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£100K science scholarship scheme for EU students
The University of Aberdeen has announced £100,000 worth of new scholarships for science students from the new EU Accession States.
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Oceans ‘07 - Aberdeen Shaping Up
Next month two of the world’s major marine and maritime conferences are joining forces and will be coming together for the very first time. OCEANS ’07 IEEE Aberdeen and EurOCEAN 2007 will be held in Aberdeen from June 18-22 2007, and preparations for these two prestigious marine events are now...
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Risk of Parkinson’s disease increases with pesticide exposure and head trauma
Exposure to pesticides and traumatic head injury may have a causative role in Parkinson’s disease, according to a study published online ahead of print in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
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Plagues and People
An internationally recognised expert on some of the world’s most infectious diseases will this week give an insight into some of the viruses that have grabbed and still make the headlines.
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Research led by the University of Aberdeen published in leading Geology journal
Through the Earth’s history, continents have crashed into each other as they move across the planet surface, building up huge mountain chains like the Alps and Himalayas. Geologists have taken a strong interest in the consequences of these major events, as they influence drainage systems, erosion and climate change.
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Housing boom threatening life chances of younger generation
A future framed by homelessness, late parenthood and families being raised in inadequate accommodation is being faced by Britain’s young people.
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University of Aberdeen goes ‘live’ with new technology
The University of Aberdeen has become the first UK academic institution to go ‘live’ with an eProcurement service which will help transform the process of procuring goods and services.
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Veronica wins top prize in Linnaeus art contest
Television gardener Jim McColl presented prizes to the winners of an art contest which was part of University of Aberdeen celebrations marking the birth of a great botanist.
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TV gardener presents prizes at celebrations for great botanist
Celebrity gardener Jim McColl will tomorrow (Saturday) present prizes to the winner and runners up of a contest which was organised to mark the birth three hundred years ago of one of the world’s greatest botanists.
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Slave trade legacy explored
One of the world’s leading scholars in African and African-American Studies will give a keynote lecture in Aberdeen tonight on the legacies of the Atlantic slave trade.
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Smoking cannabis while pregnant could affect the developing brain
Two University of Aberdeen scientists are part of an international team which has made a major breakthrough in our understanding of brain development. Their findings also suggest that smoking cannabis during pregnancy may affect the brain development of the unborn baby.
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Aberdeen Graduate wins prize for efforts to save river dolphins
Colombian conservationist and Aberdeen Graduate, Dr Fernando Trujillo, is this year’s overall winner of the UK’s top conservation prize for his work to conserve South America’s pink river dolphins.
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US Ambassador visits King's College
His Excellency Robert Holmes Tuttle, US Ambassador to the UK, visited King’s College at the University of Aberdeen today.
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Young scientists meet centuries old scientist!
One of the most influential scientists in history – who devised the system for naming plants and animals that is still used today – was born 300 years ago.
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University’s renewable energy expertise to be showcased
Experts from the University of Aberdeen and the Robert Gordon University will be highlighting their renewable energy expertise at this year’s annual renewable energy exhibition and conference, All-Energy, which begins tomorrow (Wednesday, May 23) at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre.
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OCA Sets Sights On Carbon Capture
The Offshore Contractors' Association (OCA) is set to focus its attentions on exploring the advantages and disadvantages of carbon dioxide capture and storage schemes.
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Governor of Bank of England visits University
The Governor of the Bank of England today shared his thoughts on UK monetary policy with an invited audience at a key event organised by the University of Aberdeen Business School.
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Russian delegation to share experiences with oil and gas advisory groups
A high level group from Sakhalin Island, Russia, visits the University of Aberdeen today (Wednesday, May 16) as part of efforts to encourage collaboration with the institution. They will meet with representatives from the Shetland Oil Terminal Environmental Advisory Group (SOTEAG), the St Fergus Coastal Environment Committee and the...
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Errors, Medicine and the Law
The frequency with which health professionals have been charged with manslaughter in the UK as the result of the death of a patient has increased in the last decade. Many of these charges have arisen from mistakes.
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Property economics and finance expert lands prestigious award across the pond
A University of Aberdeen professor’s internationally renowned work on property economics and finance has been recognised with a top American award.
