A joint team from Oxford, Edinburgh, and Plymouth universities have investigated how waves transport floating ocean debris while including, for the first time, the effect of an objects’ size, buoyancy, and inertia on its transport.
Climate change is already exacerbating water scarcity bringing uncertainty in the future of the water availability vs. abstraction (water stress), especially in delicate eco-systems.
We are delighted that three of our teaching staff were shortlisted in this year’s Edinburgh University Students Association (EUSA) Teaching Awards. In total, 86 of our staff were nominated in the Awards with many receiving multiple nominations across different categories.
A collaborative group of multidisciplinary academics and entrepreneurs led by Dr Adam A. Stokes have devised a system to create personalised facemasks for healthcare workers that include 3D-printed components designed using photos taken with smartphones.