The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and SCRI joined forces on 1 April 2011 to create The James Hutton Institute. It is the first Institute of its type in Europe and will make major, new contributions to the understanding of key global issues such as food, energy and environmental security.
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Two of Scotland’s leading scientific research Institutes have received a major funding boost after a consortium of which they are part was awarded £2.5 million by the UK Government’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to help commercialise their research findings. [continue reading ... ]
An increased demand for meat in Afghanistan could play an important role in stemming the international flow of heroin, according to a new study led by the Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen. [continue reading ... ]