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Aberdeen in the running to house new energy centre
The University of Aberdeen is delighted to welcome the news that Aberdeen is in the running to bring a £1 billion energy centre to the Granite City. Bids from five outstanding university organisations have today (Monday, May 14) been short-listed to host the UK’s new Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).
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WORD 07 – Record Number of Visitors Attend Festival
With this year's WORD Festival now over, organisers are celebrating record audience figures. Over the course of the three days more than 11,000 visitors attended – making it the most successful Word Festival yet.
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Launch of world’s first ‘Dynamic Breathing’ home
A ground-breaking ‘dynamic breathing’ insulation designed to lower carbon emissions, reduce energy costs and create a healthy living environment has been unveiled at CALA’s Arboretum development in Balerno where it will now be trialled.
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Action needed to further develop Scotland’s life sciences sector
Scotland’s Chief Scientific Adviser will today stress the growing importance of public and private sector collaboration to support and further expand the country’s world class life sciences sector.
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Aberdeen chronic pain patients offered exercise on prescription in major new clinical trial
Patients from Aberdeen suffering from chronic pain are to be offered free exercise on prescription at their local gyms as part of a major new clinical trial aimed at developing more effective ways of reducing their painful symptoms.
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OCEANS and EurOCEAN come together for first time
Next month two of the world’s major marine and maritime conferences are to join forces and come together for the very first time. OCEANS ’07 Aberdeen and EurOCEAN 2007 will be held in Aberdeen from June 18-22, 2007 at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre and will be the first...
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Hundreds of pupils mark birth of world’s most influential botanist
Hundreds of pupils from across the North-east have entered a University of Aberdeen contest celebrating the 300th anniversary of the birth of one of science’s most important figures.
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Legal experts hold court on Scottish independence
The legality of Scotland declaring its independence without the backing of the Westminster government is set to be debated in Aberdeen this weekend.
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Home Economics Teachers’ Annual Conference
Nearly 250 secondary school teachers from across Scotland will gather at a Home Economics conference in Dundee this Saturday (May 12).
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Granite City’s links with Gorbachev
The man who helped persuade Margaret Thatcher that Mikhail Gorbachev was a man Britain ‘could do business with’ will give a keynote lecture in the Granite City tonight.
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Aberdeen based children's research project to benefit from the BG Energy Challenge 2007 - UK
BG Group, the global natural gas business, has announced that the SPARKS Clubfoot project “Exploring causes of clubfoot in Europe and the Pacific” based at the University of Aberdeen will be one of two SPARKS projects to benefit from funds raised from its annual BG Energy Challenge UK event.
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Aberdeen medical student wins film awards
Second year medical student Shaun Qureshi never imagined his life-long interest in drawing would lead to making an animated film and winning prizes, but that’s what happened.
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Volunteers sought for new asthma test
Local GP and University of Aberdeen Clinical Research Fellow Dr Jim Repper is seeking more recruits for a multi-centre clinical trial of a new asthma breath test.
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Centenary celebration for founding father of sociology at Aberdeen
The work of a man who pioneered the teaching of sociology in Aberdeen will be celebrated later this month – 100 years after his appointment.
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Dickens treasures on show at Aberdeen
Oliver Twist and Scrooge will be among a list of enduring literary creations to come under discussion this weekend as part of a Charles Dickens day at the University of Aberdeen.
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Top Geology students win $20,000 in international competition
A team of students from the University of Aberdeen have taken first prize at the prestigious Imperial Barrel Competition held at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, in Long Beach, California.
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Teaching boost and new PhD places for School of Education
The University of Aberdeen’s School of Education received a boost last month when Professor Lani Florian took up her new post as Professor of Social and Educational Inclusion.
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Lord Provost's Charitable Trust to make major awards to aid Multiple Sclerosis research and respite
The Lord Provost’s Charitable Trust is today making major awards to projects in support of Multiple Sclerosis research and respite following its biggest ever fundraising driving.
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Aberdeen expert among speakers at first Scottish conference on asthma
To mark World Asthma Day today (May 1), Asthma UK Scotland is co-chairing the first ever major asthma conference in Scotland looking at all aspects of the condition.
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University strengthens ties with King’s School Oxford
The University of Aberdeen has strengthened ties with King’s School Oxford with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).