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Study suggests sugars played a bigger role in brain evolution than previously thought.

Scientists in Scotland are set to benefit from a new AI-powered imaging platform capable of identifying rare cellular events among millions of cells and examining biological processes in unprecedented detail. Using artificial intelligence to automatically identify areas of interest and capture high volumes of data, the platform will generate the large, high-quality datasets needed to better understand health, ageing and disease.

Abertay's games community was recognised across multiple categories at the prestigious industry awards

A free template to help households across Scotland build their own personalised flood plan is now available − co-created with Scottish communities using behavioural science, as flood risks across the country continue to grow.

Researchers at the University of Aberdeen have helped uncover how offshore wind farms affect ocean mixing and temperature, with new findings showing that impacts depend strongly on local environmental conditions.

Animated ‘virtual agents’ could help keep the roads of the future safer by alerting people behind the wheel of semi-autonomous cars to oncoming hazards, new research suggests.

Researchers found critical control systems for wind and solar farms in 35 European countries reachable through the internet, prompting calls for operators to review remote access and improve monitoring of their systems. Also, first employment figures for the solar-plus-battery sector are published.

Britain’s infrastructure is built for yesterday’s weather, leaving essential services exposed to cascading failures

Guests at the James Watt Dinner were delighted with the choice of inductees and were thrilled to hear from two of the inductees on the night!

You can find out lots more about each of them soon by visiting the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame.

https://www.engineeringhalloffame.org

2026 inductees

James Howden

Elizabeth Killick

Ollie Folayan

Dougal Drysdale

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering staff and students at Heriot-Watt University are set to benefit from a newly installed wind tunnel that will support advanced teaching, research and aerodynamic testing.

As plug-in solar PV units become available to UK households on 27 August, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is urging consumers to check whether their home's electrical installation is suitable before buying or connecting one.

The amount of concrete poured into a pile wall as part of the vast Transpennine Route Upgrade was not particularly impressive. Over 12 weeks, about 150 cubic metres was due to be poured – a tiny fraction of the 22 million cubic metres used across the UK every year, according to trade body the Mineral Products Association.