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Greenland science expedition aims to unveil critical climate insights
University of Aberdeen geoscientist Brice Rea will be onboard the UK's polar research vessel the RRS Sir David Attenborough as it makes its first science expedition to the Arctic.
Successful football club and university partnership continues
Aberdeen FC Community Trust and the University of Aberdeen's successful schools and communities partnership will be extended until 2026, it has been announced.
Key Scottish sectors warned of doubling of drought events by 2050
Key Scottish industries are being encouraged to do more to adapt to climate change after researchers found that the number of water scarcity events in Scotland could double by 2050.
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Shetland residents urged to have say about population decline across island communities
Householders in parts of Shetland are being asked to give their views on what would help make the islands' population sustainable as part of a new research project.
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HyWay Training School opens for registration
The first Training School of the 'hydrogen production from waste' research initiative will take place on 20 and 21 August.
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Aberdeen academic charged up after receiving Future Leaders Fellowship for battery research
Dr Ieuan Seymour named Future Leaders Fellow and receives £1.2M for research project.
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Could eating little and often be the key to weight loss?
Researchers need volunteers to help with obesity study.
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WayWORD Festival is back with a stellar line-up of local, national and international performers
Among the headliners appearing at University of Aberdeen King's Pavilion on September 21, and 24-29 will be former Scots Makar Liz Lochhead, Caribbean-British poet Grace Nichols, novelists Ben Aaronovitch, Zoe Strachan and Louise Welsh, Sherlock Holmes series writer James Lovegrove and Horrible Histories' comic songwriter Richie Webb.
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RSE award success for University of Aberdeen
Seven University of Aberdeen research projects have been selected at the spring 2024 RSE Research Awards open call.
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Aberdeen second in Scotland for student satisfaction in national survey
The University of Aberdeen has been ranked 2nd in Scotland for overall student satisfaction* and 15th in the UK** for positive responses, in the National Student Survey (NSS).
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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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
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Ukraine war: Russian soldiers’ wives are increasingly outspoken in their opposition
Opinion
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...
You are when you eat - how time of eating influences body weight
Did you eat breakfast this morning, or skip this meal to rush to work, or to sleep longer? If you don’t eat breakfast, is it because you don’t feel hungry and can’t face food first thing? If you prefer to hit the snooze button for a longer sleep, or choose to...
