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Edinburgh student sparked international panic after turning off phone to study

Ruoxin Huang, 26, was found safe and well after her worried parents sounded the alarm when they couldn't contact for days.

Daily Record · Mar 25, 2022

Two years of Covid grief: tributes to family, friends and colleagues who died in the UK

Twenty-four tributes for people who have died from coronavirus on the second anniversary of the first lockdown

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2022

How Chagos Islanders are fighting to keep their culture alive in exile

When Olivier Bancoult, Liseby Elysé, Suzelle Baptiste, Rosemonde Bertin and Marcel Humbert set off on the Bleu de Nîmes for the Chagos archipelago in February 2022, it marked the first time exiled Chagos Islanders had returned without UK officials. On the surface, the expedition was both scientific (to survey Blenheim…

The Conversation · Mar 17, 2022

New treatment for Multiple Sclerosis discovered by Scottish scientists

Using pioneering technology, University of Edinburgh researchers examined cells in fish which had genetic similarities to humans.

Daily Record · Feb 15, 2022

Urgent warning over paracetamol as painkiller increases deadly heart attack risk

According to the scientists at the University of Edinburgh, it has been assumed that paracetamol was a completely safe drug to use in patients with the condition.

Daily Record · Feb 8, 2022

Edinburgh win University Challenge round - despite Scottish question blunder

The University of Edinburgh team suffered an embarrassment during their astonishing run to the semi-finals against Trinity - Cambridge, by answering a question relating to a Scottish uni wrong.

Edinburgh Live · Feb 1, 2022

Stewartry woman recognised with British Empire Medal in New Year's Honours List

Sandra Kinnear, who works for the University of Edinburgh, is to be honoured for services to the environment and charity

Daily Record · Jan 27, 2022