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</script> <h1 class="offscreen">News in January 2024</h1> <div class="container section-nav-toggle-wrapper"> <a href="#section-nav" class="section-nav-toggle btn">In this section</a> </div> <div class="breadcrumb_wrapper"> <div class="container"> <nav class="breadcrumb" role="navigation" aria-label="Breadcrumb"> <ol> <li><a href="/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/news/">News</a></li> <li tabindex="0" aria-current="page">January 2024</li> </ol> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="header_extras"> </div> </header> <main id="main" class="subpage " tabindex="-1"> <div class="container"> <div class="column_container"> <div class="content_column"> <div class="section heading_only"> <div class="container"> <div class="h1">News in January 2024</div> </div> </div>   <div class="container"> <div class="pagination_legend advisory"> <p><span class="pagination_current_page">Page <b>1</b> of <b>2</b></span>Results <b>1</b> to <b>10</b> of <b>15</b>, 12 - 30 January 2024</p> </div> <ul class="syndicated_browse"> <li> <a href="/news/22753/"> <img src="https://www.abdn.ac.uk/img/50,sc/uploads/news/images/thumbs/offshore_windfarm_shutterstock_massimiliano_Finzi.jpg" width="50" alt=""> <h2>Aberdeen joins EU project MISSION to curb release of world's most potent greenhouse gas</h2> <p>A University of Aberdeen research centre has joined a European network to address the technology gap needed to curb the release of world's most potent greenhouse gas.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="/news/22746/"> <img src="https://www.abdn.ac.uk/img/50,sc/uploads/news/images/thumbs/robin-1115934_1280.jpg" width="50" alt=""> <h2>Women and people of colour overlooked as most identify white men as their heroes, study shows</h2> <p>Women and people of colour remain invisible to many in Britain and the USA as people pick white men as their heroes instead, according to a new study by the University of Aberdeen and University of Exeter.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="/news/22743/"> <img src="https://www.abdn.ac.uk/img/50,sc/uploads/news/images/thumbs/traitors_small.jpg" width="50" alt=""> <h2>New research explains how we decide who to trust - is this why we're so compelled by 'The Traitors?'</h2> <p>New research on how we make judgements on trustworthiness suggests we judge people by the company they keep.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="/news/22741/"> <img src="https://www.abdn.ac.uk/img/50,sc/uploads/news/images/thumbs/Battery_recycling.jpg" width="50" alt=""> <h2>Project aims to give new lease of life to batteries and critical elements</h2> <p>Researchers are leading a project that aims to develop a new method of recycling critical elements from electronic devices, reducing waste and ensuring a new lease of life for old smartphone and vehicle batteries along with other rare elements.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="/news/22733/"> <img src="https://www.abdn.ac.uk/img/50,sc/uploads/news/images/thumbs/Hydrogen.jpg" width="50" alt=""> <h2>Study of decommissioned onshore gas 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