Aiming to avert a future world water crisis
A team of biologists, chemists and engineers has been awarded £5m in funding to develop innovative solutions that could help safeguard the global supply and treatment of water.
New hope for elephants at risk of deadly virus
Scientists may be a step closer towards developing a vaccine against a virus that is killing scores of Asian elephants – a species already in danger of extinction.
Nanotechnology partnership will boost business
A new partnership between UK leaders in micro- and nanotechnology is offering access to tiny technologies that could bring big benefits for business.
The watery past of Mars
Scientists conducting tests on a 1.7-gram fragment of a Martian meteorite have uncovered the first evidence of water dissolving the surface of Mars.
It’s not getting better: survey finds falling living standards
Initial results from a groundbreaking study have highlighted ways in which people’s experience of life is not meeting what they would consider to be a minimum standard of living in the UK.
Plants inspire new green energy source
The process by which plants convert energy from the Sun’s rays into chemical ‘fuel’ has helped Glasgow scientists to find a new way of generating clean hydrogen power.
Auroras shine light on solar flares
Astrophysicists are looking to the Northern Lights to expand our understanding of huge explosions in the solar system: solar flares.