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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…
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Rapid Rock Cycle Unkivert at Cumbrian Slag Site
Scientists at e University o Glesga hae fund aat human waste micht form rock in jist decades, upendin wir age-aald view o the rock cycle. Researchers studied an industrial waste deposit alang e Cumbrian coast at Derwent Howe, eence hame tae iron an steel foondries. Ower its industrial past, 27 million cubic metre o furnace…
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Lateral Flow Test Waste Spurs Urgent Caa for Chynge
A new study in e Bulletin o the Warld Halth Organisation warns aat e single-eese design o lateral flow tests his led tae an unseen waste o plastic. Researchers fae Heriot-Watt University an e University o Edinburgh leuked hard at 21 COVID-19 test kits an fun aat ilka kit eeses atween sax an near 40…
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New Scottish Study Reveals Ower Hauf o Coastal Vessels Ging Untracked
Researchers fae Heriot-Watt University hiv fund aat mair nor hauf o the vessels operatin in Scotland’s coastal watters are missed by staundart trackin systems. E study shaws aat anely 43% o ships ithin 10 km o the coast braidcast an Automatic Identification System (AIS) signal—e common tool eesed warldwide for tae track ship muivements. Based…
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Waste Gum fae Indian Trees Gies Supercapacitors Langer Life
Scientists fae Scotland, Sooth Korea, an India hiv eesed 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—with sodium alginate tae form a spoonge-like substance kent as “KS.” Iss new biopolymer is added tae the acidic electrolyte fund in…
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Glesga’s Three Semiconductor Stert-Ups Jine UK Incubator
Three emergin tech projects fae the University o Glesga hae bin chosen tae jine a UK government-backed programme for new semiconductor companies. E programme is rin by SiliconCatalyst.UK an is set tae help iss early ventures bigg strang ruits an growe. RX Watt Ltd is warkin on a system aat sends pouer an data thegither…