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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…