Monday, February 08, 2016
Janet Maclean, an SNH-funded PhD student based at the James Hutton Institute and the University of Aberdeen, has been awarded the prestigious Anne Keymer Prize at the British Ecological Society annual meeting in Edinburgh.
Thursday, February 04, 2016
Dr Jonathan Snape has been named as a finalist for the Outstanding Contribution to Knowledge Exchange Award, as part of the inaugural Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards.
Tuesday, February 02, 2016
Working with colleagues in China, scientists at the James Hutton Institute and the University of Dundee have identified a potato enzyme that, if removed, could prevent late blight from taking hold and causing losses estimated at US$6billion around the world every year.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Environmental scientists from the UK and China are sharing ideas in Beijing around issues related to water security and resources, with the intention of establishing a bi-national science to policy dialogue.
Monday, January 25, 2016
A delegation from Qassim University visited our Dundee and Aberdeen sites to discuss the potential for joint research projects, Ph.D. studies and student exchanges.
Thursday, January 21, 2016
A study by James Hutton Institute social scientists argues humans have a role in generating ecosystem services and analyses the factors that might help understand these processes.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Flavonoids present in soft fruit can help reduce the risk of erectile dysfunction in men under 70 years of age, a new study from UK and US scientists has found.
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Now that the waters are receding, it is time to maintain the pressure for action right through the next year and think seriously about joined-up measures to rethink our landscapes to deliver multiple benefits, Dr Marc Stutter argues.
Monday, January 11, 2016
The James Hutton Institute is to work alongside scientific organisations from the UK and India to research ways of reducing the use of fertilisers and engineering nitrogen fixation into cereal crops.
Friday, January 08, 2016
Send us your images and records of the conditions of the River Dee in Aberdeenshire by using the iDee website and its associated app.