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A team of Edinburgh students has won the UK’s first driverless race car competition.

Experts are developing a satellite-based system to vastly improve monitoring and forecasting of extreme weather and natural disasters anywhere in the world.

Animals who share the task of parenting do a better job than parents who do so on their own, according to a study of insects.

Cave-dwelling corals in the Mediterranean can work alongside one another to catch and eat stinging jellyfish, a study reveals.

Tiny creatures that lived in the dark – either underground or below the sea floor – were the dominant life forms on Earth for much of the planet’s history, a study suggests.

Scientists have discovered fresh insights into the metallic core at the centre of our planet.

Scientists are monitoring one of the world’s most active volcanoes to study the link between earthquakes and eruptions.

Animals that are inbred make mistakes in response to changes in their surroundings, which threatens their survival, research has found.

A leading volcanologist from the University's School of GeoSciences is working with authorities in Guatemala to produce a crisis hazard map in the wake of the Fuego volcano eruption.

A study of intense starbursts is changing researchers’ ideas about cosmic history.

University researchers are helping to develop smart robots to quickly shift goods in warehouses or assembly lines.

Iron-rich rocks near ancient lake sites on Mars could hold vital clues that show life once existed there, research suggests.

Fresh insight into how the brain responds to medically induced cooling could inform treatments for head injuries and conditions such as stroke.

Edinburgh scientists are to benefit from a £1.4 million investment in leading edge technology to study materials and molecular structures.

Professors Polly Arnold and Wenfei Fan have been elected as fellows to the Royal Society.

A 180 million-year-old fossil has shed light on how some ancient crocodiles evolved into dolphin-like animals.

Edinburgh researchers are part of a £20 million project to understand how quickly a massive Antarctic glacier could collapse.

Edinburgh researchers are helping to create the most accurate map of the galaxy to date.

The hatching of woodland birds is falling out of sync with availability of insects on which they feed as springs become increasingly warmer, research shows.

Infants in some of the world’s poorest regions are vulnerable to a common worm parasite infection and their treatment should become a priority, according to a study.

Following an international competition, Jason Reese, Regius Professor of Engineering and Susan Rosser, Professor of Synthetic Biology have been awarded prestigious Chairs in Emerging Technologies by the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng).

Emoji characters with adapted skin tones are used positively and are rarely abused, a study of Twitter posts has shown.

Scientists have created a new method to measure the amount of dark matter at the centre of tiny dwarf galaxies.

Dozens of giant footprints discovered on a Scottish island are helping shed light on an important period in dinosaur evolution.

Seabirds may struggle to find food for their chicks as they are unable to shift their breeding seasons as the climate warms, a study suggests.

A team of Edinburgh students has won the top prize in a UK-wide cyber security skills competition.

Animals that carry a physical impediment can work harder to rear their young as a result, a study of insects has shown.

A new approach by Scottish and Chinese scientists could enable large-scale storage of carbon dioxide emissions in China.

As part of the Adacemics Unplugged series, Dr Korin Richmond from the School of Informatics will deliver a short lunchtime talk entitled 'Seeing speech: ultrasound imaging for child speech therapy'

Innovative sound technology is set to reveal how city dwellers might better tune in to the natural world around them.

How much water flows through a river has little influence over long-term changes to its course and the surrounding landscape, a study of waterfalls shows.

Malaria infections might be brought under control by managing the eating habits of infected people or animals, according to a new study.

Researchers use genetically modified bacteria to produce light-induced patterns as a potential route for engineering smart materials.

Lightning may strike less often in future across the globe as the planet warms, a scientific study suggests.

Human eggs have been fully grown in a laboratory, in a move that could lead to improved fertility treatments.

Optical Imaging: From Glass to Humans

Potentially harmful levels of the air pollutant ozone are present in many regions around the world, a widespread study has shown.

A research project funded by the Chief Scientist’s Office (Scotland) is to investigate the effectiveness of image analysis techniques in predicting side effects of radiotherapy treatment for patients with head and neck cancer.

New insights into the unusual way in which lice reproduce could be key to managing outbreaks of the common pest.

Devices used to manage accounts on the innovative payment system Bitcoin could be improved to provide better protection against hackers, research suggests.

It has been a biological mystery for over 100 years and stimulated fierce debate amongst scientists. How do cells package long, tangled strands of chromosomes into tightly compact structures before cell division. A remarkable new study published in Science has revealed the answer. Professor Bill Earnshaw explains how he tackled this problem and why collaboration was the key to success.

Exotic pine tree species planted next to native Scots Pine forests should be removed to limit the risk of disease to native trees, new research suggests.

Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa (TIBA): Why all the hype?

New understanding of unusually large ocean waves could help inform the design of oil platforms and other offshore structures.

It is with immense sadness that we have learned of the passing of our dear colleague, Jon Oberlander.

A lack of specialist waste treatment facilities could limit the development of fracking in the UK, research suggests.

A £3.8 million funding boost will advance the development of next generation medical devices that monitor disease deep inside the lungs.

Vast quantities of medicines and renewable fuels could be produced by algae using a new gene-editing technique, a study suggests.

A 530-million-year-old fossil contains what could be the oldest eye ever discovered, a study reveals.

Joshua Green, Harvey Stocks, Wojciech Nawrocki and Antonio Guterres have won the Scottish University Cyber Challenge.

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