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Inflatable space satellites

Some of the University of Strathclyde students involved in iSEDE at the European Space Agency's Space Research and Technology Centre in Amsterdam

A team of students from the University of Strathclyde are set to send an inflatable satellite into space as part of a prestigious programme run by the European Space Agency (ESA).

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Technology assisted living

A bowl that lights up when important but easily lost items such as keys are placed into it

The MultiMemoHome project has been devising technology to help older and disabled people live more independent lives. Earlier this week they held a showcase at the University of Glasgow.

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University play crucial role in microscopy revolution

Professor Gail McConnell using microscopy equipment in the lab

There's a revolution taking place in the technology used to see incredibly small things like living cells and the biochemical processes taking place inside them.

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Plasma power to protect products and people

From left to right, Dr Hugh Potts, Ian Muirhead (Anacail CEO) and Dr Declan Diver

A new method that makes packaged food safer for consumers and gives it a longer shelf-life has been developed by scientists at the University of Glasgow's School of Physics and Astronomy.

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Prostate cancer patients' survival rate improving

Research from University of Glasgow shows that the survival of patients with prostate cancer has improved since 1990, but that socio-economic inequalities are still widening.

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Can Glasgow tap into geothermal energy?

A photo of a Glasgow street showing office buildings and homes

Glasgow's network of abandoned mine workings could provide scope for generating up to 40% of the city's heating needs.

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Closing in on the extinction of the dinosaurs

Dr Leah Morgan and Dr Darren Mark of SUERC

What dealt the killer blow to the dinosaurs and when? A team of scientists from Glasgow have helped close-in on the date more precisely than ever before...

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