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Cancer Research Centre named as appeal breaks £8m

As the £10m Beatson Pebble Appeal breaks through the £8m mark, the name of the new translational research centre has been announced.

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Driving Detroit: The Quest for R-E-S-P-E-C-T in Motown

World-renowned authority on urban regeneration, Professor George Galster is to deliver a free public lecture on the lessons we can learn from the Detroit experience.

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Bestselling author appointed writer-in-residence

Award-winning novelist Louise Welsh has been appointed writer-in-residence at The Glasgow School of Art and the University of Glasgow.

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Rising summer ocean temperatures may mean fewer plankton for fish to feed on, study reveals

Summer temperatures in the waters of the North Atlantic have been increasing since 1353, reducing the abundance of plankton – a key source of food for cod.

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Engineers produce the world's smallest Christmas card

University of Glasgow engineers have made the world's smallest Christmas card using nano technology

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University to dim the lights for Stargazing Live event

The lights illuminating the iconic tower of the University of Glasgow will be switched off to give star-gazers a clearer view of the night sky on January 4.

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'Facebook' of 12th Century Scotland

The most comprehensive database ever compiled of any European kingdom’s inhabitants in the central middle ages is to be published online.

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Scientists squeeze more than 1,000 cores on to computer chip

Scientists at the University of Glasgow have created an ultra-fast 1,000-core computer processor.

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