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Eco-friendly house design wins national title
A Heriot-Watt student has won a national competition for her innovative living space design that uses plant life to create an energy efficient home.
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Fashion students research plastic pollution in Orkney
A group of Heriot-Watt University fashion and textile students are researching how fibre shedding from clothes interferes with microplastic pollution in Orkney.
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Controlling quantum particles one-by-one in an atomically thin device
Physicists from Heriot-Watt University, together with international partners, have created a device consisting of just a few sheets of atoms that can load single particles, such as electrons, one-by-one.
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