Science

En route to Uzhhorod bus station on Ukraine’s Slovakian border to buy a one-way ticket to Prague, Dr Albina Zharkova (main image) was in a quandary: did she really want...

NEW research shows a higher risk of Covid-19 hospitalisation or death for the white Gypsy/Traveller ethnic minority group. The research, which looked at over 4.3m people in Scotland, was led...

Whether it’s seaweed packaging or bricks made from cow dung, a new crop of award-winning product designers are turning away from fossil-based plastics and chemicals Glance around your home and...

UNIVERSITY of Dundee has developed a placenta on a chip, which could transform research into life-threatening conditions in pregnancy. iPlacenta, developed by experts at Dundee’s School of Medicine, allows researchers...

6. In Zimbabwe, depression is called ‘kufungisia’, or ‘thinking too much’ You won’t find it in the National Health Service’s list of symptoms for depression, but for any of us...

SCOTTISH birds of prey’s breeding success may have been impacted by avian flu, according to a report published by NatureScot today. The widespread effects of the virus on seabirds and...

One thousand kilometres on a single charge sounds like the stuff electric motoring dreams are made of, but it could become reality after the world’s biggest EV battery maker announced...

A SCOTS university’s research has helped in pioneering the advancement in breast screening artificial intelligence (AI). Breast screening technology developed using Artificial Intelligence can detect abnormalities that would have been...

Professor Tim Lenton was one of the scientists sounding the alarm on the climate crisis decades ago. Today, instead of focusing on what doom might lie ahead, he’s pioneering a...

SCOTTISH beavers were trapped and moved at an increased level in the country last year, according to a new report on beaver management. This comes as the beaver population continues...