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Scotland’s first Chief Advisor on Science
Professor Wilson Sibbett, Wardlaw Professor of Physics at the University of St Andrews, has been appointed Scotland's first ever Chief Advisor on Science.
Photonics innovators launch on-line catalogue
Scottish researchers have launched an innovative on-line catalogue selling specialist 'quasi-optical' components which can be used for applications such as security scanning, improving mobile telephone signals and car crash avoidance.
Christmas star does the twist!
A team of Scottish and French astronomers have discovered a festive star that does the twist.
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.
‘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.