To teach a simulated humanoid robot how to move, Peng and his team used reinforcement learning, where an AI is given an example of what a successful movement consists of and then tasked with ...

THE administrators of Glasgow's Virgin Hotel have completed the sale of the building more than a year after its sudden closure. Geoff Jacobs and Richard Heis from Interpath, the joint administrators ...

New research has revealed that the nervous system circuitry that controls arm movement in octopuses is segmented, giving these extraordinary creatures precise control across all eight arms and ...

Her achievement is one example of women rising to leadership roles worldwide ... This change was made possible by the pioneering efforts of the female suffrage movements that began in the Asia-Pacific ...

Drivers in Glasgow will be fined £100 if they park on pavements on most streets in the city from Wednesday 29 January. The new rules are designed to protect pedestrians, especially people in ...

A series of "reactive inspections" are to be carried out on the Kingston Bridge on the M8 in Glasgow after concrete fell from it during bad weather. Police were called to the bridge in the early ...

Although she has been the subject of renewed scholarly attention in the last several years, amid growing recognition of the contributions of women artists to the Land Art movement, it was the ...

The UK's first safer drugs consumption room is officially open. The Thistle - based in Glasgow's east end - will allow users to be able to consume drugs, including injecting heroin, under ...

By Stephen Castle Reporting from London A facility where users can inject drugs under nurses’ supervision is set to open in Glasgow on Monday after almost a decade of debate over how to deal ...

The Thistle is based in Glasgow's east end ... "Having said that, by setting an example, I do hope that other parts of Scotland will consider whether it is relevant for them." ...

Even champions have off days and Franco Smith is confident his Glasgow Warriors side will bounce back from their defeat by Edinburgh when they host Racing 92 in the Investec Champions Cup on Friday.

Though this is where the art ... examples to be found: it’s used throughout Canterbury Cathedral and London’s Westminster Abbey, and celebrated architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh often incorporated ...