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Work Shadowing a 'Very positive experience'
Scientists and policy colleagues valued the knowledge transfer opportunity provided by the successful second knowledgescotland Work Shadowing Scheme. Read more
Published on 24 March 2011 in Sustainability and Communities, Climate, water and energy, Ecosystems and biodiversity, Food, health and wellbeing
Celebrating 5 Years of Scottish Research
The Scottish Government's Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, Roseanna Cunningham MSP, has praised the work of the Scottish research institutes. Read more
Published on 25 February 2011 in Climate, water and energy
Understanding Biodiversity - summary of key research findings
Three new booklets have been produced by the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute to summarise some of the key findings and research outputs from the Scottish Government's Environment - Land Use and Rural Stewardship research programme. Read more
Published on 17 February 2011 in Ecosystems and biodiversity
More scientists to benefit from the highly successful Work Shadowing Scheme
Following the successful pilot scheme , organised by the Moredun Research Institute, 13 more scientists from the Institutions providing research to the Scottish Government will experience the working life of their policy colleagues at first hand . Read more
Published on 14 January 2011 in Sustainability and Communities, Climate, water and energy, Ecosystems and biodiversity, Food, health and wellbeing
"Nature", the journal, gets into the science/policy debate!
Published on 13 January 2011 in Sustainability and Communities, Climate, water and energy, Ecosystems and biodiversity, Food, health and wellbeing
Scots scientists use gene profiling to improve our berries
BioSS, Scotland's internationally renowned group of mathematicians and statisticians, has developed sophisticated methods for analysing data from crop experiments. Read more
Published on 04 January 2011 Sustainability and Communities , Food, health and wellbeing
Forestry policy could benefit Scotland's rainforest
Research at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) indicates that threatened species in the remaining fragments of Scotland's own rainforest, along the country's west coast, could benefit from small shifts in policy on forestry. Read more
Published on 02 January 2011 Ecosystems and biodiversity
Water quality affects New Year 'Loony Dook'
Hardy souls participating in the New Year 'Loony Dook' can be reassured about the quality of the water, even if the temperature causes concern, research has shown. Read more
Published on 01 January 2011 Food, health and wellbeing
DNA fingerprinting comes to the aid of the Hogmanay dram
Work done by crop scientists at SCRI, Scotland's world-leading research institute based at Invergowrie near Dundee, could help the whisky industry to remain as one of the top Scottish exports. Read more
Published on 29 December 2010 Sustainability and Communities
Impressive returns from government investment in Moredun science
A recently published independent economic impact study has shown that for every £1 of funding Moredun Research Institute received from the Scottish Government's Rural and Environment Scientific Research Programme 2005-2010, Moredun's research generated £5 for the Scottish economy. Read more
Published on 27 December 2010 Food, health and wellbeing
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