2nd September 2020 - The Glasgow Guardian



Major Glasgow study on blood biomarkers finds clear differences in people at genetic risk of Alzheimer’s disease

2nd September 2020

The largest study to date on the topic used data from nearly 400,000 people in the UK Biobank. Researchers at the University of Glasgow’s Institute of Health and Wellbeing have announced they have found people with genetic risk of Alzheimer’s disease exhibiting clear differences in certain biomarkers. It supports a link between a major genetic ...


North Lanarkshire Council unanimously supports Black Lives Matter

2nd September 2020

The motion has been put forward by deputy council leader Paul Kelly and University of Glasgow Rector candidate Junaid Ashraf. Councillors in the Glasgow suburb of North Lanarkshire have passed a unanimous decision to support the Black Lives Matter movement and review the process of decolonising education.  This joint Labour and SNP motion was introduced ...


The end of the line for hand-drawn animation

2nd September 2020

With the announcement of Studio Ghibli’s new CGI film, have we seen the last of traditional techniques? The first full-length traditionally animated film to be augmented with computer-generated (CG) animation was Disney’s The Great Mouse Detective, where cel-shading was used in one scene to produce the gears inside Big Ben. The animators were inspired by ...