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The currency is the issue most tweeted about under the #indyref hashtag, according to new research from the University of Glasgow. In Policy Scotland's latest analysis examining Twitter and the independence referendum debate, the team have moved from who is participating in the debate to exploring what is being discussed.

Paper: Terahertz underdamped vibrational motion governs protein-ligand binding in solution² As far back as 1948, Erwin Schrödinger—the inventor of modern quantum mechanics—published the book "What is life?" In it, he suggested that quantum mechanics and coherent ringing might be at the basis of all biochemical reactions.

Research paper: 'Decoding sound and imagery content in early visual cortex', Current Biology - Professor Lars Muckli: researcher profile - Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology research page 'Seeing is believing', so the idiom goes, but new research suggests vision also involves a bit of hearing.

Medical Research Council Why 'Alternative' teenagers self harm: exploring the link between non-suicidal self-injury, attempted suicide and adolescent identity Around half (45.5%) of 'Alternative'* teenagers self-injure and nearly 1 in 5 (17.2%) attempt suicide, according to scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow and researchers from the University of Ulm, Germany.

Neurodevelopmental and psychosocial risk factors in serial killers and mass murderers Institute of Health and Wellbeing Mental health specialists at the University of Glasgow have conducted the first review of published research into what causes people to undertake serial killings and mass murder. The report, which is the first of its kind to look at all the available material around serial and mass killers, identified that a complex interplay between neurodevelopmental problems and psychosocial factors are most likely to lead to incidences of this kind.

If you have one of those faces that people just don't trust, fear not: according to scientists, you can pull an expression that will make you appear more honest. Researchers have found that faces deemed to be untrustworthy, dominant or unattractive by dint of their shape, can be made to appear the opposite by making specific facial expressions.

A group of researchers has been able to shed new light on the rate of erosion by rivers under ice sheets in parts of the world likely to be covered by future ice sheets that might be considered as potential deep repositories for nuclear waste. The international team, led by the University of Glasgow's School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, found that deep gorges, cut like notches in broad glacial valleys in northern Sweden, had been eroded in only a matter of centuries by rivers of pressurised meltwater flowing beneath ice sheets during a period of ice sheet decay.

Scientists are aiming to implant a tiny microscope into a rat that could monitor cellular changes and reduce the number of animals used in medical research over time. The researchers will initially attempt to study spinal cells by attaching a microscope to the vertebrae of a rat to demonstrate that useful data can be gathered.

A team of international scientists has found organic soil frozen to the bottom of the Greenland Ice Sheet for 2.7 million years. The discovery provides strong evidence that the ice sheet has persisted for much longer than previously thought, enduring many periods of past global warming. Glaciers have traditionally been thought to operate like sanding machines, scraping off everything from vegetation, soil and even the top layer of bedrock as they move over the land.

A tiny genetic molecule known as a microRNA plays a central role in bowel cancer and could be key to developing new treatments for the disease, a new study concludes. Scientists found that the molecule, called microRNA 135b, is a vital 'worker' employed by several important cancer genes to drive the growth of bowel cancers.

Parasitic infections like malaria and sleeping sickness affect hundreds of millions of people, primarily in the poorest regions of the world. Diagnosis of these diseases is often difficult because the concentration of parasites in the blood can be very low and hard to measure. British scientists have now developed a simple chip-based method for enriching rare cells in blood samples, as reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie .

CREATe Martin Kretschmer, Professor of Intellectual Property law and Director of CREATe College of Social Sciences Consumers copy and share digital files. This has been blamed for a potentially catastrophic decline in certain markets. But why do consumers copy? And is it as economically harmful as often thought? CREATe, the UK research centre for copyright, has put a decade of evidence to the test by reviewing studies published between 2003 and 2013.

Researchers are embarking on a £1m study to establish the extent to which badgers are responsible for spreading tuberculosis in cattle. By using a combination of DNA sequencing and mathematical modeling, researchers at the University of Glasgow hope the results will inform effective and scientifically-guided policies for curbing bovine TB.

A new study is hoping to reveal the early signs of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in order to create drugs to treat the condition before symptoms have developed. Despite being the biggest killer in the Western world the individual causes of the various types of CVD: coronary heart disease, heart attack, heart failure and stroke, are still largely unknown.

Professor John McMurray Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences Why is heart failure not more rigorously assessed in clinical trials of antidiabetes drugs? In a Personal View, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology , Professor John McMurray of The University of Glasgow and colleagues review evidence that hospitalisation for heart failure is one of the most common and prognostically important complications of diabetes.

Dr Phil McAleer Voice Neurocognition Lab School of Psychology, University of Glasgow How long do you have to make a good first impression? About half a second, new research has revealed. Scientists have discovered that humans make judgements on someone's trustworthiness within the first 500 milliseconds of hearing their voice.

New research has found that one in ten adolescents in Northern Ireland self-harm and that past exposure to the Northern Ireland conflict and social media are new associated risk factors. The findings were made during the first study of its kind to investigate the rate of self-harm among adolescents in Northern Ireland as well as the factors associated with self-harm.

Scottish Rugby is seeking the assistance of former international players with a ground-breaking medical project that could benefit future generations. Working alongside world-renowned experts in the field of head injuries, Scottish Rugby is asking Scotland players of the past to take part in a study on the effects of concussion.

Gravitational waves were predicted by Albert Einstein almost a century ago but they are yet to be directly detected. Scientists are now trying to measure them in an attempt not only to confirm a key prediction of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, but also enhance understanding of the fundamental nature of our Universe.

New research a glacier of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, may continue thinning for decades to come. Geologists from the UK, USA and Germany found that Pine Island Glacier (PIG), which is rapidly accelerating, thinning and retreating, has thinned rapidly before. The team say their findings demonstrate the potential for current ice loss to continue for several decades yet.