Electronic voice recognition finds men more difficult to understand
Friday, March 5th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »Frustrating automated phone calls may be a thing of the past thanks to a new study lead by researchers at the University of Edinburgh. The work uncovered the most common mistakes made by automated phone systems in the hope of ...
Scotland’s science and research base ranked among the best in the world
Monday, March 1st, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »A report just published (January 2010) has found that in terms of citations per paper, Scotland ranks second in the world and, in terms of citations per researcher, third in the world. The report, commissioned by the Chief Science Advisor for ...
New links between stress and diabetics’ memory loss
Monday, March 1st, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »Researchers from the University of Edinburgh have looked at the memory function of more than 900 type-2 diabetics, and found that stress increases the risk of memory loss. Type-2 diabetes is characterised by high blood glucose levels and tends to be ...
Scientists provide new insights into Rett Syndrome
Sunday, February 28th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »The biological mechanism behind Rett Syndrome may be less complicated than previously thought, according to scientists at the University of Edinburgh. Their findings provide insight into the autistic spectrum disorder, which leaves sufferers with severe speech and mobility problems and ...
Research suggests “bonding hormone”
Sunday, February 28th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »Working with colleagues in Germany and Japan, scientists at the University of Edinburgh recently demonstrated the role of the hormone vasopressin in scent memory and recognition. Adult rats were left sniffing youngs to memorise their smell. The adults were later placed ...
Study predicts speed of female biological clock
Thursday, February 25th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »95% of women have lost as much as 88% of their original reserve of eggs in their ovaries by the age of 30 new research has shown. Collaborative efforts at the University of Edinburgh and the University of St ...
New developments in the causes of autism
Friday, February 19th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »Abnormalities in brain development may lead to autism and other behavioural disorders, researchers at the University of Edinburgh and Northwestern University, US, have shown. The work has implications in the future treatment of autism as has identified key ...
A new technique in cheap genome-based disease prediction
Thursday, February 18th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »A cheap and rapid technique to scan a person’s genome for disease risks may become available within months, following new research at the University of Edinburgh. Knowledge of the genetic mutations that are associated with heritable diseases is rapidly ...
Global warming is sped up by rising temperatures
Thursday, January 28th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »Scientists from the University of Edinburgh and The Netherlands Institute for Space Research have discovered that rising temperatures due to climate change are resulting in greater global warming. This effect is caused by an increased production of methane from wetland ...
Sensing and flowering
Thursday, January 7th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »A recent research project, carried out at The University of Edinburgh, may have discovered a link that explains how seasonal daylight fluctuations alter the activities of plants. Computer modellings of mouse-ear cress (a small flowering plant) revealed interactions between the genes ...
