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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…

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…

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…

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…