Preserving Maritime Cultural Heritage through Music
Now a PhD student at the University of St Andrews, Claudia Lubao’s music has set a precedent in bringing cultural heritage to new audiences
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Building capacity for low-level environmental radioactivity measurements
Environmental radiation can teach us a lot about the world and its history, and the University now has the capacity to measure it self-sufficiently.
The Mystery of the Durrington Pits
Researchers from the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences are part of the team that discovered a massive Neolithic structure near Stonehenge, thought to be the largest prehistoric structure ever found in…
Curious Travellers: rebuilding the past through citizen science
By crowdsourcing images of destroyed heritage, Professor Richard Bates offers a glimpse into a world as it used to be.
The burning question: Does tobacco have a future in a healthy world?
Few dispute the fact that smoking tobacco is linked to lung cancer and other health issues. It takes a few decades but eventually smoking will kill half of its habitual users, estimated globally to be 7.7 million…
Public Engagement: Climate Change, Coral and COVID-19
Dr Nicola Allison has been a researcher at the University of St Andrews for twenty years. Throughout her career studying biomineralisation she has worked in many exciting places, such as Thailand or Hawaii. From…
Heritage Futures and Community Archaeology in Tanzania
The Kilwa Kisiwani site off the coast of Southern Tanzania was occupied from the 9th century and was one of the most powerful settlements along the Swahili Coast. From the 13th to the 16th century, much of the trade…
Life without the Wolf: The future of threatened and endangered species
Join researchers from the University of St Andrews for an afternoon of talks exploring the latest research into endangered and threatened species, followed by a final presentation from renowned BBC wildlife cameraman,…
Evidence of ‘super henge’ surrounding Stonehenge
Scientists have unveiled a remarkable new picture of Stonehenge and its surrounding areas, including the remains of an even bigger ‘super henge’ nearby. The mammoth project, led by Prof. Vince Gaffney at the University…
Geothermal energy solutions
Distributed energy – the case for geothermal Dr Tim Raub and Dr Richard Bates School of Earth and Environmental Sciences The developing world faces an energy crisis in order to sustainably grow. The developed world…