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NASA's Perseverance rover firing up its descent stage engines as it nears the Martian surface. Technology made by Scottish academics will be involved in the next mission to Mars. Picture: PA

Mars mission: Device built by Scottish researchers to be flown to Mars in bid to...

From left: Sir Ian Wood, Deborah O’Neil, ONE's CEO Jennifer Craw, and Richard Lochhead MSP at the ONE BioHub launch. Picture: Newsline Media.

Aberdeen's £40m landmark ONE BioHub life sciences epicentre makes official debut

Lorna Watson, Business Engagement Executive, Interface

Celebrate Earth Day by working together to innovate and invest in protecting pla...

The People’s Plan for Nature, which sets out the public’s vision for the future of nature, was created for the people, by the people as part of a UK-wide citizens' assembly

How people power can help save the planet

Paul Mealor, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's wedding compose, has described how honoured he is to be asked to write music for the coronation of King Charles III. Picture: PA

Scottish composer commissioned to write music for King Charles III coronation

The Robert Gordon University (RGU) and University of Aberdeen crews.

Annual Aberdeen Boat Race promises to be city classic

Medical Director Nick Fluck with students Rafsan and Alys

North of Scotland to welcome record number of medical students in 2023

Along with broad increase in prescriptions, the study found differences in mental healthcare according to gender and wealth of families.

Mental health prescriptions for children up nearly 60 percent

Content warnings for students include a whole range of issues

Readers' Letters: What’s so triggering about so-called 'trigger warnings'?

From left: technician Richard Osborne and Professor Dragan Jovcic from the School of Engineering at the University of Aberdeen beside the DC circuit-breaker. Picture: contributed.

University projects net collective £150k to support renewable energy

Professor Heather Wallace is Chair of Medical Research Scotland, Professor Emerita of Biochemical Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Aberdeen

With the right investment potential of Scotland’s medical research is infinite

Research from the University of Aberdeen published in Science this week shows the recommended intake of two litres of water a day seldom matches our actual needs

Eight glasses of water per day may be too much, Scots scientists say

Pupils were given a VIP tour of the University of Aberdeen’s science and engineering facilities.

Portlethen pupils crack the code to turn a hobby into a career

Artist impression of what the new mortuary facility will look like when constructed on the Foresterhill Health Campus.

Final construction contract approved for new £30m Integrated Mortuary Facility

Nelson Norman meets a young penguin in Antarctica

Obituary: Prof Nelson Norman, consultant surgeon and remote healthcare pioneer

Writers are encouraged to send their best poetry, short stories, flash fiction and short plays for consideration.

Doric anthology project seeks new writing submissions

The National Decommissioning Centre (NDC)

National Decommissioning Centre and Nuclear Decommissioning Authority launch res...

Susan Nightingale, UK Network Director, Scotland at the British Business Bank

Investing in research-led businesses is an essential part of fostering an innova...

Porridge is a great way to start the day (Picture: Johnny Green/PA)

Why it's time for us all to eat breakfast like champions – Stephen Jardine

Artist's reconstruction of Chicxulub crater soon after impact, 66 million years ago, on what is now Mexico's Yucatan peninsula

Wildfires on Mexico coast after meteor strike killed the Earth's dinosaurs

RAB-Microfluidics director of commercialisation Jamie Grant and CEO Dr Rotimi Alabi, pictured in Aberdeen.

Aberdeen firm behind 'game changing' oil tech nets £2.2m to scale up

A woman with diabetes measures the concentration of sugar in her blood (Picture: Franck Fife/AFP via Getty Images)

An overlooked Scottish scientist turned diabetes into a treatable condition

A video game, Strange Sickness, created as a result of research by University historians, will be showcased at the festival.

Hands-on history at new festival celebrating our past

Passengers travel through Edinburgh Airport wearing face masks. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

One in 18 people in Scotland have Covid as cases rise

Kate Forbes Cabinet Secretary for Finance on a visit to Biohub in Aberdeen

Ad Feature How Aberdeen became a hub for life sciences

Dr Natalia Gromakova with Professor Karin Friedrich of the University of Aberdeen. Picture: University of Aberdeen

Ukrainian academic flees war to be granted rare scholarship in Scotland

Ineos, which owns and operates the chemical plant and refinery complex at Grangemouth, has set out plans to generate hydrogen and deploy carbon capture and storage technology to lower emissions from its operations. Picture: Ineos

Switch to hydrogen for home heating will increase fuel poverty, expert warns

The company says the funding round will enable it to progress its first soloMER drugs into the clinic and accelerate its product pipeline. Picture: Lewis J Houghton/www.lewspics.com.

Aberdeen-based life sciences pioneer Elasmogen secures seven-figure boost

There are calls for a change in the advice given to pregnant women.

