Drone technology has created a “world-first” by making two tiny Scottish islands the subjects of the most detailed mapping exercise ever undertaken of any islands on the planet.
Scots scientists are set to benefit from a £1.8 million funding grant, one of the largest awarded by a charity to investigate why some cancers are specific to certain tissues and not others.
Surveying a railway was once a labour-intensive activity that involved teams of workers using the kind of handheld tools employed by engineers for centuries.
A major new engineering facility to help manufacturing businesses seize opportunities from digital technologies is to be set up in Scotland on the back of a £16.5 million funding boost, it was revealed today.
Nicola Sturgeon has announced 25,000 additional homes and businesses in the Highlands and Islands will be able to access superfast broadband through the Digital Scotland roll-out.
A major Japanese industrial corporation has signed an agreement that will see the world’s first test of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) undertaken in Scotland.
A Scottish hospital has become the first in the UK to dedicate a state-of-the-art robotic surgery system for the use of lung patients, a move which could have a transformational impact on recovery times.
Householders in Aberdeen will be able to tap into new, faster broadband, as cutting- edge technology is rolled out to 7,600 homes and businesses across the city.
The scale of the boom being seen in Scotland’s technology sector is underlined today with new figures showing thousands of jobs have been created as part of a multi-billion pound annual boost to the economy.
An Edinburgh-based private equity house has invested in a disruptive tech “powerhouse” in what is the UK’s third-largest fintech financing this year so far.
Scotland Women in Technology has today launched its second national awards scheme with internet giant Amazon revealed as the programme’s headline sponsor.
A Stirling technology company, which has worked with the likes of Registers of Scotland, Savills and Scottish councils, is using what it says is the latest web-based mapping technology to improve disaster-management and response in Cambodia.
Scotland’s national academy of science has called on the UK Government to take a “flexible approach” to immigration post-Brexit or risk harming the country’s reputation for research and innovation.
It looks a bit like an oil tanker, but this large white metallic cylinder is actually a highly sophisticated data centre - and it’s now lying on the seabed off the coast of Orkney.
Ten exciting tech start-ups with potentially “game-changing solutions” today join the first cohort of the Oil & Gas Technology Centre’s TechX Pioneer accelerator programme.
Dundee-based mobile games developer Outplay Entertainment is on track for a solid rise in annual turnover as it gears up for further growth in a booming market.
