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Blood cell insights could boost lung cancer therapies
27 September 2023
Researchers found that the location in and around tumours of cytotoxic T cells, which play a key role in fighting cancer, may help predict patient survival and indicate whether or not treatments will work.
The findings could help to pave the way for improved immunotherapies - powerful but expensive life-extending treatments which currently fail in 80 per cent of cases - allowing them to work more effectively in more patients, researchers say.
Some of Scotland’s most iconic heritage sites set to offer free admission this winter
26 September 2023
Access to Historic Scotland winter ticketed attractions will be free on the first Sunday of each month until March 2024
Edinburgh Napier students mark completion of bamboo structure in world first for sustainable construction
25 September 2023
A team from ENU joined two other institutions to complete the project in China
Robotics to ease NHS staff workload explored at joint event
22 September 2023
The National Robotarium partnered with NHS Grampian Innovation Hub to co-host 'Beyond Surgery: Robotic Assistance in the Workplace' a unique event held at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on 23 August.
Along with potential industry partners, the two organisations brought together funders, investors, scientists and representatives from NHS domestic services, catering, nursing and pharmacy services at the north-east health board to explore how robotic technology and intelligent autonomous systems could be used to better carry out activities in NHS Scotland.
UK spaceflight company Orbex expands facilities
21 September 2023
Orbex, the UK-based spaceflight company, is adding 1500 square metres of factory and office space as it prepares for the UK mainland's first vertical rocket launch.
Heriot-Watt to co-host UK research hub to decarbonise transport networks
20 September 2023
Heriot-Watt University is part of a new national research hub that will help to upgrade and decarbonise the UK’s complex and interconnected national, regional and local transport infrastructures and to adapt to the effects of climate change.
Fireproof fungus offers sustainable cladding alternative
16 September 2023
Flat sheets of a fungal material could provide a safe and sustainable new way to fireproof buildings, according to researchers.
Train named after WES past president
15 September 2023
On International Women in Engineering Day 2023, Southeastern, the railway company serving Kent Sussex and Southeast London honoured engineering trailblazer, Kent-born Verena Holmes, the first woman to become an elected member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and past president of the Women’s Engineering Society.
The Green Curriculum: Moving on apace
14 September 2023
The IMO’s Revised Strategy to cut GHG emissions makes training in new fuels a matter of urgency
Captain Jeffrey Parfitt FNI Head of Safety and Environment, The Nautical Institute
Near infra-red 3D-printing technique could revolutionise the industry
12 September 2023
Scientists in Edinburgh have developed a new 3D-printing technique that could have a huge impact on manufacturing.
UK rejoins EU science research scheme Horizon
08 September 2023
The UK is to rejoin the EU's flagship scientific research scheme, Horizon, the government has announced.
UK-based scientists and institutions will be able to apply for money from the £81bn (€95bn) fund from today.
Transport Select Committee publishes report on Maritime 2050
08 September 2023
The Transport Select Committee has today published a report on the Government’s Maritime 2050 strategy, little over a year after it opened an inquiry to scrutinise the progress made by the Government in delivering its recommendations