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Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 19h

💧University of Glasgow have developed a powerful machine learning too capable of predicting tap water purity with 90% accuracy – helping to make water treatment more efficient, cost-effective, & sustainable

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University Of Glasgow Develops AI Tool To Predict Tap Water Purity | Glasgow City Of Science & Innovation

University of Glasgow researchers have developed a machine learning platform to predict the purity of tap water – which could help reduce costs and increase efficiency for the industry.

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Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 20h

⚡ Glasgow-based Munro EV has secured £2 million in new investment to scale production of its all-electric M-Series vehicles, designed for demanding industries including construction, mining, and defence.

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Munro EV Secures £2m Investment To Accelerate Zero-Emission Vehicle Production In Glasgow | Glasgow City Of Science & Innovation

Glasgow-based electric vehicle manufacturer Munro EV has secured £2 million in fresh funding from existing investor Elbow Beach and other backers to accelerate production of its all-electric M-Series ...

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Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 20h

🧠 Strathclyde scientists have developed a new light-based technique that tracks Alzheimer’s disease in real time – offering new insight into how the condition develops and responds to treatment.

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Strathclyde Scientists Pioneer New Light-Based Technique To Observe Alzheimer’s In Real Time | Glasgow City Of Science & Innovation

Scientists have developed an innovative technique to observe Alzheimer’s disease as it progresses in the brain – an important step forward that could accelerate new treatments.

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University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social · 1d

Collaborative projects which Glasgow is involved in – FeME, @transittwin.bsky.social & Centre for Net Zero High Density Buildings - were showcased. 🌱

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Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 1d

🌟 Meet the speakers at #ArtofPossible: From the Docks to Drones!

🎙️ Dr Duncan Booker @glasgowcc.bsky.social
🎙️ Dr Mahmoud Wagih @uofglasgow.bsky.social + RX Watt
🎙️ Abdul Waheed, HVS
🎙️ Dr Marco Fossati @unistrathclyde.bsky.social

📅 14 Oct | 🎟️tinyurl.com/Docks2Drones

#Glasgow850 #SmartTransport

Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 2d

🚴 Cycling in #Glasgow is booming – with 4.65M trips recorded between Jan and Aug 2025, a 43% increase on last year.

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Cycling trips surge by 43% as Glasgow's active travel network grows - Glasgow City Council

Glasgow is seeing a boom in active travel, with 4.65 million cycling trips recorded between January and August this year - a 43% increase compared to the same period in 2024.

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Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 2d

🧠 Scotland has its first commercially available blood biomarker test for early Alzheimer’s, launched by NeuroClin, in partnership with Advance Tests.

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#AlzheimersScotland #EarlyDiagnosis #BiomarkerTest #HealthInnovation

Glasgow's NeuroClin Introduces Groundbreaking Alzheimer’s Test In Scotland | Glasgow City Of Science & Innovation

NeuroClin - formerly known as Glasgow Memory Clinic - has partnered with Advance Tests to bring to market Scotland’s first commercially available blood biomarker test for the detection of early Alzhei...

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Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 2d

Chemify is expanding into Glasgow’s new Health Innovation Hub, in the city’s largest life sciences letting of the year.

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Chemify Expands Into Glasgow’s New Health Innovation Hub In Landmark Life Sciences Deal | Glasgow City Of Science & Innovation

Chemify, the digital chemistry startup, is moving to a new purpose-built facility in the largest commercial letting deal of the year for the life sciences sector in Glasgow.

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Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 2d

What excites you most about the future of transport?

🔘 Hydrogen vehicles
🔘 Autonomous drones
🔘 Wireless batteries
🔘 Wind-powered solutions
🔘 Other

Vote now, tell us why 👇

📅 14th Oct | 🎟️tinyurl.com/Docks2Drones

#Glasgow850 #InnovationJourney #ArtofPossible

Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 Only 20% of tickets left #ArtofPossible!

🚢 From the Docks to Drones ✈️

Explore Glasgow’s journey from steam enginers and shipbuilding to hydrogen vehicles & drones

📅 14 Oct 📍Glasgow Science Centre
🎟️ Free: tinyurl.com/Docks2Drones

#InnovationJourney #Glasgow850

Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 5d

Connect with Glasgow’s cleantech trailblazers at #ArtofPossible 🚀

Insight, ideas & inspiration on the city’s smart transport future.

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📅 14th October
🎟️ Free: tinyurl.com/Docks2Drones

#InnovationJourney #Glasgow850 #NetZero

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 5d

A new study led by Dr Antoniette Greta Grima (@geoniette.bsky.social) of @uofgges.bsky.social uses the power of supercomputing to model how massive slabs of ancient ocean floors are shaped as they sink hundreds of kilometres below the Earth's surface.

