A prolonged dry spell combined with strong winds has created the "perfect conditions" for Los Angeles wildfires to rage out ...

Most women with intermediate-risk breast cancer can safely skip chest wall irradiation after mastectomy and avoid the risks ...

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have discovered how a pterosaur was able to take to the sky after using new laser ...

A rediscovered 'lost' fragment of music, hidden within the pages of Scotland's first full-length printed book, is offering ...

An Edinburgh University alumnus who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2016 has died at the age of 82. Born in a small ...

The remarkable growth of Scotland’s fintech sector reflects the strategic efforts by the whole cluster to develop a thriving innovative environment” – Jane Martin, Scottish Enterprise ...

"As a Marshall Scholar, I am proud to represent my communities as an Iranian American, Muslim, Texan, and UH Cougar" ...

Researchers say they have been encouraged by trials of a new process to detect prostate cancer in men. It is hoped that the ...

A Paralympic gold medal winner, a popular Edinburgh headteacher, a long-serving Guide leader and a champion of fitness for ...

Edinburgh University appeared on BBC's University Challenge on Monday night, facing off against Cambridge's Darwin College in ...

Researchers finally solve the mystery of the flying dinosaurs - Pterosaurs – commonly known as pterodactyls – lived some 225 ...

Tributes have been paid to a Nobel Prize-winning chemist and former University of Sheffield lecturer who has died at the age of 82. Prof Sir James Fraser Stoddart, who taught at the university from ...