Warning to pregnant women who use painkillers

The excavation site where the "truly remarkable" discovery was made by archaeologists from Aberdeen University. PIC: Contributed.

Pictish stone found near ancient battle site in 'truly remarkable' discovery

Researchers in Scotland have found a way to remotely determine if protected female bottlenose dolphins are pregnant using aerial photos taken from drones

Great expectations: Drones used to study survival of baby dolphins in Scotland

Antibiotics may increase risk of colon cancer in the under-50s, study finds

Scientists have found that antibiotics could increase the risk of developing colon cancer by as much as half in the under-50s.

Antibiotics ‘may increase risk of colon cancer in the under-50s’

ONE has committed up to £5.6m to realise BioHub’s objectives.

Ad Feature Accelerated ambition in Aberdeen

Picture: Grant Anderson

Ad Feature How the planned BioHub at Aberdeen's Foresterhill will become a focal point for ...

John James Audubon, US ornothologist and illustrator, who also stole skulls from graves, some which are now held in museum stores at Aberdeen University. Discussions are now underway regarding their repatriation. PIC: CC.

University seeks to repatriate tribal skulls stolen from graves around the world

The densely-populated Pictish fort at Burghead, Moray, has been reconstructed following archaeological excavations by the University of Aberdeen. PIC: University of Aberdeen.

The Picts: Largest known Scottish fort brought to life in stunning reconstructio...

Claudia Cavalluzzo, Director, Converge

Future for forging an entrepreneurial and innovation pathway for Scotland’s acad...

Stunning and priceless: The Benin Bronze

King of Benin hails 'noble' Scots university over return of looted statue

Paul Dukes insisted that history should be considered a scientific discipline

Scotsman Obituaries: Prof Paul Dukes, historian known for works on Russia

A seven-year-old child affected by the drug thalidomide plays the xylophone in 1968 (Picture: Paul Fievez/BIPs/Getty Images)

Why the drug thalidomide is still being used today – Professor Neil Vargesson

Around 70 per cent of Scotland's drinking water comes from peaty areas (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Climate change bringing nasty surprise in our drinking water – Richard Dixon

Toni Shaw in action during the Women's 400m Freestyle - S9 final.

'I'm just so happy' - Aberdonian Shaw lands bronze for Team GB

We are increasingly aware of the lifestyle factors that can help us take better care of our brain, but what could the future hold for treatment?

Ad Feature How Scotland became a world leader in brain health

'Safety remains paramount, and we must never become complacent,' says Opito CEO John McDonald. Picture: Ross Johnston.

Scholarship in memory of Piper Alpha victims renews oil and gas safety pledge

The 23-year-old student has relocated home to Inverness since testing positive for Covid in January. Picture: Contributed

Scottish student with long Covid calls for more support

Fatigue adds to danger

Agriculture tops league for work stress and danger

Scotland's first Planetary Sciences course will be launched in September.

Scotland’s first degree in planetary sciences launched in Aberdeen

Walter Scott’s work is built on the understanding that important issues can be transferred from one historical period to another (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Why Walter Scott's poetry is still relevant today – Professor Alison Lumsden

British Museum staff and Libyan Embassy charge d'affaires Mohamed Elkoni, right, view the second-century funerary statue depicting Demeter or Persephone at the Libyan Embassy in central London (Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA)

How 'Global Britain' can lead world on cultural decolonisation – Matthew Taylor

Departing chairman Donald Reid with his successor Morag Inglis. Picture: contributed.

Chairman stepping down at 'Glasgow's oldest law firm' Mitchells Roberton

The Benin bronze sculpture of an Oba, or King, which was looted by British forces in the 19th Century and later by bought by Aberdeen University, is to be repatriated to Nigeria in a matter of weeks. PIC: Aberdeen University.

Scots university agrees to return looted Benin bronze to Nigeria

A radiologist supervises a patient undergoing a MRI. Picture: STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images

University of Aberdeen physicist who pioneered MRI technology dies aged 94

Yellow Wellies are keeping mental health at forefront of farming

Muirwood Gardens .

The face of retirement is changing - Steven Simpson

A new £375,000 study led by the University of Stirling in collaboration with the University of Aberdeen, will seek to understand the lived experiences and support needs of people suffering from the long-term effects of Covid-19.

University of Stirling launches £375,000 study into ‘long Covid’ effects

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AirBnB locks outside a block of flats in Edinburgh in 2019.

Ministers must 'return to drawing board' on short-term lets policy

Aldi has deployed a new laser deterrent system – which uses light beams to trick birds into thinking there is a predator in the vicinity, prompting them to flee – to stop seagulls nesting on the roof of its Bathgate distribution facility

How to stop seagulls pooing on solar panels and damaging buildings with ‘bombs’

Circular economy minister Lorna Slater confirming the delay to the planned deposit return

Deposit return scheme falls victim to constitutional bunfight