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Scots scientists’ battery breakthrough could revolutionise electric cars

Tech 51

The grants were awarded by the Scottish Government

Scottish Government pledges £11m to support local projects in Malawi

Politics 34

Adam Smith's economic theories played a key role in the creation of the modern world

Leader comment: Scotland must help reinvent the modern world

Opinion

Scanning begins as a team of 40 archaeologists and other scientists plan to spend three weeks on the island in the Inner Hebrides as they investigate the ruins. Picture: Contributed

Ancient secrets of Clan MacDonald stronghold set to be unearthed

Tech 1

National Museum of Scotland to celebrate human fascination with robots

Lifestyle

Nasa delays mission to sun due to last-minute technical problem

Tech 1

New spaceport could launch around 2,000 small satellites

Tech

Major R&D boost as £16.5m facility heads for Scotland

Companies 1

Passengers on a plane from Dusselforf were surprised to be sharing the cabin with a koala bound for Edinburgh Zoo. Picture: RZSS Edinburgh Zoo

Passengers stunned as koala joins them on Edinburgh bound flight

News

The introduction of a pilot project that will see key roads closed to traffic on the first Sunday of every month. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Edinburgh to introduce car-free city centre zones once a month

Transport 142

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Cut Media founder Stu Thomson (left) with cyclist and long-time collaborator Danny MacAskill

Glasgow agency Cut Media set to triple in size and up global work

Media & Leisure

Gandhi says growth should be measured via achievable targets.

Key steps to move from start-up to scale-up firm

Opinion

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Major R&D boost as £16.5m facility heads for Scotland

Companies 1

BT Openreach engineer Stuart MacDonald in North Tolsta, a remote community in the Western Isles which was among the first in Scotland to test increased broadband speeds over long phone lines. Picture: PA

Nicola Sturgeon confirms extension of Highlands superfast broadband roll-out

Tech 6

KHI directors with Steve Ham of The Underwater Centre and Fiona Hyslop MSP in Tokyo, alongside the AUV

Japanese deal will see ‘world’s first’ undersea robotic arm tested in Scotland

Tech

Cardiothoracic consultant Alan Kirk with the �1.3m Da Vinci surgical system at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Clydebank

Clydebank hospital first to offer dedicated robotic surgery system to chest patients

Health 1

Aberdeen gets broadband ‘fast enough for VR gaming’

Tech 2

Tech sector boom delivers £3.9 billion boost to economy

Tech

Edinburgh private equity firm injects £44m into fintech

Tech 1

Awards to recognise ‘trailblazing’ women in Scottish tech sector

Tech 1

Big Ideas More Big Ideas >>

Half of young people in the UK said they would like to own an electric car. Picture: Getty

Scots scientists’ battery breakthrough could revolutionise electric cars

Tech 51

The data will enable near real-time forecasts for sectors like insurance, transport and shipping

Scottish scientists develop satellite system to improve extreme weather forecasting

Tech 5

The Deedit app launched this week

Deedit app asks Edinburgh festival goers to help out in the city

Tech

Scotland's biggest sewer has opened after a multi-million construction project. Pictures: SNS/Scottish Water/PA Wire

Scotland’s biggest tunnel opens to carry sewage for three miles under Glasgow

Tech 44

'Perfect storm' hitting Scots firms

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Forget Cape Canaveral, Scotland’s first spaceport proves small is beautiful

Tech 41

Scots firms at risk because of old software, warns data expert

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Half a million new Scots jobs expected from automation

Tech 7