The Macaulay Institute has been awarded a grant of £314,000 by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to fund a three year research project that could significantly improve the ability of the police and the courts to trace and convict criminals using soil forensic evidence. [continue reading ... ]

At this week’s Macaulay Institute seminar, Professor Phil Grime from the Unit of Comparative Plant Ecology at Sheffield University, will challenge the assertion that plant species diversity has the major influence on ecosystem functioning. [continue reading ... ]

Science Snaps are one-minute ‘Snaps’ on a range of topical science issues recorded by seven of Aberdeen’s scientists which will be broadcast all this week on Northsound Radio One as part of a celebration of National Science Week. The ‘Snaps’ are backed-up by a new website www.sciencesnaps.co.uk where you can listen to the Snaps again, explore the science topic further, ask the scientists questions and enter a competition to record your own Science Snap. [continue reading ... ]

A scientist working with NASA visited The Macaulay Institute this week to assess the suitability of an advanced piece of analytical instrumentation for use in a project to Mars. [continue reading ... ]

The influence of organisms that live in the soil on the nutrients available for plant growth will be examined at a seminar this week at The Macaulay Institute. [continue reading ... ]