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Stirling’s AI experts to join multi-million pound project

Artificial intelligence experts at the University of Stirling will play a key role in a project supported by £12m in new funding

AI

Stirling High pupils win environmental awards

Stirling High pupils have won two environmental awards for a proposal to tackle litter and artwork created from waste materials.

Stirling High pupils Callum Graham, Leona Routledge, Emily Appleby, Robyn Stevenson

Study sheds new light on Scotland’s beavers

A study by the University of Stirling has shed new light on how beavers reintroduced to Scotland interact with deer.

A beaver swims in the River Tay

Study sheds new light on cross-species virus spillovers that can cause pandemics

A study led by the University of Stirling jointly with the University of Wisconsin-Madison has shed new light on cross-species virus spillovers that can cause pandemics.

Chimpanzee

New project will broaden our understanding of environmental restoration

Researchers at the University of Stirling are lending their expertise to a new project aimed at broadening our understanding of the benefits of environmental restoration.

Tree crown

Research identifies microorganisms that may be essential to the survival of coral reefs

A study led by a researcher at the University of Stirling has identified microscopic organisms which may be crucial to the survival of coral reefs.

Great Barrier Reef

New study could reduce risk of social isolation for older people with hearing loss

New study could reduce risk of social isolation for older people with hearing loss and lead to more targeted interventions

Older person looks out of window

Climate change disrupts vital ecosystems in the Alps, research finds

Climate change disrupts vital ecosystems in the Alps, a study by a University of Stirling researcher finds

Dr Arthur Broadbent in the Alps

Wild fish consumption can balance nutrient retention in farmed fish, research finds

Wild fish consumption can balance nutrient retention in farmed fish, research finds

Salmon

New research deepens our understanding of pescetarians

University of Stirling research has deepened our understanding of pescetarians

Maja Cullen, Devon Docherty and Dr Carol Jasper