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Smoking in Scotland: nurses -v- teachers
A University of St Andrews graduate has discovered that smoking is more prevalent in Scottish nurses than Scottish teachers.
Funding to protect Scots landmarks
Scots historians have been awarded £100,000 to help local communities prevent Scotland's most prized historical landmarks from crumbling into the sea.
Physicists ‘score’ with beer-can idea
CAPTION: The light-emitting display material being developed by University of St Andrews' Scientists.
From ship to shore
The extraordinary role of a Hampshire water mill in preserving evidence about the construction of a late 18th century American warship has been revealed by a Univeristy of St Andrews maritime archaeologist.
Breakthrough in ‘self-healing’ light beams
CAPTION: Cross section along a reconstructing Bessel beam. The beam propagates from left to right. The beam is blocked at the marked position and is seen to reform a short distance later.
Life reached land a billion years ago
A University of St Andrews scientist has discovered that life colonised the land more than a billion years ago, far earlier than previously thought.
World experts study ancient Scottish rocks
PIC CAPTION: Sheared rocks from Arctic Greenland which had originally been buried ~30 km below the Earth's surface more than 1 billion years ago. CREDIT: Dr Ian Alsop, University of St Andrews
Scientists explore loch’s hidden depths
University of St Andrews scientists have teamed up with French experts this week, to explore a remote Scottish sea loch for secrets of climate change.
Funding for on-line projects
Six projects to develop on-line learning and teaching materials are underway at the University of St Andrews.