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Tree returns to its roots
A green-fingered toddler who nurtured a young tree has given it a new home at the University of Aberdeen.
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Manufacturing and construction industries to benefit from funding awarded to University of Aberdeen
Engineers at the University of Aberdeen have been awarded funding of more than £700,000 from the UK Government towards ground-breaking research in micro- and nanomechanics. Work at the Institution is at the forefront of our growing understanding of the behaviour of the so-called nanomaterials and ‘smart’ materials. Due to...
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University returns Maori ancestors to New Zealand
The University of Aberdeen’s collection of tattooed Maori heads (toi moko) will return to their ancestral home of New Zealand today (Monday, January 29).
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Extinct parrot resurfaces in Aberdeen
An extinct Australian parrot, last seen alive 80 years ago, has reared its colourful head in Aberdeen.
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Major funding award will help create UK’s finest NHS training centre for North-east
A major award from a leading UK charitable foundation will help ensure that the new medical education and clinical training centre being developed at Foresterhill in Aberdeen will give the North-east of Scotland the finest facility of its kind in the UK.
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Students help Scottish businesses go green
Students at Scottish universities are being given the opportunity to help businesses become more eco-friendly by taking part in a summer placement programme run by the Business Environment Partnership (BEP). Students at Scottish universities are being given the opportunity to help businesses become more eco-friendly by taking part in a...
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Sports scientist pens highly rated book
A University of Aberdeen sports scientist has collaborated on a book which has been given top ratings by experts in its field.
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MP swaps London for lab
A city MP will tomorrow (Friday, January 19) get the chance to conduct an experiment in one of the state-of-the-art labs at the University of Aberdeen.
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What happens when the mind wanders?
Scientists have discovered what happens in the brain when the mind wanders. Until recently, little has been known about the neural mechanisms that give the mind its ability to daydream.
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£23 million regional sports centre backed by city councillors
Detailed designs for the planned £23 million regional sports centre in Aberdeen were approved unanimously by the city council today.
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Major health research facility gets Royal opening
A new multi-million pound University of Aberdeen facility for research into key diseases was this morning (January 18) officially opened by HRH the Duchess of Rothesay.
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Could Climate Change Mean More Starving Porpoises?
As the seas around the UK warm due to global climate change, new evidence suggests that increasing numbers of Europe’s smallest cetacean - the harbour porpoise - are starving to death in the North Sea around Scotland.
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University boasts major new multi-million pound research facility
Invited guests got an in-depth insight today (January 5) to a new multi-million pound research facility for leading University of Aberdeen scientists trying to find better treatments and cures for major diseases.
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Academic is co-editor of new book
A new publication, Global Perspectives & Local Issues: Medical Sociology in North-east Scotland, edited by Edwin van Teijlingen of the University of Aberdeen and Chris Yuill of The Robert Gordon University is now available.