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Research@StAndrews blog: The first common market
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University of St Andrews. Thursday, 26 February 2015. The first common market. Long before we had mountains of grain and vast lakes of wine accumulating to excess across the continent our ancestors had worked out that the best entrepreneurial way to stay ahead was through trade with as wide a market as possible. A study to be published in Science this week describes the first evidence for grain traded across Europe 8000 years ago, 2000 years before the accepted beginning of farming in Britain. Concern ov...
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Research@StAndrews blog: The Building Blocks of Life
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University of St Andrews. Monday, 1 December 2014. The Building Blocks of Life. Searching for the essence of life on Earth, understanding climate change and investigating the spread of diseases - these are a few examples of the fundamental research that academics at St Andrews will be tackling with new equipment won under a competitive £0.5M NERC. The NERC capital equipment fund bid was led by Drs Andrea Burke. From the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. From the Schools of Biology. Multiple...
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Research@StAndrews blog: New lab to unravel the mysteries of Earth and life
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University of St Andrews. Thursday, 31 July 2014. New lab to unravel the mysteries of Earth and life. On Thursday July 17th, Drs Aubrey Zerkle. Held a grand opening for their new geobiology laboratory space in the Bute building. Approximately 40 members of staff from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Were in attendance, as the laboratory was formally christened the "Peter James Clark Centre for Philosophical Geobiology". As evidenced in modern environments and recorded in the rock record.
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Research@StAndrews blog: The Southern CO2 that helped end the ice age
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University of St Andrews. Tuesday, 17 February 2015. The Southern CO2 that helped end the ice age. Scientists have long puzzled over the processes that caused CO 2. To rise and help end the last ice age. Leading theories have involved increased CO 2. Release from the deep ocean around Antarctica, but there has been no direct evidence to prove this happened. Our study used the geochemistry of tiny planktonic fossil shells to reconstruct the amount of CO 2. To the atmosphere, but 100 times faster, will do ...
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Research@StAndrews blog: Carnegie Trust success for coral reef team
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University of St Andrews. Thursday, 28 May 2015. Carnegie Trust success for coral reef team. Research Fellow in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences ( DEES. Has been successful in securing a Collaborative Research Grant from the Carnegie Trust. For the Universities of Scotland, together with Drs Nick Kamenos (University of Glasgow) and Sebastian Hennige (Heriot-Watt University). 162:1077–1085: DOI 10.1007/s00227-015-2650-8. Subscribe to this blog. University of St Andrews. This is the first...
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Research@StAndrews blog: Sulfate on the early Earth – how low was low?
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University of St Andrews. Monday, 24 November 2014. Sulfate on the early Earth – how low was low? Findings recently published in Science (“Sulfate was a trace constituent of Archean seawater”, DOI: 10.1126/science.1258966. Suggest that sulfate – a key biological nutrient – could have been incredibly scarce in the Earth’s ancient oceans. Research vessel on Lake Matano, Indonesia. PHOTO by Sean Crowe, University of British Columbia. A Lecturer in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. This blo...
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Research@StAndrews staff blog: ESRC 2017 Celebrating Impact Prize
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Tuesday, 8 November 2016. ESRC 2017 Celebrating Impact Prize. The Economic and Social Reserach Council (ESRC) launches its. 2017 Celebrating Impact Prize. This year there are six categories for the Celebrating Impact Prize. Outstanding Impact in Business and Enterprise. Outstanding Impact in Public Policy. Outstanding Impact in Society. Outstanding Early Career Impact (in partnership with SAGE Publishing). The competition is open to all researchers supported by the ESRC and associates. St Andrews Researc...
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Research@StAndrews staff blog: Scottish Crucible 2017: Call for applications
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Tuesday, 29 November 2016. Scottish Crucible 2017: Call for applications. Is the prestigious leadership and development programme for early career researchers in Scotland. Applications are now invited from. Lecturers in their first academic posts. Or their equivalents from Research Institutes, SMEs and spin-out companies - for Scottish Crucible 2017. More information can be downloaded here. 27 and 28 April 2017 - University of Edinburgh, Royal Society of Edinburgh, and Scottish Parliament. Scottish Cruci...
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Research@StAndrews staff blog: Opportunities for Scotland in Horizon 2020 and other European Funding Programmes
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Friday, 11 November 2016. Opportunities for Scotland in Horizon 2020 and other European Funding Programmes. 8216;International collaboration for a better society’. 28th November 2016 Glasgow Caledonian University 70 Cowcaddens Road. 10:30 – 16:00. Reducing inequalities and social exclusion both within Europe and Internationally are key objectives of the Scottish Government and the European Commission. Register Here for the Event. Areas of focus will include. Growth and Inclusion and Reversing Inequalities.
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