University news

Glasgow researchers identify way to overcome chemotherapy-resistant leukaemia

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 11:46:00 GMT

Treatment-resistance in patients with one of the most aggressive types of blood cancer may be overcome by combining a new targeted drug called venetoclax with chemotherapy, researchers at the University of Glasgow have shown.

Water-carrying robot brings help to Indian village

Thu, 22 Mar 2018 10:15:00 GMT

On World Water Day, a UofG computer scientist is highlighting how residents of a remote Indian village have benefited from the help of a social robot.

Digestion eats into an animal’s ability to lead its group

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 08:00:00 GMT

Consuming a large meal temporarily costs dominant animals their position at the head of a moving social group.

Adhesion and grip key to the perfect climbing technique

Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:09:00 GMT

Scientists researching how tree frogs climb have discovered that a unique combination of adhesion and grip gives them perfect technique

Study of nearly 300,000 people challenges the ‘obesity paradox’

Fri, 16 Mar 2018 00:10:00 GMT

The idea that it might be possible to be overweight or obese but not at increased risk of heart disease, otherwise known as the “obesity paradox”, has been challenged by a study of nearly 300,000 people published in in the European Heart Journal.

Silicon breakthrough could lead to new high-performance bendable electronics

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:34:00 GMT

A new method of creating bendable silicon chips could help pave the way for a new generation of high-performance flexible electronic devices.

UK team to lead innovative European prostate cancer programme

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 08:00:00 GMT

UofG will lead an innovative Pan-European research training program targeting incurable prostate cancer.

Erskine and University of Glasgow Archive Project Goes Online

Fri, 09 Mar 2018 09:00:00 GMT

Fascinating historical records featuring the admissions registers of soldiers cared for by Veterans’ Charity Erskine after the First World War has gone online, it was announced today.

Professor Sarah Cleaveland receives prestigious international award

Wed, 07 Mar 2018 14:58:00 GMT

Professor Cleaveland has been presented with the 2018 Mike Fisher Memorial Award

Un-mixing using lasers to make new crystals

Tue, 06 Mar 2018 10:00:00 GMT

Scientists have managed to separate two liquids in a mixture using a laser, which they claim will lead to new ways of manipulating matter and creating crystals for industry.

Institute of Health and Wellbeing wins Gold Athena Swan Award

Tue, 06 Mar 2018 07:00:00 GMT

IHW has been awarded a Athena SWAN Gold award – the first Gold Departmental Award gained by the UofG

IHW receives funding boost from The Wolfson Foundation

Tue, 06 Mar 2018 07:59:00 GMT

The Institute of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow has been awarded £1m by The Wolfson Foundation.

UofG scientists test microwave system for HPV treatment

Mon, 05 Mar 2018 09:01:00 GMT

University of Glasgow are leading new tests into the viability of using an innovative, new microwave system to treat human papillomavirus (HPV).

World-leading human emotion research comes to Glasgow

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 07:00:00 BST

From the emotional burden of immigration and integration, to the science of developing emotionally intelligent social robots, understanding how and why we feel angry, joyful, or terrified can tell scientists a lot about who we are, what pushes our emotional buttons, and how emotion influences our behaviours.

Bid to reintroduce Classics subjects into schools in Scotland

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:00:00 BST

Academic, education policy makers and teachers will be meeting today (28 March 2018) to launch a project in Scotland to help revive Classics subjects in Scottish state schools.

Chromosomal loop signatures could identify poor drug response in arthritis

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 07:00:00 BST

Chromosomal loop signatures found in blood samples obtained in early rheumatoid arthritis could identify patients that will not respond adequately to ‘anchor’drug.

UofG to play leading role in UK-wide mental health research

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:00:00 BST

The University of Glasgow is one of nine UK institutions chosen to lead in the area of mental health data science.

Principals join forces to ensure research voice is head post-Brexit

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:00:00 BST

The Principals of the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh have pledged to work together to mitigate the potential impact of Brexit on the Scottish Higher Education sector.

University of Glasgow highlights the story of the forgotten father of the RAF

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:00:00 BST

Lieutenant General Sir David Henderson, one of the University’s former students who learned to fly at 49, played a vital role in the foundation of the RAF on 1 April 1918.

UofG research could help identification of new treatment target for heart patients

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:01:00 BST

A new research project aimed at understanding how some heart conditions develop may help pave the way for the development of new treatments

War may not be the only threat to veterans’ limbs, finds study

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 08:15:00 BST

People who have served in the Armed Forces are more likely to suffer from peripheral arterial disease - clogged arteries in their legs - than people who have never been in the military, according to a study by the University of Glasgow.

When sound waves do the twist – backwards!

Mon, 26 Mar 2018 20:01:00 BST

Scientists based in the UK and the US have demonstrated for the first time how ‘twisted’ sound waves from a rotating source can produce negative frequencies, analogous to turning back time.

Secrets of historic royal fashion revealed in new online course

Mon, 26 Mar 2018 10:00:00 BST

A new free online course called A History of Royal Fashion allows people to go behind the scenes of the royal wardrobes of Britain.

Ed Balls and Ruth Davidson join the John Smith Centre for Public Service

Mon, 26 Mar 2018 08:00:00 BST

Two leading UK public figures are to join the John Smith Centre for Public Service at the University of Glasgow, it was announced today (26 March 2018).