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Major funding award for graduate and University spinout company researcher
A drug discovery expert and University of Aberdeen lecturer has been awarded prestigious funding to help further the development of treatments for life-changing inflammatory diseases.
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Toil & Trouble: Witchcraft in Scotland
A new student-led exhibition will explore 200 years of suspicions and actions that fueled the myths we associate with witchcraft today.
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University rises 20 places in THE World University Rankings
The University of Aberdeen has risen 20 places in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2022, strengthening its position among the world's top 200 universities.
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App to help Scottish skippers reduce bycatch scoops industry sustainability award
An innovative app being used by Scottish skippers to share real-time information with each other about the location of hotspots of unwanted fish has scooped a sustainability award.
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'Long-awaited' research into effect of long-term health conditions on mums and their babies underway
The impact of having more than one long-term health condition on pregnant mothers and their babies is to be investigated by researchers at the University of Aberdeen.
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Increasing long-term exercise reduces the amount of calories we burn according to new research
A new collaborative study which included researchers from the University of Aberdeen has found that a long-term increase in exercise leads to a 28% reduction in calories burned by the body during basic activities like sleeping.
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The ethics of design - moral considerations in the development of assistive technology
The Paralympic Games have highlighted the extremes of human endeavour and the technologies that support it, from running blades and handcycles to "sip and puff" steering for sailing.
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Top climate scientist appointed to key environment role ahead of COP 26
Professor Pete Smith, Professor of Soils and Global Change at the University of Aberdeen's Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, has been appointed to a new group of international experts who will advise the Scottish Government on environmental issues.
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Top Diabetes research institutes join forces to celebrate centenary of insulin
The University of Aberdeen will join forces with Scotland's other top Diabetes research institutes to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin.
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Metabolism changes with age, just not when you think it does
Researchers have measured life's metabolic highs and lows from birth to old age, and have discovered the rate at which we burn calories actually peaks much earlier, and starts to decline much later, than previously thought.