Good forecast for mobile phone signals
Scots scientists are one step closer to solving the problem of mobile phone signals breaking up in bad weather.
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‘Super plastics’ at science festival
A University of St Andrews scientist explained how new materials could develop roll-up tv screens and make the internet faster at one of the UK's biggest science festivals today (Wednesday 5th September, 2001) in Glasgow.
Lasers put tiny objects in a spin
University of St Andrews scientists have designed a novel way of spinning the most delicate microscopic objects - from a hamster chromosome to a glass bead - without damaging them.
Professor makes plastic fantastic
A University of St Andrews scientist claims that brightening up your wallpaper could soon become possible at the flick of a switch.
Government grant for high-tech laser research
A range of infra-red lasers with commercial implications for gas leak detection and medicine are to be developed by University of St Andrews scientists.
Retiral of university Vice-Principal and Proctor
A presentation is to be held this afternoon (Tuesday 9 January 2001) to mark the retirement of the Vice- Principal and Proctor of the University of St Andrews.