St Andrews researchers secure prestigious RSE funding awards
Seven University of St Andrews researchers have been awarded funding through the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Spring 2026 Research Awards Programme.
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St Andrews researchers help launch decade-long quest to map the Universe
Researchers at the University of St Andrews are celebrating the start of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time, helping unlock new discoveries about the changing Universe.
Critique published by Nature challenges Microsoft's quantum computing claims
Rigorous scientific analysis can challenge even the largest technology corporations.
Scientists catch sperm whale dialects evolving in the Mediterranean Sea
Using 20 years of recordings researchers showed that whales living in the eastern Mediterranean had developed a new form of the vocal dialect used by animals in the western basin.
New optical technique allows toxic methanol in alcoholic spirits to be detected without opening the bottle
Methanol contamination of spirits such as whisky, gin and vodka causes hundreds of deaths each year and can lead to serious physical consequences
Higher extinction risk is associated with higher frequency of decreasing local prevalence of species
Analysis of one of the most comprehensive long-term databases ever created, BioTIME – a major tool to study biodiversity change also developed at the University of St Andrews.
1,500 year old woman challenges modern assumptions about disability
New international research reveals how a woman who lived with a lifelong physical impairment more than 1,500 years ago was supported, valued and buried
Single, childless workers fare worst at work–life balance
Researchers of a new study are calling on employers to rethink flexible-working policies, warning that current approaches fail to reflect increasingly blurred boundaries between work and personal life.
Leafy Lovers: male katydids amplify attractiveness
This new research is the first demonstration of how impressive leaf mimicry can also be used to enhance the attractiveness of a sexual signal.
Scientists show how human presence affects how animals behave
New research reveals lessons learned from human and wildlife movement during the pandemic