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Her Majesty The Queen visits University of Aberdeen
Her Majesty Queen Camilla visited the University of Aberdeen - where she holds the role of Chancellor - to learn more about the University's initiatives in community building, including its long-standing partnership with Aberdeen Football Club Community Trust and its outreach into Aberdeen schools.
Motorbike crash nearly cost me everything
An Aberdeen student has rebuilt her leg, her life and managed to complete her degree after a horror motorbike crash very nearly killed her just 18 months ago.
New type of medical scanner shows promise for stroke patients
A new type of medical scanner developed by a University of Aberdeen team has shown that it can identify brain damage in stroke patients at lower magnetic fields than ever before
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Volunteers needed for new Rowett studies
Volunteers needed for new studies into how to help scots eat our way to a healthier planet
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In memory of Professor David Rhind CBE
Tributes have been paid to distinguished geographer, author and respected academic Professor David Rhind CBE, who has died aged 81.
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Aberdeen professor to lead British Society of Soil Science
Professor Paul Hallet appointed British Society of Soil president.
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Eat local fish: Nutrients 'lost' to exports could help health and climate
Scientists who have calculated the UK's "lost" nutrients from fish exports for the first time are calling for a big push to get more people eating local seafood.
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Prestigious Fellowship to explore a 'window onto the eclectic philosophical cultures of antiquity'
A University of Aberdeen biblical scholar has been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship.
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PE Limited donate over 4 million pounds in software licences
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University team blasts off at National Rocketry Championship
The University of Aberdeen team put in an impressive performance at the biggest university-level rocketry competition in the UK.
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University hosts AREG - GB Energy industry roundtable
The University of Aberdeen has hosted a meeting of GB Energy organised by the Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), bringing together renewable energy stakeholders from across the region.
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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Bad Bunny fotografía la herencia cultural e histórica de Puerto Rico en su último álbum
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Atlantic salmon need saving, but current conservation measures could do more harm than good
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Ghana heads to the polls: why the economy is the biggest issue for many voters
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Jet lag: your metabolism recovers quicker than your brain – new study
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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
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...
