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One of the world’s top research-intensive universities
The University of Edinburgh is one of the world’s top research-intensive universities, ranked 4th in the UK for research power (Times Higher Education, Overall Ranking of Institutions), with 83% of our research activity classified as world leading or internationally excellent in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework.
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- Fossil study gets to root of Earth’s early plants
- Sun’s rays can reduce premature birth risk
- Steroid could reduce heavy menstrual bleeding
- Russian Arctic warming leads to major ice loss
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