Legacy of wind farms probed amid green energy expansion
Pioneering scientists to explore the impact of British wind farms on the seabed amid plans to build up to 25,000 more offshore turbines.
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Avian architects: Sparrows work together to build grand designs
Birds of a feather really do flock together, or build together as the case may be, incorporating their unique architectural style when building nests, according to new international research.
Cheaper than couples counselling: take a five-second break
Researchers from the University of St Andrews have found that couples who take a five-second break during an argument could stop their row from escalating.
Lasers look at tumour growth
New 'squishy' lasers could help solve the mystery of the biological forces that control the development of embryos and cancerous tumours.
MRSA enzyme could help tackle antibiotic tolerance timebomb
Scientists from the School of Biology will spend the next two years researching whether an enzyme found in MRSA bacteria from the 1950s could help solve today’s problem of antibiotic tolerance.
St Andrews professor elected Fellow of the British Academy
Professor Tim Greenwood (School of History) has been elected into the British Academy's prestigious international Fellowship of leading scholars from the humanities and social sciences.
Scientists find similarities between chimpanzee and human communication
Wild chimpanzees share humans’ snappy conversational style, a new study shows.
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship
Dr Daphné Lemasquerier has been awarded £1.4m by UKRI’s Future Leaders Fellowship for a project looking at Jupiter and its icy satellites.
Organic compounds show promise as cheaper alternatives to metal photocatalysts
Organic compounds that can be sustainably and affordably mass-produced show promise as replacements for expensive metal photocatalysts, according to a new report.
Chair in Energy for St Andrews
The University, in partnership with the Faraday Institution, has appointed Professor Venkataraman Thangadurai as its new Chair in Energy.