Category: Technology

The projects are designed to stimulate exciting new interdisciplinary research. Treatment for bile duct cancer, degradation of toxic organic pollutants, historical accounts that inform marine ecosystem management, and techniques to protect children’s digital data are among the breakthrough projects being funded. Additionally, the second round of funding is launching today with a further £32.5 million […]

Some people assume that there’s a type of beauty that everyone can agree on. But did early humans really admire slender bodies the way we do today? After all, fashions come and go – there’s been plenty of fads throughout history that we find hard to understand today. The UK’s deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, […]

Further information The projects Sensing NO2 emissions to evaluate net zero initiatives (SNEEZI) Project lead: University of Edinburgh Funding amount: £498,916 Avoiding the worst impacts of climate change relies on measuring and reducing emissions of atmospheric greenhouse gases, including nitrogen dioxide (NO2). SNEEZI is a novel instrument designed to measure NO2 at high resolution from […]

Your heart starts racing, your mouth goes dry and sweat beads on your forehead. We’ve all been there, caught in a moment of stress. When you encounter a situation that threatens your safety, your brain must make a critical decision – how to react to the danger at hand. This is a phenomenon my colleagues […]

More than 2 billion people around the world do not have access to safe, uncontaminated drinking water. Around 418 million of them live in African countries. The problem is most acute in rural communities, where people’s primary water sources are rivers, lakes and hand-dug wells, which are often contaminated with harmful pathogens. This contamination is […]

In a concerning development, Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has agreed to pay a staggering $6.625 million to settle claims by advertisers that the platform had been overcharging them by presenting inflated user engagement metrics for video advertisements. This settlement, which requires the approval of a U.S. magistrate judge, has shaken the foundation of trust between LinkedIn and […]

One of my favourite summer pastimes is enjoying a cold beer in a bar with friends after work. But not just any beer – it has to be a lager. And I am not alone. With its crisp and refreshing profile, lager accounts for more than 90% of the global beer market. However, all lager […]

The start of the new English Premier League (EPL) football season is seeing further changes to the way VAR (the video assistant referee) is operated. VAR was introduced to the EPL in 2019 in an attempt to reduce the number of incorrect refereeing decisions, including offsides – but its use is still much criticised. Video […]

Warfare is no longer confined to physical battlefields. In the digital age, a new front has emerged – cyberspace. Here, countries clash not with bullets and bombs, but with lines of code and sophisticated malware. One of the most recent examples came to light in May this year, when an estimated 270,000 payroll records belonging […]

People have pondered whether dreams have a purpose throughout human history. Modern scientists are fascinated with this question too. For a long time the science of dreams has oscillated between fringe research and the mainstream. But creative study designs and new technology are transforming it into an exciting and serious research niche. Here are four […]