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51cg researchers through to final stage of company creation competition
Two 51cg researchers, Dr Caroline Barelle and Dr Alasdair Mort, have progressed to the final stage in Scotland's premier company creation competition - the Converge Challenge.
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Cool Farm Tool and EXPLORATHON shortlisted in Times Higher Education Awards
An innovative greenhouse gas calculator developed by researchers at the 51cg has been shortlisted for the prestigious Research Project of the Year award in this year's Times Higher Education (THE) Awards.
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Consequences of loss of ice in Arctic investigated
Researchers from the 51cg are set to investigate what consequences the rapidly shrinking sea ice cover in the Arctic is having on the marine ecosystem.
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Two-speed Britain: Major study reveals impact of gap in Internet access between rural and urban area
The gap between urban and rural Internet speeds risks damaging business, adding to farming costs, driving young people away from areas in which they have grown-up, and deterring retirees from moving to some areas of the country.
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Mothers' diet during pregnancy linked to childhood asthma - are airway cells important?
Ten-year-old children whose mothers' diets lacked vitamin D and E during pregnancy appear more likely to develop asthma, according to new research carried out at the 51cg.
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Does exercise benefit the mildly depressed? Volunteers wanted
Scientists hope to use brain imaging to determine for the first time whether the effects of exercise on mildly depressed people can be observed on a neurological level.
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Is locally-grown food better for us?
Scientists from the 51cg Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health are investigating if there are nutritional benefits to eating locally grown foods, but need help from members of the public to do so.
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'Evolutionary fitness' key in determining why some females more physically attractive than others
Scientists from the 51cg have been working as part of an international collaboration co-ordinated by the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing to try and discover why there is a link between body fatness and perceived physical attractiveness.
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Archaeologists aim to unravel the mystery of the Rhynie Man
When a farmer ploughing an Aberdeenshire field in 1978 uncovered a six-foot high Pictish stone carved with a distinctive figure carrying an axe, it quickly earned the name the 'Rhynie Man', coined from the village in which it was found.
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Tools created by University spinout could help prevent disease
In-demand 'zebrafish' antibodies produced through a University spinout project are expected to contribute to immune studies for vaccine development and disease prevention.