and AI Research

A robot developed by NASA in preparation for missions to Mars is returning to the USA following a…

PhD student Elle Miller (left) and Professor Sethu Vijayakumar (right) standing with the NASA Valkyrie humanoid robot