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A major new compute investment could accelerate the progress of astronomers exploring the mysteries of the universe, chemists searching for cancer-killing drugs, and historians analysing archives.

The £76m investment from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is set to enhance the UK’s computing and AI capability.

To decarbonise procurement, project teams can’t rely on engineers doing it ‘as a hobby’ – they need specialists.

The material is said to change its appearance, texture and shape in response to environmental stimuli, and can be used to encrypt or decrypt information.

On Wednesday, 11 March, the Tall Ship Glenlee was delighted to welcome representatives from the Spanish Navy and the Spanish Consul General based in Edinburgh on board the ship.

A pioneering new radar system is being developed at Heriot-Watt University to provide continuous, non-contact healthcare assessments of people in custody. It’s a move researchers believe could better support mental and physical health care in prisons.

A new pilot will see the Scottish and Irish governments collaborate to offer 20 paid placements for students to help build the skilled workforce needed for the growing offshore wind sector.

A UK Government investment of £20 million for the University of Edinburgh’s Quantum Software Lab (QSL) will accelerate the development of quantum software.

A new way of classifying energy efficiency that could benefit households and address the global net-zero carbon agenda has been developed by the Universities of Glasgow and Cambridge.

In engineering circles, the climate conversation is usually framed around one dominant assumption: a steadily warming world. We talk about heatwave resilience, cooling demand, overheating in buildings, and the long-term consequences of rising sea levels. Those risks are real. But new modelling around the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) points to a scenario that appears to defy that logic entirely.

This factsheet explains how alternative and sustainable fuels are produced using the Fischer-Tropsch process.

A company being established by a University of Strathclyde researcher is pursuing innovative methods of combining carbon capture with sustainable building materials.

Airlander 10 will be our first aircraft to market – a 98m long aircraft that will be able to carry 10 tonnes or 100+ passengers.