Tower and main building from Dumbarton Road
Tower and main building from Dumbarton Road

Living in a stressful neighbourhood is biologically ageing

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 07:48:00 BST

Research used telomeres - part of people's DNA which gives a measure of "miles on the clock"

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Singer 700

After the Factory – do you remember the Singer Sewing Machine Factory?

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 17:23:00 BST

Researchers want to interview people who worked in the Singer sewing machine factory in Clydebank that closed in 1980.

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UofG and Leuphana University of Luneburg celebrate new partnership

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 12:51:00 BST

European Centre for Advanced Studies is launched officially

A view of Glasgow including the Hydro, University Tower and Science Centre, taken from the Library.
A view of Glasgow including the Hydro, University Tower and Science Centre, taken from the Library.

Health claims on packaging for many foods marketed to UK kids are "confusing’"

Thu, 04 Apr 2019 17:28:00 BST

Stricter regulations on food labelling and product content needed, urge researchers

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Matt Brennan 700

Music consumption has unintended economic and environmental costs

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 10:00:00 BST

The cost of listening to recorded music has never been lower - but the environmental cost has never been higher

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People under 40 diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes face excess risk of heart disease

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 13:00:00 BST

The excess cardiovascular risks were more pronounced in younger women with Type 2 diabetes

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Campus

Middle-aged men with multimorbidity at greatest risk of death

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 01:00:00 BST

Multimorbidity has a greater impact on risk of all causes of death in middle aged men, as opposed to older populations.

Prof Dame Anna Dominiczak appointed MRC Health Innovation Champion

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 14:58:00 BST

Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak, Vice Principal and Head of the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences (MVLS) has been appointed as Medical Research Council (MRC) Heath Innovation Champion.

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Chemistry student in lab

Genetic study reveals how gut bacteria work to keep us healthy

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:00:00 BST

An international team of scientists, led by the University of Glasgow, have announced a new advance in our understanding of how bacteria in our gut can provide positive health benefits.

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Trix the T.rex arrival - Fred and Skeleton 700 x 300

Trix the T. rex arrives in Glasgow

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 14:00:00 BST

Organisers have give access to the dinosaur build for an exciting preview of the T.rex skeleton

Madge Easton Anderson, Daily Record 16 December 1920 - Courtesy of The Mitchell Library, Glasgow Size 700 x 300
Madge Easton Anderson, Daily Record 16 December 1920 - Courtesy of The Mitchell Library, Glasgow Size 700 x 300

Female legal stories will celebrate the centenary of women in law

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 09:00:00 BST

Legal professionals and schoolchildren are at the University of Glasgow today to help celebrate 100 years of women in law.

Trix with Gallery Assistant Holly Ross at Official Opening of T.rex in Town exhibition in Glasgow Kelvin Hall
Trix with Gallery Assistant Holly Ross at Official Opening of T.rex in Town exhibition in Glasgow Kelvin Hall

Trix the T. rex is ready for her big Glasgow reveal

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 09:00:00 BST

Trix the Tyrannosaurus rex is all ready to meet Scottish and UK audiences at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow.

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Campus View Aerial 700 x 300

UofG WW2 aviator remembered through bequest to help researchers

Thu, 18 Apr 2019 09:00:00 BST

Now, nearly 80 years after Glaswegian Hugh Harvey Mooney enrolled at Glasgow, his memory is being honoured by his family as they help students and early career researchers attend a conflict archaeology conference at UofG.

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Evidence of heart injury in ‘healthy’ people may lead to more effective treatment

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 10:00:00 BST

New evidence of heart injury found in apparently healthy people could help pave the way for better long-term monitoring and personalised approaches to treatment

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UofG researcher shares in £20m funding for "engineering global visionaries"

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 09:51:00 BST

Professor Daniele Faccio is one of nine Chairs in Emerging Technologies to be funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Low angle of the University of Glasgow cloisters - day
Low angle of the University of Glasgow cloisters - day

Music and mindful music listening may improve stroke recovery

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:34:00 BST

Music and mindful music listening may help people who have suffered strokes recover their impaired cognitive abilities more effectively, new research suggests.

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CWIC exterior 700

High-Tech Innovation Campus to be ‘Shipbuilding Industry of 21st Century’

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 10:08:00 BST

University to create Scotland’s ‘Silicon Valley on the Clyde’

Robert McCreadie (right) from Dumbarton, who runs the Model Making Group at Erksine; S3 pupil Calan Mulgrew, Clydebank High School; Steve Wyllie, an Army veteran and who is involved in the Model Making Group at Erskine; Professor Tony Pollard, and Evonne McCord, a Royal Enginnering Reserves Veteran and Activities Co-ordinator at the Erskine Activities Centre Photo credit Martin Shields
Robert McCreadie (right) from Dumbarton, who runs the Model Making Group at Erksine; S3 pupil Calan Mulgrew, Clydebank High School; Steve Wyllie, an Army veteran and who is involved in the Model Making Group at Erskine; Professor Tony Pollard, and Evonne McCord, a Royal Enginnering Reserves Veteran and Activities Co-ordinator at the Erskine Activities Centre Photo credit Martin Shields

Tickets go on sale to the public today to see the biggest ever historical table top war game.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 08:00:00 BST

The event, in aid of the charity for military veterans Waterloo Uncovered, will see 22,000 28mm figures fielded on purpose-built tables recreating the 1815 Belgium battlefield

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HERMES

€8m research project aims to develop new 'cure' for epilepsy

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 10:30:00 BST

A new European research project which aims to heal epilepsy by regenerating brain tissue and ‘training’ neurons is getting underway.

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KeziaDugdale700

New Director of John Smith Centre for Public Service appointed

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 12:20:00 BST

New Director of John Smith Centre for Public Service appointed

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Campus

Ground-breaking disease detection tech gets £6.5m EU funding boost

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:00:00 BST

A potentially life-saving project which is using nanotechnology in the early detection of disease is one of a number of exciting research projects to receive a £6.5m grant from the European Union.

Low angle of the University of Glasgow cloisters - day
Low angle of the University of Glasgow cloisters - day

Music and mindful music listening may improve stroke recovery

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:34:00 BST

Music and mindful music listening may help people who have suffered strokes recover their impaired cognitive abilities more effectively, new research suggests.