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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 1d

A new software tool developed by researchers from @uofgengineering.bsky.social which can accurately predict the performance of biofilters used by the water industry could help maintain the purity of tap water.

Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 5d

ICYMI BBC Radio Scotland spoke to @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social historian Dr Stephen Marritt about the legacy of William the Conqueror and its impact on Scotland.

A timely reflection as the TV drama King & Conqueror comes out.

Starts at 1:46:10: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Sunday Show - 28/09/2025 - BBC Sounds

News, discussion and interviews from politics and beyond.

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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.

Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 6d

Our Lovelace-Hodgkin Symposium kicks off at @uofgarc.bsky.social today!

Experts from industry, academia and government will discuss the impact of AI on learning, teaching and research, and how the tech can be used responsibly in education.

Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 8d

"We are not going to be able to control nature in the same way in the future," warns Prof Larissa Naylor of @uofgges.bsky.social in this article on the threat that climate change-driven coastal erosion poses to Scotland.

Read the full piece here: theferret.scot/communities-...

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 8d

What is the worst idea in human history? In this TEDx talk, Professor Todd Ehlers, head of @uofgges.bsky.social, makes a compelling case that burning fossil fuels to power our world was the worst mistake we ever made.

Watch it in full below:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrfH...

The worst idea ever | Todd Ehlers | TEDxStockholm University

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 9d

Two recent studies shine light on the earliest known uses of blue pigment, an article in @science.org says.

One of the studies involved @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social Professor Karen Hardy

www.science.org/content/arti...

Paleolithic painters had the blues

Two recent studies shine light on the earliest known artistic usages of blue pigment

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 13d

Congrats to Prof Larissa Naylor of @uofgges.bsky.social, who was Highly Commended in the category of Biodiversity Champion Award: Established Professional at the CIRIA Biodiversity Challenge Awards 2025!

Read more here: www.bigchallenge.info/2025-winners

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 14d

Congratulations to Prof Konstantinos Kontis and Prof Douglas Paul of @uofgengineering.bsky.social, who have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering (@raeng.org.uk)!

Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 15d

Cities and towns surrounded by large areas of woodland are more likely to have ticks in their urban greenspaces, according to a new @uofglasgow.bsky.social study.

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Numbers of ticks in urban greenspaces influenced by surrounding rural woodland

Cities and towns surrounded by large areas of woodland are more likely to have ticks in their urban greenspaces, according to a new study.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 16d

TransiT, the UK’s national Digital Twinning Hub for #Decarbonising #Transport, has appointed a new Head of Data to help its research teams manage growing volumes of transport data

More here: tinyurl.com/2eb3tk8u

#TransportData #BigData #NetZero

Barbara Alvarez Solanilla, Head of Data at TransiT.

Cars, buses and trams in Edinburgh. Photo by Ben Glasgow Photography.

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 20d

Great to see the work of Dr Daniel Mitchell of @uofgengineering.bsky.social showcased by @transittwin.bsky.social!

TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 20d

What will #decarbonised #transport of the future look like? #TransiT’s Dr Daniel Mitchell is exploring this, using #visualisation tools including computer #gaming engines and construction modelling software 🌍

More here: tinyurl.com/2asafxek

#NetZero #DigitalTwin @uofglasgow.bsky.social

Daniel Mitchell with Boston Dynamics robot, Spot.

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 20d

A powerful software tool developed at @uofgphysastro.bsky.social capable of accurately modelling how cameras capture light could help democratise the development of new imaging systems for use in space.

Read more here: gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

A selection of space scenes simulated with the SIMply tool developed by Dr George Brydon of the School of Physics & Astronomy

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 21d

We're pleased to be launching the Turner Kirk Centre for Spatial Reasoning with the announcement of a large-scale research pilot, backed by the Scottish Government and the Turner Kirk Trust, to boost primary school pupils' maths performance.

Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

(l-r) Dr Jack Parkinson, Professor Quintin Cutts, Dr Patricia Turner, Dr Ewan Kirk visit Kelvindale Primary School for the launch of the Turner Kirk Centre for Spatial Reasoning

Dr Ewan Kirk of the Turner Kirk Trust joins a STEM SPACE lesson at Kelvindale Primary School

Professor Quintin Cutts, director of the Turner Kirk Trust Centre for Spatial Reasoning, joins a STEM SPACE lesson at Kelvindale Primary School

Pupils from Kelvindale Primary School take part in a STEM SPACE spatial skills lesson

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 23d

The Ada Scotland Festival, which aims to shift the gender balance of Scotland’s computing sector, is set to return with more than 20 events aimed at young women and non-binary people across the country from September 29.

Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

Dr Matthew Barr of the University of Glasgow's School of Computing Science, director of the Ada Scotland Festival, meets young women at an event during the 2024 festival

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 26d

Professor Sir James Hough of @uofgphysastro.bsky.social and @uofgravity.bsky.social, one of our longest-serving and most distinguished researchers, will receive the Baird of Bute Innovation Award todayAport for his work in gravitational research.

Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 26d

Hillwalkers setting out to bag a Munro are being asked for their help to bag a meteorite too, as scientists from @uofgges.bsky.social and the UK Fireball Network race to recover samples of a space rock which lit up the skies over Scotland this summer.

Read more here: gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

A map showing the likely fall zone of the July meteorite, which dropped fragments across Stob Coire Easain, Chno Dearg, and Ben Alder.

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 27d

A record-breaking development in laser technology from @uofgengineering.bsky.social researchers could help support the development of smaller, cheaper, more easily-fabricated optical and quantum technologies.

Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

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University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social · 28d

Researchers from @uofgphysastro.bsky.social & @uofgravity.bsky.social are celebrating the 10th anniversary of @ligo.org's historic first detection of gravitational waves.

Learn more the team’s role in the detection and their ongoing research: gla.ac/45Yeusr

University of Glasgow celebrates 10th anniversary of first gravitational wave detection

YouTube video by University of Glasgow

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 28d

Prof @hesterparr.bsky.social of @uofgges.bsky.social,
Chair of the Working Group for Missing People in Scotland, spoke today alongside Victims Minister Siobhian Brown as they jointly launched the new National Framework for Missing People in Scotland 2025.

Read more here: gov.scot/news/support...

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 29d

A multidisciplinary team of @uofgengineering.bsky.social students have won recognition at the international SensUs competition for their innovative approach to kidney health monitoring.

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The GLASense team gather at the University of Glasgow's Mazumdar-Shaw Advanced Research Centre

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · Sep 8

Displaced people seeking to start new lives in Scotland could be helped to settle in the country with the support of a new social robot being developed by Shaul Ashkenazi (@shauliash.bsky.social) at @socialai.bsky.social and colleagues.

Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

Shaul Ashkenazi of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Socially Intelligent Artificial Agents and the Furhat robot used in the project.

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University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social · Sep 5

Glasgow is positioning itself as the UK’s 3D content creation capital.

A new working group brings together UofG, @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social, @cofgcollege.bsky.social and industry partners to support growth in immersive tech, animation and digital design.

More: gla.ac/483GFHL

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congrats to Dr Rachael Boyd of the School of Mathematics & Statistics and Dr Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas (@ilyena.bsky.social) of @uofgcompsci.bsky.social, who have received @erc.europa.eu Starting Grants to support groundbreaking new research projects.

Read more here: gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

Dr Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas of the School of Computing Science (left) and Dr Rachael Boyd of the School of Mathematics & Statistics. Dr Boyd photo credit: Patrick Orson

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Heather Ferguson @drheatherferg.bsky.social · Aug 26

Super excited to be part of this new initiative led by Prof Fredros Okumu, with Ifakara Health Institute, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, University of the Witwatersrand, Fundação Manhiça Mozambique, University of Eduardo Mondlane, KEMRI, University of Nairobi & the Technical University of Kenya

UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · Aug 26

@uofgsocsci.bsky.social, in partnership with institutions in Africa and Europe, is establishing the first Mosquito Observatory in Africa 🦟

The Observatory will improve our understanding of mosquito-borne diseases in Africa.
@drheatherferg.bsky.social

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First mosquito observatory network to be launched in Africa

The University of Glasgow, in partnership with leading research institutes across Africa and Europe, is spearheading the first interconnected observatory network for mosquitoes and mosquito-borne dise...

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