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Converge @convergec.bsky.social · 5d

Converge announces 2025 award winners with £400K+ in prizes, record @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social funding of £1.26m plus a new Scottish Enterprise partnership to boost university-led innovation.

Discover this year's winners and the full story here:

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Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 5d

🥛💻 A new Blockchain & Cryptocurrency for Dairy SMEs course from UWS is equipping rural businesses with digital finance skills to cut costs, boost transparency, and future-proof the dairy supply chain.

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UWS Launches Blockchain And Cryptocurrency Course For Scotland’s Dairy Sector | Glasgow City Of Science & Innovation

The University of the West of Scotland (UWS), in partnership with the Digital Dairy Chain and Scotcoin, has launched a new course to help rural dairy businesses adopt blockchain and cryptocurrency.

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Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 5d

GCU has launched the Sir Geoff Palmer Prize in memory of Scotland’s first Black professor, recognising outstanding essays that address social justice, equality and anti-racism, continuing his legacy

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GCU Launches Sir Geoff Palmer Prize To Honour Scotland’s First Black Professor | Glasgow City Of Science & Innovation

GCU Law has announced an academic prize in memory of the late Sir Geoff Palmer, Scotland's first black professor.

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Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 5d

📢 Join Dr Marco Fossati @unistrathclyde.bsky.social at #ArtofPossible - From the Docks to Drones

🚀 Leading aerospace innovation — from medical drone networks to sustainable aviation solutions 🌍

🎟️ Book your FREE ticket today tinyurl.com/Docks2Drones

#Glasgow850 #Aerospace #Innovation

Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 6d

📢 Join Abdul Waheed, Founder & CEO of HVS Trucks at #ArtofPossible - From the Docks to Drones

🚛 Pioneering hydrogen-powered HGVs to decarbonise road freight & cut emissions. 🌍

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#Glasgow850 #Hydrogen #NetZero #Innovation

Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 6d

Glasgow’s ingenuity has always powered progress⚙️

🚢 From Watt’s steam engine to the Clyde shipyards, our industrial spirit now fuels net zero — from Whitelee Windfarm to hydrogen transport⚡

Watch Turning Purpose into Power this #ScotClimateWeek

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#Glasgow #InnovationJourney

Turning Purpose into Power: Glasgow’s Journey to Net-Zero

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Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 7d

📢 Join Dr Mahmoud Wagih at #ArtofPossible - From the Docks to Drones

🚀Reader @uofglasgow.bsky.social & Founder of RX Watt
🚂Innovating wireless, battery-free sensors for smarter, greener transport.

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#Glasgow850 #Innovation #NetZero

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Glasgow Science Centre @glasgowscience.bsky.social · 7d

Join us in our mission to reduce waste!

Our plant-based @vegware catering disposables compost in under 12 weeks, feeding soil and helping plants grow

When you visit our café, don't forget to put them in our food waste & compostable packaging bin! Thank you 🌱

#ScotClimateWeek

Two coffee cups and four sandwich boxes in compostable packaging. Text highlights compostable packaging and disposal in food waste bins.

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Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 7d

📢 Join Dr Duncan Booker, @glasgowcc.bsky.social at #ArtofPossible - From the Docks to Drones

🌍 Duncan has led Glasgow’s climate strategy & COP26 engagement, shaping the city’s green future.

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Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 7d

💡 Good news for under-represented entrepreneurs as 14 organisations across Scotland have been awarded over £1m from the Scottish Government to support women and under-represented groups into entrepreneurship.

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Scot Gov Pledges £1.1M to Fund Under-represented Entrepreneurs

Projects are being rolled out across the country to help more women and people from under-represented groups start their own businesses.

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Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 9d

🌟 Why attend #ArtofPossible?

🚛 Hydrogen trucks
🚁 Medical drones
📡 Battery-free sensors

See how Glasgow’s shaping a fairer, smarter transport future.

📅 14th Oct
🎟️ Free: tinyurl.com/Docks2Drones

#Glasgow850 #InnovationJourney

Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 9d

⚓ A new £11m specialist welding centre beside the River Clyde is to support ship and submarine construction in #Glasgow.

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#Shipbuilding #ClydeIndustry #DefenceInnovation #GlasgowEngineering #WeldingTechnol

New £11m Specialist Welding Centre Set For Clyde Site | Glasgow City Of Science & Innovation

A specialist welding facility to support shipbuilding, planned for a site beside the River Clyde, looks set to go ahead after the UK government confirmed £2.5m of extra funding.

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Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 9d

🦠 University of Glasgow have launched the world’s largest AI-powered database of virus protein structures, offering new insights into the origins, evolution and treatment of human and animal viruses

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Glasgow Researchers Launch World’s Largest AI-powered Virus Protein Database | Glasgow City Of Science & Innovation

Harnessing the power of AI, a research team at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research has launched Viro3D – the most comprehensive database of human and animal virus protein structure...

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