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Deep Mantle Mass Fund Aneath East Africa
A band o scientists led bi Professor Fin Stuart fae the University o Glesga his unkivert fresh clues on e forces aat shape East Africa. Their wirk leuked at gases fae the Menengai geothermal field in central Kenya. E study appears in Geophysical Research Letters an lends wecht tae the idea aat a vast mass…
Dug an Human Jags tae Stap Rabies Deiths bi 2030
Recent resairch prentit in Vaccine an PLOS Biology unnerscores e critical need for coordinated vaccination efforts agin rabies in baith humans an dugs. E studies shaw aat improvin vaccine delivery systems an thorae dug vaccination programs can significantly bring doon rabies deiths, pairticularly in laa- an middle-income kintras. A study led by resairchers fae the…
Academic Study at Banff Skweel Gies Howp for Scots Literacy
A recent research study by Claire Needler o the University o Aiberdeen, published online on e 3rd o June 2024, leuks at e factors aat hinner forderin Scots literacy in skweels. Hauden at Banff Academy in North-East Scotland ower e 2018–2019 academic year, e study explores foo a lack o staundartised orthography, limited exposure tae…
Dundee Researchers Probe Deidly Parasite Resistant tae Hame Disinfectants
A research team fae the University o Dundee is investigatin Cryptosporidium—a parasite aat staunds common hame cleanin products an bides in watter poses serious risks tae baith public halth an e fermin industry. Dr Mattie Christine Pawlowic, a Principal Investigator an Sir Henry Dale Fellow at e university’s School o Life Sciences, is leadin e…
Live Brain Cell Study Shaws Toxic Protein Destroys Synaptic Connections
Scientists at e University o Edinburgh hae, for e first time, shawn foo 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 eesed wee slices o leevin human brain tissue collected durin routine operations an exposed em tae…
Citizen Science Buzz: 700 Mosquito Sichtins Reveal Scotland’s Sleekit Biters
Scientists at e 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 tae the Shetland Isles—fit merks e northernmaist mosquito record in e…