Interior designing birds
Researchers from the the School of Biology have produced the first experimental evidence that birds actively select nest-building materials that camouflage their nests.
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Research at the University of St Andrews is conducted across all subjects to make new discoveries and improvements, both within and without academia.
The search for Alien life
Working alongside colleagues at NASA, University of Washington and UNAM, Mexico, Dr Mark Claire of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, has discovered that signs previously thought to confirm the…
The exponentially engaging Vanessa and Virginia
Extensive editorial and biographical research on the work of Virginia Woolf by Susan Sellers, Professor of English and Creative Writing in the School of English, led to the composition and publication of her first…
A boring billion years of Earth evolution
Research led by Profs Peter Cawood and Chris Hawkesworth of the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences has shown that Earth’s middle age (from 1.7 to 0.75 billion years ago) was characterised by relative…
History of Mathematics Archive
The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, created and maintained by researchers at the School of Mathematics, is arguably the most widely consulted mathematics information resource in the world and one of the most…
Service sector employer prejudice to visible tattoos
As the prevalence of tattoos in Western societies has increased over the past decade, how does this affect hiring in the service sector? Research conducted by Dr Andrew Timming of the School of Management explored…
New lab to unravel the mysteries of Earth and life
On Thursday July 17th, Drs Aubrey Zerkle and Mark Claire held a grand opening for their new geobiology laboratory space in the Bute building. Approximately 40 members of staff from the Department of Earth and…
CIRCA: Conversation support for people with dementia and their carers
CIRCA, Computer Interactive Reminiscence and Conversation Aid, is a novel touchscreen computer system designed to support conversation between people with dementia and their caregivers.
Silencing of the crickets: rapid evolution in response to deadly flies
Scientists in the School of Biology, along with researchers from Edinburgh and the USA, have have published a new study on the rapid evolution of wild crickets from predominantly loud, chirping males to silent males in…
Rewriting history: Santa Anna of Mexico
Professor Will Fowler of the School of Modern Languages has challenged the cultural values and social assumptions in Mexico regarding the “official history” of their six-time president, Antonio López de Santa Anna.