A multi-million pound scientific research facility with applications as diverse as fuel cell-powered cars, battery- operated bionic limbs and smaller electrical components was officially opened today (Tuesday 30 April 2002).
PICTURE CAPTION: Bushcricket.
PICTURE CAPTION: Beech and Scots Pine - Alien v Native Species
PICTURE CAPTION: Coral Skeletons can be up to 100,000 years old.
Scotland's marine biologists have been awarded a share of a $5 million international grant to develop new instruments for collecting information about marine mammals and create digital databases on the diversity, distribution and abundance of marine life throughout the world.
A seminar highlighting the ways entrepreneurial academics and students can turn their research into commercially viable results is to be held at the University of St Andrews later this month (Thursday 18 April 2002).
*Caption: boiling volcanic pool in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming - typical conditions for growth of archaea*
A University of St Andrews biologist claims that earwigs could become a valuable learning resource for Scottish school pupils.
People are terrified of getting lost in forests according to a University of St Andrews psychologist commissioned by the Forestry Commission to help shape the future of the nation's woodlands.
Most heart attack victims delay going to hospital because of a belief in fate, according to a University of St Andrews study.