News in May 2026

A new, user-friendly free IVF prediction tool - powered by national fertility treatment data - has been launched by the University of Aberdeen.

A University of Aberdeen scientist will establish the UK's third, and Scotland's only, Animal Replacement Centre (ARC) within the University's Institute of Medical Sciences.

Professor Ehud Reiter, a long serving academic at the University of Aberdeen, is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of Natural Language Generation (NLG) - the technology that underpins today's most widely used AI systems.

An Aberdeen energy sector leader will take to the podium next month to deliver the prestigious Watt Hepburn Lecture.

The International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) has announced that Dr Qiang Cai has won the 12th IBFD Frans Vanistendael Award.

A new international review has shed light on how offshore energy structures - from oil and gas platforms to wind turbines - shape marine ecosystems and the benefits they provide to society.

Eleven academic innovators connected to the University of Aberdeen are about to embark on the next chapter of their entrepreneurial journey as Converge announces its latest programme cohort.

New research from the University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute suggests that an unhealthy diet during adolescence could have long-lasting effects on how the brain makes decisions about food - even after returning to a healthy diet.

The first ever clinical trial of medication for the long-term management of the condition commonly known as broken heart syndrome is now underway.

The LIFT (Listening, Involving and Forging Trust) programme in musculoskeletal (MSK) research is a five-year, multi-partner initiative funded by Arthritis UK in partnership with Orthopaedic Research UK and the Kennedy Trust. The programme will establish a national Patient Voice Network to make patient and public involvement (PPI) more accessible, more...