Pupils get a taste of studying at St Andrews
Over 140 pupils from schools in Fife and Tayside, as well as from further afield, have spent a week getting a taste of what studying and living in St Andrews would be like.
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St Andrews and Dundee team to advance insulin research
Researchers at St Andrews and Dundee have won £1m to uncover how insulin molecules assemble and function inside pancreatic cells, opening new paths towards improved diabetes treatments.
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.
Renowned professor elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
Professor Kishan Dholakia has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.
RSE welcomes five new Fellows from St Andrews
The prestigious accolade recognises the advancement of learning and useful knowledge, which is at the centre of public life, across the arts, business and technology and science sectors.
Unique ‘inside out’ planetary system discovered
St Andrews researchers have found four planets which break the usual convention of how solar systems are composed.
Rogue planet growing at Six billion tonnes a second
Researchers have revealed a dramatic ‘growth spurt’ in a mysterious rogue planet, a rare type of planet that drifts freely through space, untethered to any star.
James Webb Space Telescope’s first look for an atmosphere on habitable zone exoplanet
Groundbreaking new research has identified signs of a potential atmosphere surrounding an Earth-sized exoplanet located 40 light years away.
New breakthrough could bring holograms to your smart phone and closer to everyday use
New research from the University of St Andrews paves the way for holographic technology, with the potential to transform smart devices, communication, gaming and entertainment. In a study published today in Light,…
Giant free-floating planets may form their own planetary systems
New research has found that giant free floating planets have the potential to form their own miniature planetary systems without the need for a star.