St Andrews Research Portal
The St Andrews Research Portal features the research activities within the University of St Andrews
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Research at the School of Mathematics and Statistics
Computer simulations of an internal solitary wave propagating through a stratified fluid
Research at the Schools of Classics and Computer Science
Virtual reconstruction of Acropolis Basilica, Sparta, based on evidence revealed during its excavation
Research at the School of Mathematics and Statistics
A pair of intertwined graph-directed self-similar multifractals
Research at the School of Biology
Instrumentation being attached to a seal’s fur for measuring animal behaviour under Antarctic polar ice
Research at the School of Chemistry
A scanning tunnelling microscope image of a network of trimesic acid molecules arranged on the surface of gold
Research at the School of Psychology
Study of chimpanzee gestures in the wild reveals natural repertoire of all chimpanzees groups and other great apes
Recent research publications
Efficient ruthenium-catalysed S-S, S-Si and S-B bond forming reactions
Fernandez Salas, J. A., Manzini, S. & Nolan, S. P. 2013 In : Chem Comm. 49, 52, p. 5829-5831, 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Steric and Electronic Parameters of a Bulky yet Flexible N-Heterocyclic Carbene: 1,3-Bis(2,6-bis(1-ethylpropyl)phenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene (IPent)
Collado-Martinez, A., Balogh, J., Meiries, S. M. B., Slawin, A. M. Z., Falivene, L., Cavallo, L. & Nolan, S. P. 2013 In : Organometallics. 32, 11, p. 3249-3252, 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Effects of obesity and estradiol on Na+/K+-ATPase and their relevance to cardiovascular disease.
Obradovic, M., Bjelogrlic, P., Rizzo, M., Katsiki, N., Haidara, M., Stewart, A. J., Jovanovic, A. & Isenovic, E. R. 2013 In : Journal of Endocrinology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Chimpanzees plan their tool use
Byrne, R. W., Sanz, C. M. & Morgan, D. B. 2013 Tool Use in Animals: Cognition and Ecology. Sanz, C., Call, J. & Boesch, C. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 48 63 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Laterality in the gestural communication of wild chimpanzees
Byrne, R. W. 2013 In : Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Recent activities
Best Article Prize
Patrick Hayden (Recipient), 20-Jun-2013Activity: Awards › Prize (including medals and awards)
16th Workshop for Scottish Teachers of Spanish
Gustavo San Roman (Organiser), 11-Jun-2013Activity: Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange › Public Lecture/debate/seminar
Invited lecture at the Department of Anthropology, University of Barcelona: Title: "Espacios económicos y suministro de azogues en los Andes: transportes, remesas, contratos. El conflicto entre Bolivia y Rothschild, 1835-‐1853"
Tristan Platt (Participant), 12-Mar-2013Activity: Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange › Public Lecture/debate/seminar
Invited lecture at the Department of Anthropology, Autonomous University of Barcelona: Title: "Reorganizando el tiempo histórico entre los Aymara de Potosí antes y después de la invasión española"
Tristan Platt (Speaker), 13-Mar-2013Activity: Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange › Public Lecture/debate/seminar
Honorary Research Fellow - University of Manchester
William Arthur Tooman (Recipient), 1-Sep-2013 → 31-Aug-2014Activity: Awards › Appointment
Research news
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The New Generation
21-May-2013
St Andrews’ academic in UK’s top ten ‘brightest minds’.
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Breakthrough calls time on bootleg booze
17-May-2013
Photonics technique could become a portable testing device.
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Mirror, mirror
07-May-2013
How deforming mirrors can revolutionise light storage.