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Brain-monitoring hard hats could track cognitive impairment on offshore rigs
3+ hour, 46+ min ago (562+ words) A UK industrial safety firm has backed a neurotech start-up developing brain-monitoring hard hats designed to detect cognitive impairment in workers on offshore rigs and in refineries. Enhancing Excellence, a human factors and operational performance consultancy, has made a founding…...
Tech firm lands first Asia-Pacific space agency deal | Scottish PR
4+ hour, 44+ min ago (566+ words) A SCOTTISH space technology company has secured its first customer in the Asia-Pacific region after signing an agreement with the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA). The deal will allow Edinburgh-based Aurora Avionics to supply avionics technology for TASA's ongoing sounding rocket…...
Underwater probe pinpoints Nessie film prop during Loch Ness mapping mission
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (652+ words) A CUTTING-EDGE underwater drone has successfully tracked down a sunken Nessie film prop on the floor of Loch Ness, marking a significant step forward in plans to map the famous stretch of water in unprecedented detail. The Micro Millie autonomous…...
Scotland celebrates over 15, 000 hectares of peatland restoration
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (454+ words) THE EQUIVALENT of 30, 000 football pitches of peatland has been restored during the last year in Scotland " the annual peatland ACTION review reports. The study includes 3, 000hectares more than The Scottish Government's target for the year to 2026. The news comes ahead of…...
Once in a blue moon - look up this weekend
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (234+ words) The term blue moon in this context means the second full moon of the month. The last full moon, the Flower Moon, took place at 6. 23pm on 1 May this year. This is the first since 19 August 2024 and so it is quite…...
Hope for one of the UK's most endangered birds as numbers rise
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (342+ words) THE count of male capercaillies in the Cairngorms National Park has risen by 30% from last year. These numbers mark a significant milestone for the Capercaillie Emergency Plan. These sustained conservation efforts, led by Cairngorms National Park Authority and Nature Scot…...
Edinburgh Zoo welcomes second critically endangered Sumatran tiger
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (167+ words) THE Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's (RZSS) Edinburgh Zoo has welcomed Sialang, a critically endangered Sumatran tiger. Sialang is there as part of a European breeding programme to help save one of the world's rarest tiger subspecies. Dharma is a…...
Arctic hits chemical 'tipping point' as ice loss wipes out key food chain nutrient
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (578+ words) THE Arctic Ocean has undergone an irreversible chemical shift that is dismantling its food chain from the bottom up, new research suggests. Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have found that the mass loss of Arctic sea ice has triggered…...
Why AI Character Consistency Is Finally Working
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1057+ words) For most of the diffusion-model era, generating a consistent character across multiple images was the hardest problem in the category. The same prompt would produce subtly different faces on each regeneration. Costume details would drift. Body proportions would shift. The…...
University of Glasgow develop new device to improve outcome of cancer treatment
1+ week, 6+ day ago (385+ words) This device uses wirelessly-powered micro-LEDs to boost the delivery of light through tissue-making models, hoping to improve outcomes for bladder cancer patients in the future. Dr Rolan Mansour of the University of Glasgow's James Watt School of Engineering is the…...