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An interactive comic book, produced at the University of Glasgow, will become the latest global educational tool in the fight against malaria as it is launched live online.

It has long been suspected that humans do not experience the world continuously, but rather in rapid snapshots. Now, researchers at the University of Glasgow have demonstrated this is indeed the case. Just as the body goes through a 24-hour sleep-wake cycle controlled by a circadian clock, brain function undergoes such cyclic activity - albeit at a much faster rate.

The Scottish Parliament should establish a separate Human Rights Committee because the current committee system has failed to adequately consider human rights issues.

On the week of the 26 th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, the first-ever study of nuclear engineers has shown how they were shaped by secrecy and shifting goals. First defined by the Second World War's Manhattan Project, they marked out a new field described as a 'strange journey through Alice in Wonderland' and 'What Buck Rogers reads about when he reads'.

On the eve of its annual conference, leading doctors from the European Society of Hypertension have called for patient awareness and better clinician education to ensure more individualised treatment of high blood pressure.

A new exhibition to mark World Malaria Day will be opened on Wednesday 25th April by the University Chancellor Sir Kenneth Calman in the University of Glasgow's library.

After hundreds of thousands of years drifting in space, a piece of the rocky surface of Mars has made its way into the hands of scientists at the University of Glasgow.

Professor Foo Yew 'Eddy' Liew, Senior Research Fellow and Gardiner Professor of Immunology at the University of Glasgow has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).

The belief that all humans communicate six basic emotions through their facial expressions has been refuted by researchers at the University of Glasgow. It was Charles Darwin who first noted in his 1872 book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals that people from different cultures express the same state of mind by the same facial movements, but the Glasgow researchers say this is not the case.

People in the UK are significantly misjudging the amount of sugar in popular drinks, particularly those perceived as "healthy" options according to research revealed today by the University of Glasgow.

Parkinson's UK has launched the biggest in-depth research study tracking people with the neurological condition ever mounted anywhere in the world.

A new 3D printing process developed at the University of Glasgow could revolutionise the way scientists, doctors and even the general public create chemical products. Professor Lee Cronin, Gardiner Chair of Chemistry at the University, believes his research could lead to the development of home chemical fabricators which consumers could use to design and create medicine at home.

A partnership between the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde has received a significant funding boost to help Scottish scientists explore the fundamental workings of matter using the fastest lasers on Earth.

Recent research for a lunchtime talk has uncovered details of the largest single theft in the history of The Hunterian.

Kidney stones are agonising, and can lead to medical complications. There are many causes and types of stone, but the number of cases diagnosed is continuing to rise. Short term treatment, as anyone who has suffered from this condition will know, can involve high strength painkillers and ultrasound to shatter the stones and allow them to pass.

The Apprentice, which starts tonight on BBC television, is not just an entertainment programme. It also encourages audiences to become more interested in aspects of business and the entrepreneurial culture.

Scientists from the University of Glasgow are investigating how the blood cancer leukaemia develops in the bone marrow. Professor William Cushley, professor of molecular immunology in the School of Life Sciences, and Professor Brad Ozanne, honorary associate of the Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, have been granted £115,000 for the two-year project by the blood cancer charity Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.

A new group comprised of academics, cultural specialists and enthusiasts has been formed to promote Scottish Studies in schools and across wider society.

The first woman in Scotland to graduate in medicine will be recognised in her home town this week.

George Baillie, a Reader of Biochemistry within the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences has received a Translational Research grant of £142,586 from national heart charity, Heart Research UK, to explore the development of novel drugs to protect the heart.

A University of Glasgow academic is flying to Japan to visit the Fukushima Prefecture, where three nuclear reactors were seriously damaged in the earthquake and subsequent tsunami of March 2011.

Senior academic Professor James Conroy, Professor of Religious and Philisophical Education will be taking part in a major debate on the place of "Faith in Schools" at Wednesday 22 February 2012, 5.30-7pm at 61 Whitehall.

Background Professor Calder will formal take up her post on March 1. Muffy Calder is Professor of Computing Science and Dean for Research in the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Glasgow.

The University of Glasgow unveiled an ambitious space technology research programme today (Monday 13 February) at an event attended by the Minister of State for Universities and Science, the Rt Hon David Willetts MP.

A University of Glasgow-led project which channelled Scottish Government and other donor funding into Pakistan's flood-hit Swat Valley district has resulted in the construction of 266 new homes.

An exciting proposal to transform Glasgow's historic Kelvin Hall arena into a publicly accessible collections facility for Glasgow Museums and The Hunterian has received first stage approval from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

It is so small that it cannot be seen by the naked eye - but a tiny Chinese New Year greetings card created by the University of Glasgow represents the huge potential for China to profit from Scottish innovation.

A study by scientists at the University of Glasgow has shown that IVF treatment is most effective and safest when no more than two embryos are used - particularly for older women. Currently in the UK, women over 40 years old are allowed to have three embryos used in an IVF treatment cycle, but the research published in The Lancet says the chances of success are no greater than for two while the risk of complications is higher.

A study by scientists at the University of Glasgow has shown that IVF treatment is most effective and safest when no more than two embryos are used - particularly for older women. Currently in the UK, women over 40 years old are allowed to have three embryos used in an IVF treatment cycle, but the research published in The Lancet says the chances of success are no greater than for two while the risk of complications is higher.

Scientists at the University of Glasgow are urging policymakers to reconsider priorities in efforts to understand and control antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial resistance is when micro-organisms, including bacteria, viruses and parasites, are no longer killed by the drugs that have previously been effective.

Archivists at the University of Glasgow are giving armchair historians a seasonal gift this year with the launch of the official online catalogue of the House of Fraser Archive on Christmas Day.

A traditional Christmas Day family walk could help reduce fat levels in the blood, according to scientists at the University of Glasgow. In a study funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), researchers from the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, found that exercising may actually change the structure of blood fats, allowing the body to easily get rid of them.

The American Heart Association has appointed Professor Anna Dominiczak as editor-in-chief of its journal Hypertension .

One of the largest collections of old Bibles in the UK is currently being showcased at Glasgow's Mitchell Library in an exhibition to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the production of the King James Bible in 1611.