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Researchers from UK universities are set to play a key role in developing the next generation of gravitational wave detectors, which could help astronomers probe the furthest reaches of the cosmos.

• New concept study finds Airlander 10’s addition to the transport ecosystem in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland could deliver new opportunities for green passenger and freight transportation and increase economic opportunities for the region by adding capacity quickly and cost-effectively.  
• Airlander 10 can carry 100 passengers (or a payload of 10 tonnes), providing comfortable low-emissions travel

The Institute of Refrigeration is delighted to announce its official endorsement supporting the Global Cooling Pledge, a global initiative led by the COP28 United Arab Emirates Presidency in collaboration with the UNEP-led Cool Coalition and endorsed by 63 Governments including the UK today.

Heriot-Watt scientists are working on a portable device that will mean women can track and monitor their health and hormones on the go.

Thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide that would otherwise contribute to the climate emergency will instead be captured and turned into construction materials.
The ‘circular’ process will be made possible by the ‘first industrial large-scale carbon capture and utilisation (CCUS) plant in Austria’, announced today (18 January) by Australian clean-tech firm MCI Carbon.

Researchers from the James Watt School of Engineering have welcomed news that a medical device consortium supported by the University of Glasgow has secured significant new funding.

3D eye scans can reveal vital clues about kidney health that could help to track the progression of disease, research suggests

In 1890 Sir William Arrol and his wife moved into the house which he had designed, Seafield House, Ayr. After he died in 1913 it became a hospital, first for WW1 soldiers and later for maternity and sick children. After it closed in in 1991 it became progressively dilapidated and was due for demolition until a local group of enthusiasts, the Friends of Seafield House (FoSH) decided that such a special building just had to be saved and a campaign was launched in 2012 together with SAVE Britain’s Heritage, following a petition by local resident Rosemary Paterson who became the FoSH Seafield Co-ordinator.

Of all the yacht subsectors, the expedition yacht segment perhaps faces the most immediate pressure to guarantee low-to-zero-emissions operations, given the eco-sensitive areas these vessels are designed to visit.

Finland-based shipbuilder and designer Deltamarin elaborates: “Customer pressure is especially strong in the more exclusive ship types – expedition ships and yachts. A lot of clients in this market are ready to pay extra for a reduced environmental footprint of their trips, especially considering the often pristine areas they travel to – imagine the polar fjords of Svalbard, or the coral reefs of the southern oceans.”

A quantum physics imaging project, with applications in microscopy, has received a grant of nearly €2 million from the European Research Council (ERC).

The QuNim (Quantum-enhanced nonlinear imaging) project is aiming to develop a system which enables enhanced 3D imaging of a biological sample through the phenomenon of quantum entanglement, in which two particles are interlinked and display a degree of correlation not possible in the classical world.

Scientists have created the world’s first working nanoscale electromotor
The international team, involving researchers in the US, the Netherlands and Germany, designed a turbine engineered from DNA. It is powered by hydrodynamic flow inside a nanopore, a nanometre-sized hole in a membrane of solid-state silicon nitride.

Students take on cyberattack scenario as global challenge returns to Scotland