Solar flares

Researchers from Glasgow and Pune share a place in the Sun.

Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:00:00 BST

Astronomers from Glasgow in Scotland and Pune in India are working together to study eruptions on the Sun, following the renewal of the partnership agreement between the University of Glasgow and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Pune (IISER-Pune).

Nankai JGS - MoU signing with FM

Scotland’s First Minister heralds first joint postgraduate venture between a UK and Chinese university on Chinese soil

Mon, 27 Jul 2015 11:00:00 BST

Scotland’s First Minister has described the inauguration of the University of Glasgow-Nankai University Joint Graduate School – the first postgraduate higher education programme to be set up on a Chinese university campus in partnership with a UK institution – as a tribute to the international standing of her country’s university sector.

Teaching and Learning Building at SGUH

£3.4m boost to precision medicine research in Glasgow

Mon, 27 Jul 2015 06:00:00 BST

The University of Glasgow’s position as a leading centre for the development of precision medicine has been bolstered by the award of £3.4 million.

140 HIE of the year

University of Glasgow picks up prestigious Herald Higher Education Awards

Fri, 17 Jul 2015 13:09:00 BST

The University of Glasgow’s contribution to national life was recognised with three major awards at the inaugural Herald Higher Education Awards last night.

Test tubes

Glasgow joins MRC, GSK and four other UK universities to crack difficult disease areas

Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:00:00 BST

The University of Glasgow is joining forces with the Medical Research Council (MRC), GSK and four other universities to collaborate on a unique open innovation research initiative aimed at improving scientists’ understanding of inflammatory diseases that present a serious burden to patients.

Scientists expect evolutionary changes from loud, bright world

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 13:02:00 BST

Humans take for granted the noise and lights associated with cities and other developments across the landscape. For other creatures, these noisy and bright conditions lead to changes in behavior and activity such as the timing or pitch of a bird song in the morning. Scientists have long recorded these changes and now seek to understand whether these altered environments are driving evolution itself.

Celtic academics from across the world prepare for major international conference

Wed, 08 Jul 2015 14:59:00 BST

The 15th International Congress of Celtic Studies is returning to Scotland for the first time in 20 years.

Old woman hands

Glasgow partners in research project to prevent complications after stroke

Thu, 09 Jul 2015 06:00:00 BST

Scientists from the University of Glasgow have joined forces with colleagues from 17 partner institutions across Europe to assess a strategy for preventing complications after stroke in elderly patients.

140 Bilberries

Nutritional health promotion: the message is not getting across, and terms get hijacked for commercial marketing

Wed, 08 Jul 2015 10:00:00 BST

The general public is confused about how foods provide a mix of nutrients, what the body needs and what a ‘nutritionally balanced’ or nutritionally complete diet is, according to a new study.

X-rays light up the surface of our Sun in a bouquet of colours in this new image containing data from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC/JAXA

Searing Sun seen in X-rays

Wed, 08 Jul 2015 09:00:00 BST

X-rays light up the surface of our Sun in a bouquet of colours in this new image containing data from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR.

Tony Pollard

First World War trench reconstructions coming to Pollok Country Park

Tue, 07 Jul 2015 11:00:00 BST

This summer, Allied and German trench systems from the First World War will be built in Pollok Country Park to create Digging In: World War I trench reconstructions for education and experiment.

Mars

Martian gems could point to evidence of life

Mon, 06 Jul 2015 09:30:00 BST

Scientists have discovered for the first time direct physical evidence of the existence of opals on Mars.

Teaching and Learning Building at SGUH

Her Majesty The Queen officially opens south Glasgow hospitals and Teaching & Learning Centre

Fri, 03 Jul 2015 15:00:00 BST

Her Majesty The Queen has officially opened the new south Glasgow hospitals and Teaching and Learning Centre at a ceremony attended by 300 guests.