Science

From Sweden to Sierra Leone, cities are turning the climate crisis into an opportunity for happier, healthier living, reports Martin Wright “Hot town! Summer in the city…!” It’s a cracking...

If steel were a country, it would be the planet’s third largest emitter. Martin Wright casts a steely glance over efforts to green its production, from enlisting renewables to make...

Global warming threatens life as we know it as never before. But we have the tools and the power to meet the challenge. Here are seven smart solutions to climate...

The new issue of Positive News launched The gentle thud of Positive News magazine landing on doormats rang out across the UK (and beyond) this week, as the new issue...

STUDENTS from Dundee University have collaborated with NHS Fife and the Scottish Drugs Forum to create a series of educational comics about drugs and the link to oral health. Students...

It absorbs CO2, filters out pollution, supports wildlife and looks great. Now one Dutch startup is using moss to coat concrete buildings The sight of a concrete building turning green...

A SCOTTISH research paper has shown how individual genetics and precision medicine could play a role in improving patient outcomes. Improving the knowledge of genetic variants that predict how women...

German startup Voltfang has developed an innovative system that repurposes old EV batteries and provides crucial electricity storage to boot. We speak to the founders, who just took home the...

A SCOTS study on COVID-19 in patients has confirmed that the virus is associated with impaired function on the right side of the heart. The study, led by experts from...

The first article in our ‘reinventing the high street’ series looks at a neglected arcade in West Yorkshire, which is being reborn as the UK’ s first community-run shopping centre...