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Deep Mantle Mass Fund Aneath East Africa
A band o scientists led by Professor Fin Stuart fae the University o Glesga haes unkivert fresh clues on the forces that shape East Africa. Their wark leuked at gases fae the Menengai geothermal field in central Kenya. The study appears in Geophysical Research Letters an lends wecht tae the idea that a vast mass…
Dug an Human Jags tae Stap Rabies Deiths bi 2030
Recent resairch prentit in Vaccine an PLOS Biology unnerscores the critical need for coordinated vaccination efforts agin rabies in baith humans an dugs. The studies shaw that improvin vaccine delivery systems an thorae dug vaccination programs can significantly bring doon rabies deiths, pairticularly in law- an middle-income kintras. A study led by resairchers fae the…
Academic Study at Banff Schuil Gies Howp for Scots Literacy
A research study by Claire Needler o the University o Aiberdeen, published on the 3rd o June 2024, leuks at the factors that hinner Scots literacy development in schuils. Hauden at Banff Academy in North-East Scotland durin the 2018–2019 academic year, the study explores hoo a lack o staundartised orthography, limited exposure tae written Scots,…
Dundee Researchers Probe Deidly Parasite Resistant tae Hame Disinfectants
A research team fae the University o Dundee is investigatin Cryptosporidium—a watterborne parasite that withstaunds common hame cleanin products an poses serious risks tae baith public halth an the fairmin industry. Dr Mattie Christine Pawlowic, a Principal Investigator an Sir Henry Dale Fellow at the varsity’s School o Life Sciences, is leadin the study wi…
Live Brain Cell Study Shaws Toxic Protein Destroys Synaptic Connections
Scientists at the University o Edinburgh hae, for the first time, shawn hoo a dangerous form o amyloid beta—a protein linked tae Alzheimer’s—can stick tae an damage the connections (synapses) atween live brain cells. In a brakthrou study, researchers yaised wee slices o leevin human brain tissue collected durin routine operations an exposed them tae…
Citizen Science Buzz: 700 Mosquito Sichtins Reveal Scotland’s Sleekit Biters
Scientists at the University o Glesga hae logged ower 700 mosquito sichtins aa ower Scotland throu a citizen science project stertit in May 2024. Memmers o the public submitted photaes an bite reports via the Mosquito Scotland wabsite, capturin images fae Dumfries an Gallowa up tae the Shetland Isles—the northernmaist mosquito record in the UK….