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Heriot-Watt to collaborate in digital economy research
Heriot-Watt University will be part of a consortium of researchers, headed by the University of Exeter Business School to undertake…
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UK's biggest rail track bed testing facility at Heriot-Watt University
The biggest purpose-built rail laboratory track bed testing rig in the UK is under construction at Heriot-Watt University, as part of…
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Research projects demonstrate interdisciplinary innovation
The first six collaborative research projects to be funded from the new Heriot-Watt Crucible Interdisciplinary Project Fund were announced…
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Carbon capture and storage project launched
The Hydrates, Flow Assurance & Phase Equilibria group of the Institute of Petroleum Engineering in collaboration with the Laboratory of…
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Research collaborations at Heriot-Watt–Moredun Exchange Symposium
Nearly 40 research leaders from a wide range of sciences attended a special Research Futures symposium at Heriot-Watt University last week…
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Researcher wins award for innovative use of MRI
Elisa Vignaga, a Research Assistant from the School of the Built Environment, has won the highly prestigious Dick Chorley Award 2011 from…
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Heriot-Watt scientist leads research adventure into six million years…
In an underwater river of sand and mud off the Iberian Coast, a scientist from Heriot-Watt University has discovered new evidence buried…
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Researchers reach final of business plan competition
A group of entrepreneurial PhD students brought together through the Research Futures 'Enterprising Researcher Summer School' have reached…
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Heriot-Watt Crucible scores another success
The second Heriot-Watt Crucible programme for 'research leaders of the future' concluded with a research collaboration event at the Dynamic…
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Under the Antarctic Southern Sea
Jen Loxton, a Marine Biology PhD student at Heriot-Watt, is off on a two month expedition in the Antarctic, diving to gather samples which…
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Funding for new device to detect prostate cancer
A mechanical device that could have a major impact on the diagnosis, assessment and surveillance of prostate cancer is being developed in a…
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School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences project wins €3 million…
A project led by Helen Hastie in the School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences has received an EC FP7 research award worth over €3 million.
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'Baking with sound' research receives government funding
Heriot-Watt University is part of a group which has secured £500,000 funding to investigate the use of sound waves in the food industry.
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Graduate wins prize for PhD thesis
Heriot-Watt graduate, Dr Maja Piecyk, has won the James Cooper Memorial Cup for the best PhD on a logistics topic in the UK.
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Research Futures shortlisted for Leadership Foundation award
Heriot-Watt Crucible, the new research leadership programme, has been selected as a finalist for a Good Practice Impact Award 2011.
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Nature plays dice with at least 11 faces
Researchers have shown that nature plays dice with at least 11 faces, using light that looks like pasta spirals!
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A 'time machine' to study the future of our oceans
A new laboratory that will simulate the changing conditions of the seas around Scotland over the next 100 years has opened at Heriot-Watt.
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Heriot-Watt partnership wins prize for smart label
Pete Higgins – founder of UWI Technology, a collaboration with Heriot-Watt – has won the Barclays ‘Take One Small Step’ business competition
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Scotland’s research entrepreneurs move closer to £25,000 cash prize
26 budding entrepreneurs have survived a ‘Dragon’s Den-style’ elevator pitch and moved one step closer to winning a cash prize of £25,000.
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Stanford University Fellowships for Heriot-Watt researchers
Two Heriot-Watt researchers have been awarded entrepreneurial fellowships to spend one year at Stanford University in California, USA.
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City of Glasgow welcomes Scottish Crucible 2011
Scottish Crucible, the research development programme for Scotland’s research leaders of the future, was honoured by the City of Glasgow.
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Academics go back to school to get serious about gaming
Heriot-Watt University hosts first pan-European Serious Gaming Week
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Grant award for the School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences
Professor Andrew Ireland from the School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences has been awarded an EPSRC platform grant of over £1.1m.
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Cruise to investigate impacts of ocean acidification
Three Heriot-Watt researchers are onboard an RSS Discovery research cruise to study ocean acidification in European waters.
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Centre for Finance and Investment launches with debate on inflation
The newly-formed Centre for Finance & Investment marked its official launch with an inaugural annual debate on inflation.
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Heriot-Watt recognised for excellence in research
Heriot-Watt has been been recognised by the European Commission for its commitment to supporting the career management of its researchers.
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Heriot-Watt researcher awarded £1.1m grant
Dr Martin Paterson, Lecturer in Theoretical & Computational Chemistry, has been awarded a £1.1m grant from the European Research Council.
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Could urine be a source of renewable energy?
A research team at Heriot-Watt University is investigating whether urine could be used to create energy via new, low-cost fuel cells.
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New research on stalking may be able to identify 'at risk' celebrities
New research carried by the School of Life Sciences could help identify which celebrities may be most at risk of attracting stalkers.
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Knowledge Transfer Scotland: Policy & Practice Conference 2010
The third annual Knowledge Transfer Policy and Practice Conference was attended by over 300 delegates from Scotland’s research community.
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Project sets out to find life on stars
A professor at Heriot-Watt University is to head up a major cross-European project having successfully secured £5.5million of funding.
