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Celebrating 40 years of offshore wildlife recording
Four decades of a unique partnership to chronicle the birds and other wildlife seen from North Sea oil and gas platforms has been celebrated in a new book.
University unveils strategy to boost innovation and drive new business creation
A new approach to fostering an enhanced spin-out culture at the University of Aberdeen will now see the institution reduce its equity stake, in favour of increasing innovation and accelerating the commercialisation of intellectual property.
Eating ourselves to death: How the modern diet is destroying our bodies and our planet
Henry Dimbleby to deliver 2024 Carnegie Lecture at the University of Aberdeen
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Real estate programmes reaccredited by global professional body
The MSc and MA Real Estate programmes at the University of Aberdeen's Business School have been reaccredited by the sector's leading professional development body.
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Ultra-processed foods: Why Public Health warnings could backfire
Premature warnings to consumers to avoid eating all ultra-processed food products have likely social costs and may harm the health of people facing food poverty - at least in the short term.
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New research promises to connect the dots around marine microbiome
A major European research project which aims to harness the full potential of the marine microbiome has entered a new stage.
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Social interactions could speed up evolution
New study looks at how social interactions could speed up evolution
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Course swap opens up to MBA and energy economics students in Aberdeen and Perth, Australia
The University of Aberdeen has entered into course 'swap' arrangement with Curtin University in Western Australia that will widen educational opportunities for students by drawing on each institution's strengths in MBA delivery and the energy sector.
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New funding to explore community connections to water policies and responses to climate change
A new project to empower those who lack voice in climate action and to provide alternative ways to share risk perception has been awarded £190,000 in funding.
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University hosts the Just Transition Commission and Climate Change Committee
The University of Aberdeen's Just Transition Lab hosted the Scottish Just Transition Commission and the UK Climate Change Committee last week during their two-day fact finding visit to the north-east.
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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Too much lactate can harm our health – these microbes in our gut keep it in check
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Corruption hurts businesses but digital tools offer the hope of fighting it, say manufacturers in Ghana and Nigeria
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Ghana’s decades-old ambition to build an integrated aluminium industry faces a new hurdle: the clean energy transition
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Gut microbiome: meet Ruminococcus bromii – the microbe that loves carbs
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Les rebelles camerounais n'atteindront peut-être pas leur objectif de créer un État mais ils menacent la stabilité
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Mengenal hidrogen hijau: jenis, manfaat, dan tantangannya untuk transisi energi Indonesia
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Cameroon’s rebels may not achieve their goal of creating the Ambazonian state – but they’re still a threat to stability
Opinion
How did we arrive at this point?
By Professor John Bone, School of Social Sciences, University of Aberdeen The events at the Trump rally on 13 July 2024 provided yet one more tragic illustration of how political behaviour can all too readily move from rational debate to violent action. Political violence is, of course, sadly far from new and...
Witch hunts early example of profiling
Dr William G Naphy is a Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Aberdeen specialising in the Reformation and social control As Halloween approaches, the perennially popular witch costume will be donned by guisers across the country. Images of witches have appeared in various forms throughout history—from evil, wart-nosed women...
Getting to the heart of the matter
Professor Dana Dawson is from the University of Aberdeen’s Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research Unit and a consultant cardiologist at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Can you die of a broken heart? For those unfortunate enough to have experienced it, it can certainly feel like that. I am part of a group of scientists researching...
