Scientists have developed a pioneering 3D-printed device that could speed up patient access to new medicines and eliminate the need for animal testing. Thousands of…
View More 3D-printed chip showing body’s reaction to drugs could end need for animal testsTag: Scotland
Climate groups begin legal actions against Rosebank North Sea oil project
Climate campaigners have launched two separate legal challenges to government plans to open a massive new oilfield in the North Sea. Greenpeace and the campaign…
View More Climate groups begin legal actions against Rosebank North Sea oil project‘Like unscrambling an egg’: scientists alter DNA to save Scottish wildcats
Scientists are preparing plans to restore the fortunes of Scotland’s threatened Highland wildcats – by identifying and removing DNA they have acquired from domestic cats.…
View More ‘Like unscrambling an egg’: scientists alter DNA to save Scottish wildcatsScottish landowner who ‘obstructs public access’ made environment minister
No 10 has appointed a wealthy Scottish landowner accused by ramblers of restricting public access to his estate as a new environment minister by making…
View More Scottish landowner who ‘obstructs public access’ made environment ministerTop energy-efficient homes – in pictures
Trewarmett, Cornwall Completed in 2022, this detached energy-efficient property, with a B EPC, is in a hamlet close to Tintagel on Cornwall’s rugged north coast.…
View More Top energy-efficient homes – in picturesSeaweed was common food in Europe for thousands of years, researchers find
It may be considered an unusual ingredient in western cuisine, cropping up in a fancy cookbook or local delicacy. But it turns out that seaweed…
View More Seaweed was common food in Europe for thousands of years, researchers findWildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project…
View More Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UKWorld’s first flu-resistant chickens could pave way for gene-edited UK poultry
Scientists have created the world’s first flu-resistant chickens in an advance that could pave the way for gene-edited poultry on UK farms. The birds, which…
View More World’s first flu-resistant chickens could pave way for gene-edited UK poultry‘Monstrous’ sea lice and jellyfish invasions blighting Scottish salmon farms
Lochs in the Highlands of Scotland are among the most spectacular and pristine wildlife areas in Britain, attracting tourists from around the world. They are…
View More ‘Monstrous’ sea lice and jellyfish invasions blighting Scottish salmon farmsNew £1bn government upgrade to plug Great Britain’s draughtiest homes
Households could save up to £400 a year on energy bills under a new means-tested scheme to insulate more than 300,000 of Great Britain’s draughtiest…
View More New £1bn government upgrade to plug Great Britain’s draughtiest homes