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Tiny mountain lakes pose big, overlooked flood risks, new study warns
Researchers call for urgent rethink of global hazard monitoring as "Small Alpine Lake Outbursts" emerge in a warming world
University of Aberdeen to lead major new North-Sea heritage doctoral research consortium
Understanding how North Sea heritage is shaped during a time of rapid economic, environmental and cultural change is at the heart of a major new doctoral research initiative led by the University of Aberdeen.
Revealed: The untapped potential of bowel cancer samples to boost understanding of other diseases
Bowel cancer screening samples could also be used for crucial research into other major health conditions.
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New book explores the evolution of hybrid and remote working
A leading expert on hybrid working at the University of Aberdeen has published a new book examining how remote and hybrid work have transformed office jobs and reshaped the modern workplace.
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New partnership explores future collaboration in geothermal energy
Aberdeen's two universities have committed to explore future collaboration in geothermal energy and heating jointly, marking an important step toward expanding research, innovation and skills development in the sector.
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Uncovering the evidence for child abuse and neglect in archaeological remains
A team of researchers from the University of Aberdeen has developed a new framework with which to identify the often subtle signs of child abuse and neglect in antiquity.
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Scottish fiddler revealed as Handel's organist
An 18th-century Scottish fiddler and composer has been identified as the likely organist who played in the famous premiere of Handel's Messiah.
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Homer's Ithaca - the homeland of Odysseus - was not an island
Important new research, published in the online journal Antigone on 5 July, reveals that the assumption that Homer's Ithaca was an island, held by scholars since antiquity, is incorrect.
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New study identifies ways to make clinical trials more informative and reduce research waste
A major international study published in JAMA Network Open has identified practical actions that could improve the quality, usefulness, and reliability of randomised clinical trials around the world.
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Student teams imagine the past using historic archives to create games
Student teams from across Scotland have transformed rare historical collections into original digital and tabletop games as part of a University of Aberdeen-led initiative.
The Conversation
The University of Aberdeen is a founding partner of The Conversation UK. See below our academics' articles and opinion pieces on various topics of public interest.
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Los neandertales utilizaban dientes de rinoceronte para tallar la piedra
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Did Neanderthals use rhinoceros teeth as tools?
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Why coping with heavy rain in Scotland’s whisky country shows how to save water for the summer
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Nigeria’s former election umpire has been appointed an ambassador: why this is a red flag
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Nigeria has jailed Biafra separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu: why it risks backfiring
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Jane Austen’s friendships defied social class – and empowered her writing
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Nigeria at 65: a long road to economic freedom
Opinion
Stick or Twist? Why Net Zero will stall unless we change how we govern it
For over a decade, the UK was regarded as a climate leader. The Climate Change Act created a durable cross‑party mandate, and emissions fell to less than half their 1990 levels - largely through cleaning up the power sector, a shift that required little from the public directly as we...
Driving innovation for Scotland's future
As Scotland comes together to celebrate its first National Innovation Week, the University of Aberdeen is proud to highlight our ambitious vision for shaping the future of enterprise, entrepreneurship, and societal impact. We kicked off the week by launching a brand-new course, ‘The Founder’s Journey’, to inspire and help students and staff turn...
Decarbonisation is not deindustrialisation - it's the UK's best chance for economic renewal and a just transition
There is a substantive amount of debate about the nature and shape of the future UK economy in the context of achieving Net Zero. This has, rightly so, been focused on the regions, places and sectors that have been dependant on fossil fuel industries for generations and how we can...
