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🌍We've partnered with The City of Edinburgh Council, to track the carbon footprint of meals served at our Edinburgh campus.
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#SustainableHWU #HeriotWattUni
Meet Ameca, the ‘world’s most advanced’ humanoid and the latest 🤖 to be installed at the #NationalRobotarium
Ameca's amazing #ConversationalAI will be used in our outreach work, helping build #TrustinRobots 🫶
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Coverage in today's i newspaper about how underwater noise from sailing events can impact marine wildlife 👇
#SustainableHWU #marine #pollution
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Heriot-Watt students Megan Ongley and Jake Douglas are featured in #40Faces , a new campaign by Universities Scotland on widening access to higher education. 👏
It celebrates the stories of students from underrepresented backgrounds.
#HeriotWattUni #EducationForAll Universities Scotland
Spectator boats at large #sailing events could impact #marine wildlife with noise pollution, Heriot-Watt research finds.⛴️🐠🪼
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Our international research is in i newspaper, The Sun
#SustainableHWU Heriot-Watt EGIS Matt Pine Lauren McWhinnie Emily Hague 🚢🐳🐬
🌍Marine scientists gather in #Orkney this week for an international conference about #marine #renewable energy and the #environment , hosted by University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) and Heriot-Watt University.
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#SustainableHWU UHI
We've joined forces with University of Houston to combat climate change 🌍💪 Together, we're driving the shift towards a sustainable future. #ClimateAction
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#HeriotWattUni #SustainableHWU UH Energy
We were saddened to learn about the passing of Nobel Prize winner, Professor Peter Higgs.
Professor Higgs was awarded an honorary doctorate from Heriot-Watt in 2012 in recognition of his pioneering and influential contribution to physics.
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🧱Civil engineer and K-Briq inventor Professor Gabriela Medero, Associate Principal for Business and Enterprise at Heriot-Watt, has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.👏
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Scientists from Heriot-Watt University & Cambridge University have unveiled a groundbreaking tool revolutionising our view of starlight. 🔭 The breakthrough could unveil hidden planets & deepen our understanding of the universe's expansion.
#Astronomy
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This is good news and follows our own plans to create a space cluster at the Edinburgh campus.
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Paisley shawls from the 1700s &1800s are part of a new exhibition from Heriot-Watt and The Great Tapestry of Scotland in #Galashiels . 🧵
The event runs from 26 March to 12 July 2024.
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#HeriotWattUni #fashion #textiles Heriot-Watt School of Textiles and Design The Great Tapestry of Scotland
Dive into an immersive experience at Heriot-Watt University as 'Hope', a life-sized humpback whale, makes a splash at Oriam Scotland.
#HopeWhale #Conservation #ScienceEducation
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Join InnoScot Health on Wed 27 March for their webinar on medical device regulation, with guest speakers from the world’s largest certification bodies 👇
#MedTech #HealthcareInnovation #HeriotWattUni Medical Device Manufacturing Centre
Attention #innovators ! The #Converge2024 application deadline is fast approaching. Apply NOW for the chance to access support, training & funding to springboard your big #idea . Open to #university staff, students & graduates. Don't miss out - bit.ly/4beCoAB #academia
'It's much more pleasant than an endoscopy' - Prof Marc Desmulliez on his novel device that will provide unprecedented information about how a patient's digestive tract is functioning. #MedTech #Innovation
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Our Global Research Institute in Health and Care Technologies is tackling #medicalwaste by producing prototype lateral flow tests (LFTs) from chewing gum and old fridge parts.
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In today’s The Herald, Prof Gillian Murray, Deputy Principal for Enterprise and Business, writes about the role of #HigherEducation in the #space sector.
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👏Great to see coverage in Holyrood magazine and others about our ultrafast laser scientist John C. Travers securing £2.5m from Royal Academy of Engineering for his work. #HeriotWattUni #RAEngResearch Holyrood magazine John Travers
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