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Deepfake detection methods vulnerable to attack

25 March, 20262026 Data, Digital and AI Research

Deepfake images can be easily manipulated to remove ‘AI fingerprints’ making it difficult to…

Artist's impression of deepfake detection

Supercomputer delivers £8 for every £1 spent

18 March, 20262026 Data, Digital and AI Research

The UK’s national supercomputer has delivered an eightfold return on investment to the economy, a…

A close-up image of the ARCHER2 supercomputer, showing a large rack of thick blue and red cables

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

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

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.

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

Cardiac arrest survival in Scotland receives a boost

26 February, 20262026 Future of Health and Care Research

A University of Edinburgh-led partnership designed to improve out-of-hospital cardiac arrest…

First Minister of Scotland John Swinney performs CPR on a model, assisted by Susan Gardner from Save a Life for Scotland

University awarded with national honour for fire safety team

25 February, 2026Research 2026

The University of Edinburgh has received one of the UK’s highest honours for the pioneering and…

(L-R) Their Majesties The King and Queen present Professor Luke Bisby and Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Peter Mathieson with the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education award during a ceremony at at St James’s Palace on Tuesday 24 February.

Mass killing uncovered at ancient burial site

23 February, 20262026 Data, Digital and AI Research

An Iron Age burial site has revealed evidence of an unusual mass killing event of women and…

An artists impression of a burial showing a group of clothed bodies

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