AquaPHarm, the biotechnology firm based at Heriot-Watt Research Park, has joined forces with the Medical Research Council's human nutrition research unit in Cambridge to evaluate the potential of a new approach to digestive health.

Called EndoSeaRch, the collaboration represents the first in-vivo application for SeaRch, a patented Aquapharm technology.

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With the oceans warming and moving towards acidity, will Scotland's cold-water corals die out within a hundred years, as some predict, or do they have the capacity to adapt and survive? These are the key questions facing a team of top international scientists about to set off on a month ...

PhD student Amanda Hughes awarded at the IWA Young Water Professionals' conference(Photo: Jon Pratt, Thru-A-Lupe Photography Services)

Heriot-Watt University PhD student Amanda Hughes won the prize for best poster and best presentation in international development at the International Water Association (IWA) Young Water Professionals' conference, held at the University of Exeter.

Amanda received these recognitions for her work entitled "Development of a Membrane Distillation System with a ...

Heriot-Watt University's Dubai Campus hosted recently the event 'Developments and Future Directions in Building Information Modeling (BIM)'. The subject is one of the most strategic areas of research and education within the construction sector while the majority of new construction projects are looking forward to implement BIM throughout the project ...

Heriot-Watt University's Dubai Campus announced a partnership with EPIC Green Solutions to provide students with a 360 degree educational process and encourage further innovation in water management.

The Middle East is becoming increasingly focused on advanced conservation methods to deal with an inevitable water scarcity crisis. As a result, ...

Jones Lang LaSalle MENA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Heriot-Watt University's Dubai Campus to support its MSc in Real Estate degree courses. The company will also offer an annual prize for the best dissertation.

The new agreement is part of the University’s commitment to employment and graduate training ...

Alison Harley, Head of School of Textiles, Principal Professor Steve Chapman and Brian McQuade, Managing Director for Miller Construction.

A topping out ceremony was held on Thursday 10 May to mark the completion of the construction phase of the new £12m residences development at Heriot-Watt University's Scottish Borders Campus.
 
The building is part of a £26m University residences development including new residences at the University's Scottish Borders (SBC) and Edinburgh ...

From left to right: Michael Eales, Marc Fraser, Michael Thomson, Rhett Harris from Amor Group, Ewan Burns, David Turner and Patricia Vargas, MACS Lecturer.

The School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences (MACS) recently organised a competition for the best third year student group project.

Computer Science and Information Systems students worked on a project for a year, guided when necessary by a member of staff acting as manager. The groups gave presentations to a ...