A Cost-Effective Clean Water Solution from St Andrews
Water quality problems currently affect nearly a billion people. The integrity of both water quality and delivery networks are crucial in addressing these issues.
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Improving Communications with High-Performance Antennas
Professor Graham Smith’s work has resulted in the development of high-performance antennas, used from South Korea to the US and throughout Europe.
Shining a Light on New Imaging Technologies
Developed at St Andrews, new ways of imaging tiny cells promise a revolution in biological microscopy.
Improving Medical Wearables with Material Science
The University's collaboration with Integrated Graphene has significant implications for the future of medical wearables.
Art explaining semiconductors
The use of creative art for explaining organic semiconductors Nedyalka Panova (artist-in-residence) | Organic Semiconductor Centre,School of Physics & Astronomy My work explores the boundaries between art and science,…
Cloud profiling radar
Millimetre wave cloud profiling radar development Dr Duncan A. Robertson | Millimeter Wave & EPR Group, School of Physics & Astronomy Cloud profiling radars are used to determine the structure and extent of clouds,…
Environmental hazards monitoring
Dr Duncan Robertson & Dr David Macfarlane | Millimeter Wave & EPR Group, School of Physics & Astronomy Montserrat, a UK Overseas territory, is home to the UK’s only active volcano and island residents live with the…
Explosives detection
An optical sensor platform for the detection of explosive remnants of war In-field prototype optimisation and end-user engagement Dr Ross Gillanders & Prof. Graham Turnbull | Organic Semiconductor Centre, School of…
Low-cost organic solar cells
Enhancement of low-cost organic solar cells by plasmonic structures for application and manufacturing in developing countries Dr Lethy Jagadamma and Prof. Ifor Samuel School of Physics and Astronomy Today’s major…
Making use of laser speckle
Measurement of wavelength using laser speckle Prof. Kishan Dholakia School of Physics and Astronomy Light is a wave and it is well known waves can interfere creating patterns with constructive (bright) and destructive…