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Tiny gold probes discovered to help diagnose disease »

Gold Probe

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have developed a technique that could potentially reduce deaths from blood clotting and thrombosis. Each year 25,000 people die from clotting and related blood problems in the United Kingdom. Dr Colin Campbe...

Wed 21 Apr 2010 by Emma Garthwaite | Read more »

Android football team kicks off Science Festival in style »

Android FC

A group of researchers from the University of Edinburgh have created a team of football-playing robots. Created at the university's School of Informatics, 'Android FC' was showcased as part of the annual International Science Festival. “RoboCup...

Tue 20 Apr 2010 by Adam Bell | Read more »

Research pinpoints speech recognition errors »

Phone voice recognition

A study carried out by scientists at the University of Edinburgh may help improve automated ticket booking lines by analysing regional dialects. The research focussed on finding the most frequent speech recognition errors currently made by automated p...

Wed 17 Mar 2010 by Ishbel Eunson | Read more »

The secrets of bird sex revealed »

University of Edinburgh scientists have discovered why some chickens are half male and half female, a question that has remained unanswered until now. Their "revolutionary" findings have been published in the prestigious journal Nature. The phenomeno...

Wed 17 Mar 2010 by Chris Grainger | Read more »

Study shows Aspirin risks can outweigh benefits »

Aspirin (I-33)

The use of Aspirin as a preventative medicine could in fact be damaging to a healthy body a new study led by the University of Edinburgh has shown. The research showed that taking Aspirin on a daily basis in order to reduce the risk of heart troubles ...

Mon 15 Mar 2010 by Adam Bell | Read more »

New research creates quicker and safer way of testing DNA »

DNA Portrait-oriented

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have developed a chemical DNA test that could be used to pinpoint diseases born of genetic mutations. The test differs from other DNA tests that use biological enzymes as reagents. Based on chemical analysis,...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Zachary Laporte | Read more »

Fresh study into Fragile X syndrome provides insights into developmental disorders »

Fragile X syndrome

Research into Fragile X syndrome, the leading known cause of autism, has discovered that abnormalities which occur during brain development may explain why people with the condition experience extreme hypersensitivity. The study was carried out by s...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Ishbel Eunson | Read more »

Violence against women is 'acceptable', say Glasgow pupils »

Domestic Violence

School children believe it is acceptable to hit women in certain situations according to a small scale study by Edinburgh Napier University. Examples of permissible violence included where a woman had an affair, or failed to have dinner ready on time....

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Adam Bell | Read more »

Edinburgh researchers make string of autism breakthroughs »

Autism Ribbon

University of Edinburgh (UoE) researchers have published important new findings on autism and related disorders in the prestigious Nature and Molecular Cell journals. The first, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBS...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Chris Grainger | Read more »

Napier in Hong Kong biofuel centre partnership »

Hong Kong biofuel centre partnership

A new partnership between Edinburgh Napier University and City University Hong Kong (CityU) will see the opening of the first Biofuel Research Centre in the Chinese city. The centre in Hong Kong will be a mirror of the existing facility at Edinburgh N...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Adam Bell | Read more »

Fertility study measures speed of our biological clock »

New evidence suggests a woman’s egg supply peaks some 20 weeks after conception, while still in the womb, and gradually declines for around 50 years, according to a study published in an online science journal. The collaborative project between ...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Neil Bennett | Read more »

HW graduate helps create award-winning business partnership »

Prof. James Ritchie

An Edinburgh academic and the world-leading Scottish alloy recycling firm, Caledonian Alloys, have been awarded a prestigious award for best 'Knowledge Transfer Partnership' (KTP) in Scotland. Professor James Ritchie, Mechanical Engineer of the School...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Chris Grainger | Read more »

Edinburgh's university collections made available online »

Culture Grid

The University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University will be among several Scottish institutions joining a partnership with the Collections Trust to make their collections available online. The Culture Grid is a project run by the Collections Trust,...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Chris Grainger | Read more »

UoE researchers in genetic diabetes breakthrough »

Diabetes breakthrough

A new set of genes which further explain the causes of late-onset diabetes have been discovered by Edinburgh University researchers. An international team of scientists from 174 medical research centres contributed to one of the largest genetic studies...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Adam Bell | Read more »

Women living the bachelor life better than men »

Boys Flat

Men who live alone are more likely to suffer social problems than women according to a study by University of Edinburgh researchers. In recent years, there has been an increasing trend in the proportion of those choosing to live alone. Over two years,...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Rosalind Brown | Read more »

University-supported firm signs major Chinese deal »

A biotech company launched through the University of Edinburgh in 2007 has signed a multi-million partnership agreement with China’s biggest cosmetic and pharmaceutical company, Sinopharm. Burdica Biomed, which produces a personal lubricant that...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Ashley Buchan | Read more »

'Minority Report' tech becomes a reality at Napier »

Minority Report Tech

Edinburgh Napier University have launched a sci-fi look boardroom that is inspiring comparisons to Minority Report and Bond film Quantum of Solace. The £150,000 boardroom, or Interactive Communication Environment, comprises five multi-touch scre...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Zachary Laporte | Read more »

Heriot-Watt to lead European astrochemistry consortium »

Heriot Watt consortium

A Heriot-Watt academic has helped secure a £5.5 million (€6.1 million) funding award for a Europe-wide, cross-disciplinary research consortium into the formation of stars and, potentially, the origins of life The university is to lead LASSI...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Chris Grainger | Read more »

Amazon: the modern-day Gutenberg? »

The Amazon Kindle is a device that is changing the way books are read. Amazon recently announced that electronic book sales have overtaken physical book sales in its US market as of Christmas day 2009. It's been billed as world changing in the history...

Wed 20 Jan 2010 by Chris Grainger | Read more »

Edinburgh study shows cannabis spray relieves pain »

Edinburgh study shows cannabis spray relieves pain

A University of Edinburgh research team hopes that a cannabis-based spray may be used alongside traditional pain removers after a study showed the spray reduced pain by 30 per cent. The spray would be used in cases where traditional analgesics such as...

Wed 20 Jan 2010 by Zachary Palmer Laporte | Read more »

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