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University professor opens this year’s Aberdeen International Youth Festival
The University of Aberdeen welcomed international performers from around the globe at the official opening of this year’s Aberdeen International Youth Festival (AIYF).
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Works starts on Sports Village Aquatics Centre
With one year to go to the Olympics and the unveiling this week of the new Olympic pool in London, work has started on Aberdeen’s very own Aquatics Centre.
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Second edition of successful Student Law Review launched
The second volume of the Aberdeen Student Law Review will be launched tonight Thursday July 28 in the James McKay Hall.
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Family fundraise for Fertility Centre to say thanks
An Aberdeenshire couple will today (July 28) hand over their second donation to the Aberdeen Fertility Centre to thank staff for helping them conceive the children they feared they might never have.
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How deep can fish go?
Just over 50 years ago Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard designed a submarine to take him to the bottom of the sea.
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University of Aberdeen Professor made Fellow of the British Academy
Professor of Psychology Neil Macrae of the University of Aberdeen has been made a Fellow of the British Academy.
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Aberdeen student wins prestigious awards for rainforest research
Aberdeen PhD student Jasper Kenter has recently won two prestigious European awards for his research in the Solomon Islands, a remote island chain in the South Pacific Ocean.
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Aberdeen scholar seeks to ‘set the record straight’ on atrocities committed during the Battle of Fro
The Battle of Fromelles fought during World War One has earned a reputation as the darkest day in Australian military history tainted not only by the high casualty rate but reported acts of atrocity at the hands of the enemy.
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Aberdeen student nominated for ‘Student of the Year’
A University of Aberdeen student has been shortlisted for a top UK student award because of his voluntary work in the city and beyond, including Africa.
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Have Europeans evolved to be fat depressed alcoholics?
As levels of obesity and binge drinking continue to soar in Europe, Scottish researchers have discovered Westerners may be genetically programmed to consume fatty foods and alcohol with a greater appetite than those in the East.
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Book launched for the doctors of tomorrow
Health, Behaviour and Society: a Clinical Companion to Medicine encourages young doctors to see a patient as more than a set of symptoms but as an individual.
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Fish farm location determines environmental impacts
The environmental efficiency of Scottish fish farms could potentially be increased by carefully selecting their locations, according to a University of Aberdeen study.
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Researchers to discuss the science of facial attractiveness
It has long been said that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ but is there a science behind human attraction?
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Son of the Broch is Knighted by the Queen
Professor Sir Lewis Ritchie OBE has been knighted for services to the NHS in Scotland by Her Majesty the Queen at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh.
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Aberdeen students in gear to beat international competition
University of Aberdeen engineering students have unveiled the racing car they hope will see off international competition at the world’s biggest motorsport event, held at Silverstone this coming weekend.
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Aberdeen students in gear to beat international competition
University of Aberdeen engineering students have unveiled the racing car they hope will see off international competition at the world’s biggest motorsport event, held at Silverstone later this week.
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Celebrations for July 2011 graduates
Come rain or shine Aberdeen's newest graduates laughed and cheered as they celebrated their successes.
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Hands-on science for Ellon Academy pupils
Most people think that a memory is like a video recording of events from our past, that looking and seeing are the same thing and that the arms and legs attached to our body belong to us.
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Aberdeen project aims to engage rural communities in the wonders of science
Academics from the University of Aberdeen will travel around remote areas of Scotland, giving informal public talks to local communities on research being undertaken at the institution into how digital technologies could transform rural communities, society and business.