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€1 million project investigates the place of Muslim and Roma minorities across European nations
A new research project has been awarded a €1 million grant to explore the experience of minorities across European nations.
17 October 2018Research
Imaging through tissue: seeing the unseeable
An innovative way to optically image through tissue could allow a more detailed understanding and diagnosis of early stage cancer.
12 October 2018Research
Killer whale populations threatened by pollution
Chemical pollutants in our seas could lead to the disappearance of half of the world’s killer whales in just decades.
29 September 2018Research
Trumping medieval cruelty?
New research sheds light on the historical use of waterboarding and its re-emergence at the highest levels of Trump’s administration.
27 September 2018Research
Scottish teenagers drinking less
Teenage drinking in Scotland has declined dramatically over the past decade, according to new research led by St Andrews.
26 September 2018Research
New evidence for early life on Earth
Chemical analyses of the oldest pieces of Earth suggest our planet was habitable 700m years before the date of the earliest fossil.
25 September 2018Research
PhD fellowship of the ring – St Andrews scientists’ research goes viral
New research has identified an important new component of the CRISPR genome engineering toolkit.
20 September 2018Research
Gravity theory saved from death
An international group of astronomers, including physicists at St Andrews, has revived a previously debunked theory of gravity.
14 September 2018Research
Watery Earth mystery solved by dust
St Andrews scientists may have helped solve the mystery of why there is so much water on planet Earth.
14 September 2018Research
Young children use the same gestures as chimpanzees and gorillas
St Andrews scientists have found that young children use the same gestures as chimpanzees and gorillas.
11 September 2018Research