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Environmental case for vertical farming stacks up - according to new study
Growing lettuce on stacked shelves in high-tech greenhouses could be as good for the environment as growing them in fields and could save 8,000 hectares of land in the UK, according to a new study from the University of Aberdeen and the University of Surrey.
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Birds of a feather flock together but great white sharks have swum apart 'forever'
Great white sharks separated into three distinct population groups up to 200,000 years ago and continue to mix only within these separate groups, new research has found.
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Scotland's capercaillie population offered extinction lifeline
Researchers might have solved the riddle of how to save one of Scotland's most iconic protected species from eating another.
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Aberdeen climbs into UK top 10 and World Top 50 in new Impact rankings
The University of Aberdeen has been named within the top 10 universities in the UK and top 50 in the world in the new Times Higher Education Impact Rankings.
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University sparks social change with £134,000 funding award
An innovative University of Aberdeen project focused on nurturing the next generation of social entrepreneurs has been awarded £133,887 from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
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Research Facilities Showcase opens door to academic technology and expertise for local businesses
Businesses will be able to engage with more than 20 world class research facilities offered by the University of Aberdeen during an information-sharing event on April 19.
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Aberdeen researchers share climate change, fish and North Sea energy insights at global summit
The sustainable use of our oceans comes under the spotlight in Norway this week with Aberdeen researchers stepping onto the global stage to share their insights.
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Academic awarded more than £2million to study rapid evolution in Scottish seabird populations
A University of Aberdeen scientist has been awarded EUR2.5million by the European Research Council (ERC) to lead a team in predicting how seabird populations on the east coast of Scotland will respond to increasingly extreme seasonal weather conditions.
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Hummingbird study makes the front page
This stunning photo which made the cover of the March edition of Ecography - A Journal of Space and Time in Ecology was taken by the School of Biological Science's Cristina Rueda Uribe.
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Monymusk pupils can't get enough of University life
Primary pupils from Monymusk School in Aberdeenshire were back for more earlier this month - after their first visit to the University proved a huge hit.