Improving Water Quality in Island Communities Using Nanophotonic Metasurfaces

We are pleased to announce that Professor Alasdair Clark has been awarded funding under the EPSRC (via the UK Metamaterials Network – UKMMN) to support field testing of a new sensor technology, developed during the Decentralised Water Technologies (DWT) project. This project is led by Professor Alasdair Clark at the University of Glasgow, with Scottish

EPSRC IAA ‘Supporting the emerging rural water agenda in Scotland’

We are pleased to announce that Dr Elizabeth Lawson has been awarded EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account funding from Newcastle University to work in partnership with Scottish Rural Action. The project will address challenges with the performance of small-scale decentralised water technologies in rural and island Scotland, focussing on user support and knowledge sharing and strategic

The 5th International Conference on Biogas Microbiology (ICBM-5)

Dr Tania Gomez Borraz and Dr Tymon Herzyk presented their research findings at the 5th International Conference on Biogas Microbiology (ICBM-5), held in Galway, Ireland. This international event brought together leading experts from academia and industry to explore current and emerging trends in anaerobic digestion, as well as biogas production and valorisation. With around 150

Community Workshop / 23 May 2025: Microbial communities in engineered systems for water treatment

Hosted by the CINARA Institute, Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia and the University of Glasgow In 2022, 2.2 billion people still lacked access to safely managed drinking water, and four-fifths of those without access to even basic services lived in rural or remote areas. Providing accessible, safe, and sustainable drinking water in these regions

Glasgow Science Festival 2025: Glasgow Celebrates. Water Treatment in Scotland Activity by Dr Baptiste Poursat

This year, Glasgow turns 850 years old, the perfect excuse for a party! To mark the occasion Glasgow Science Festival will run from the 5th to 15th June 2025 with the theme ‘Glasgow Celebrates’. Taking inspiration from the city coat of arms and poem- Here’s the tree that never grew, here’s the bird that never