Features

Wind Power

Scotland's wind power potential is vast, but major announcements in January 2010 have raised the stakes.

Brewing up a Storm

The colourful brands helping to revitalise Scotland's brewing industry.

Drug discovery and development

Penicillin, beta-blockers, interferon, anti-ulcer drugs, anti-asthma treatments and a whole host of other medical innovations owe their development wholly, or in part, to the work pioneered in Scotland.

The development of ultrasound

Now a standard feature on hospital wards, ultrasound was developed over fifty years ago by a team of researchers in Glasgow.

Caring for life: a Scots passion

We look at Scotland's role in the life sciences industry, and examine our contribution to the sector.

Renewable energy, a more sustainable future

We look at what Scotland is doing to harness the massive energy created by the powerful waves around Scottish shores.

A Scots Trail in Singapore

Singapore and its traces of Scottish ingenuity go all the way back to colonial days.

Building an international reputation

The quality of Scotland's built environment is important to our quality of life, and makes Scotland an outstanding place to live, work or visit.

The dragon, the unicorn and the rooster

China is the world's fastest growing economy and some predict it will soon become the world's fourth largest.

1000 years old and still fresh as a tulip

A round-up of some of the many links, both young and old, between Scotland and The Netherlands.