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Professors appointed to the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Eight academics from the University of Glasgow have been honoured in this year’s Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellowship Presentations
Glasgow spin-out technology to reach wider market
Reactivlab, a University of Glasgow spin-out company which specialises in animal health diagnostic technology has been taken over by the Avacta Group.
Glasgow’s Worm Hunter makes book award shortlist
Professor David Crompton's book is one of six nominated for this year’s oddest book title award.
Major conference to discuss the war in Afghanistan
The Scottish Centre for War Studies at the University of Glasgow is marking its fifteenth anniversary by hosting a major international conference to discuss the on-going conflict in Afghanistan.
Two Glasgow researchers awarded fellowships to take expertise to Harvard
Two researchers within the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre have secured research opportunities at Harvard University in the United States.
Alcohol and obesity mix to create deadly liver disease cocktail
Drinkers who are overweight are much more likely to develop deadly liver disease, according to scientists.
Focus on fish as study aims to assess stock levels
Sea anglers, conservationists and scientists have joined forces to investigate novel ways of assessing inshore fish stocks.
Computer scientists play key-role in UK’s first three-way kidney transplants
Computer scientists are playing a key role in the NHS’s living donor kidney transplant programme which saw the first multiple kidney transplants involving three couples take place at the end of last year.
Researchers develop molecular 'LEGO kit' to create nano-cubes
Scientists have devised a molecular 'LEGO toolkit' which can be used to assemble a vast number of new and functional chemical compounds.
Rt Hon David Blunkett MP to speak on Active Citizenship
Former Home Secretary, David Blunkett will deliver the inaugural Crick Memorial Lecture, given in memory of the late Professor Sir Bernard Crick.
Running for Fun - and the Beatson Pebble Appeal
More than 300 runners of all standards joined together this weekend to support the Beatson Pebble Appeal's Run for Fun
Scientists find 'Doublesex' gene key to fruit fly gender
The brains of males and females may be far more different then previously thought, at least in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster
Experts on global powers to gather in Glasgow
Leading experts from across the world will take part in a one-day conference at the University next week to discuss the shifting global power base since the end of the Cold War.
Glasgow to Beijing – the enduring relevance of Adam Smith
Chinese premier Wen Jiabao’s scholarly interest in the work of Adam Smith demonstrates the enduring relevance of one of Glasgow's leading luminaries.
New conservation centre preserves the fabric of the nation
Preserving the fabric of the nation’s treasures for future generations, a new textile conservation centre is to be established at the University of Glasgow.
Remembering the future: Visual cortex saves energy by predicting what it will see
Scientists have discovered the brain saves energy by predicting what it is likely to see.
Principal pays tribute to Nobel Prize-winner Sir James Black
The Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow has paid tribute to Nobel Prize-winner and former Veterinary School lecturer Sir James Black, who died on Monday after a long illness.
Scientists finish space race to deliver vital satellite subsystem to ESA
A major component of a satellite that will test technology for precision gravitational measurements has been delivered to the European Space Agency (ESA) by Glasgow scientists.
What’s next for the health of society?
Website launched to delve deeper into the origins of modern day maladies
Eighteenth century minister’s mathematical theorem helps scientists map out cell signalling pathways
Researchers have successfully exploited statistical inference and mathematical modelling to discover how cells communicate.