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A first for Aberdeen academic honoured by the American Accounting Association
Professor Alan Sangster, Chair in Accounting History at the University of Aberdeen Business School, has been selected to receive the 2022 Outstanding Accounting Educator Award of the American Accounting Association (AAA).
NDC and ORE Catapult form floating offshore wind research partnership
The National Decommissioning Centre (NDC) has teamed up with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult in a research partnership aimed at developing new offshore wind technologies.
Is thyroid disease a cause of the gender pay gap?
New research has found the adverse effects of thyroid dysfunction on labour market productivity could be a contributing factor to why women earn lower wages than men.
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£2.4m legacy gift to fund PhDs in plant sciences
Applications are now open for four fully funded PhD studentships in plant sciences thanks to a generous legacy gift of £2.4m to the University of Aberdeen Development Trust from former students of the University.
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Anne Brontë was a rock star
She's renowned as a novelist and one of the three famous sisters, but a detailed scientific analysis of Anne Brontë's collection of stones has revealed her to be a skilled collector with an active interest in geology.
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£2m project to build world-leading decommissioning test facility
The National Decommissioning Centre (NDC) is heading a £2 million project to construct a world-leading testing facility for oil and gas well plugging and abandonment.
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AI and data science project to help food and drink sector lower emissions
Scientists at the University of Aberdeen are embarking on a £1.1m project that will harness the power of artificial intelligence to help the UK's food and drink industry reduce its carbon emissions.
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Diseased dolphins at risk of starvation use muscles to survive
Diseased dolphin populations are using their muscles as an energy source to survive, a conservation study which analysed their metabolism has found.
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Appeal launched for students and scholars affected by war in Ukraine
An urgent fundraising appeal has been launched to help support students and scholars who have been displaced by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
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'Painkiller advice for pregnant women should always be followed' as use linked to newborn problems
Non-prescription painkiller self-medication linked to increased perinatal health risks.
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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Community dialogue can show the way to meeting water needs: a South African case
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The Russian victim myth: here's the history behind it
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Spring statement 2022: quick analysis about standard of living, energy crisis and more – from experts
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A beginner's guide to petroleum pricing in Ghana
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In a rush to replace Russian gas, the EU has damaged its own climate change strategy
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Ukraine war: how Ghana is vulnerable, and what can be done
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How satellites are helping us to understand deadly avalanches
Opinion
Just Transition workshop brings together scholars and Aberdeen's civil society
Achieving climate goals is impossible without significant transformation of our energy systems in a way that reduces reliance on fossil fuels and increases the share of low-carbon energy in the form of renewables and other options, such as nuclear energy. While it is often assumed that the energy transition process is...
National energy strategy long overdue but good news for the north-east
Last week’s publication of the UK’s new energy strategy has set out a vision for the country’s long-term energy security that is long overdue but nonetheless welcome. Arguably it is the first time for decades that there has been a deep appreciation of where and from whom we get energy, the...
Understanding artificial intelligence using Netflix, Amazon and a slice of pizza
Have you ever bought something from Amazon? Used Google maps to get to your favourite restaurant? Watched a movie Netflix recommended? If so, you have interacted with Artificial Intelligence (AI). Yes, that’s right. AI isn’t just robots and lousy chatbots. Simply put, AI is a ‘technology that exhibits human-like intelligence’. ...
