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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….

Scientists at the University o Glesga hae fund that human waste micht form rock in juist decades, cowpin ower oor age-auld view o the rock cycle. Researchers studied an industrial waste deposit alang the Cumbrian coast at Derwent Howe, aince hame tae iron an steel foondries. Ower its industrial past, 27 million cubic metre o…

A new study in the Bulletin o the Warld Halth Organisation warns that the single-yaise design o lateral flow tests has led tae an unseen waste o plastic. Researchers fae Heriot-Watt University an the University o Edinburgh leuked hard at 21 COVID-19 test kits an fund that ilka kit yaises atween sax an near 40…

Researchers fae Heriot-Watt University hiv fund that mair nor hauf o the vessels operatin in Scotland’s coastal watters are missed by staundart trackin systems. The study shaws that anely 43% o ships ithin 10 km o the coast braidcast an Automatic Identification System (AIS) signal—the common tuil yaised warldwide for tae track ship muivements. Based…

Scientists fae Scotland, Sooth Korea, an India hiv yaised waste gum fae Indian trees tae forge a greener peth for supercapacitors. They’v combined gum kondagogu—a polysaccharide fae the bark o the Cochlospermum Gossypium tree—wi sodium alginate tae form a spoonge-like substance kent as “KS.” This new biopolymer is added tae the acidic electrolyte fund in…

Three emergin tech projects fae the University o Glesga hae bin chosen tae jine a UK government-backed programme for new semiconductor companies. The programme is rin bi SiliconCatalyst.UK an is set tae help thir early ventures bigg strang roots an growe. RX Watt Ltd is warkin on a system that sends pouer an data thegither…