1+ hour, 4+ min ago  (225+ words) The University of Aberdeen hosted the UK-India Workshop on Applied AI and Digital Skills for Women in STEM on 30 June 2026. The event welcomed academics, industry representatives, and project partners from the UK and India as part of the University's ongoing…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (461+ words) Professor Ehud Reiter, a long serving academic at the University of Aberdeen, is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of Natural Language Generation (NLG) - the technology that underpins today's most widely used AI systems. As he prepares to retire,…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (306+ words) The International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) has announced that Dr Qiang Cai has won the 12th IBFD Frans Vanistendael Award. The honour was received for his publication "Reassessing the Economic Allegiance Theory from a Transaction Cost Perspective: What's the Benefit…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (223+ words) A short documentary produced as part of a University of Aberdeen co-led research project has secured two film awards for its portrayal of a genocide survivor's story. The genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda stands as a stark marker of…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (299+ words) An Aberdeen academic has been awarded almost "300, 000 by The British Academy to examine how artificial intelligence is governed in outer space. As activities ranging from satellite operations and space traffic management to defence, exploration and resource utilization become increasingly reliant…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (121+ words) The Impact of Bubble Acoustics on Climate Change, Spaceships, Dolphins and the Antibiotic Apocalypse. Today, we can use sound to make such bubbles dance on the surface of incurable or difficult-to-heal wounds, in order to offer a cure that requires…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1019+ words) The UK's first comprehensive evaluation of the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in breast cancer screening found that it can increase breast cancer detection by 10. 4% and has the potential to reduce the workload of healthcare workers by more than 30% compared…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago  (422+ words) The School of Psychology has become the first at the University of Aberdeen to be awarded an Athena Swan Gold award, for its work advancing gender equality in higher education and research. The School's successful application was led by Dr…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago  (501+ words) Older people are better at reading facial expressions than younger people in real-life situations, according to new research from the University of Aberdeen. The study, published in Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, found that older adults were better at deciphering facial…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (391+ words) The University of Aberdeen's School of Psychology celebrates its 130th anniversary this year, kicking off the milestone with a Traitors-themed event later this month. The School of Psychology at the University of Aberdeen is the oldest psychology department in the UK....