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Initially of the workshop provides an overview of COMSOL Multiphysics V4.2a - capabilities, new abilities and functionality enhancements, and its new, more efficient, user interface the COMSOL Desktop.
Genetics: 24% intelligence impact
Scientists have estimated for the first time the extent to which genes determine changes in intelligence across the human life course and find that genetic factors may account for about 24% of changes in intelligence between childhood and old age.
Scots councils urged to get smarter
Scottish councils have modernised twice as many local services compared to their English counterparts, according to a nationwide audit conducted by smart media company Ecebs. But they should not rest on their laurels. “Councils can cut costs and deliver better local services by sharing technology. Multi-application smartcards and associated technology enable this shared service vision to be delivered today. If we don’t upgrade our local services with new technology we will have missed a huge opportunity to create a more efficient, simpler system for everyone,” says David Burdett.
Skibo automates monitoring
IT services company Skibo Technologies (Skibo) has won contracts worth in excess of £400,000 and the Aberdeen-based firm has secured 18 new contracts for the provision of technical resources and ICT support for a range of clients in the energy & marine sectors. Accordingly it has recruited six additional members of staff to its support team brings the total number of people employed at the company to 34, an increase of 20% since the start of the year.
Plus One absorbed by Pinnacle
Daresbury-based Pinnacle Computing, a Lead Sage Software provider has made its 14th acquisition in a multimillion pound expansion plan with Aberdeen based Plus One also a recognised provider of Sage software.
ParaPhrase for RGU & St Andrews
Researchers at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen and at the University of St Andrews have been awarded €1.25m as part of a European Commission-funded project to research improved programmability and performance of parallel computing technologies.
Amor Group scoops ePS
Recent new contract wins for Amor Group in the last few weeks totalling some £15m, include the recent appointment by Business Stream to build a new IT infrastructure platform and to provide infrastructure support services, a deal worth £2.1m over three years. But this is topped by its biggest ever single contract to manage and deliver the flagship, eProcurement Scotland Service (ePS) for the Scottish Government worth £18.5m over four years, which follows a competitive tender process, will deliver cost savings and significantly reduce the carbon footprint.
FMC opens 240 jobs
Oil and gas services firm FMC Technologies is to create 240 jobs in Bellshill and Dunfermline, taking its Scottish workforce above 1,000.The US company's expansion was secured with a £2.5 million regional selective assistance grant from the Scottish Government and will include a significant number of research and development posts.
IKEA energy strategy: Huntly wind farm
The Swedish home furnishing group IKEA in the UK has two new major initiatives to help reduce fossil fuel dependence an offset its carbon emissions, as well as create more renewable energy for its operations. It has purchased a wind farm located near Huntly, Aberdeenshire, as well as installation and operation of rooftop solar photovoltaic networks, enabling the company to offset on average more than 10,500 tonnes of CO2 yearly.
Scotland gets six more broadband exchanges
Scotland gets six of BT's additional 66 country wide fibre broadband exchange locations included in its £2.5bn superfast broadband rollout. The 66 exchanges serve nearly one million homes and businesses.
SEPA studies volcanic imports
As the bank holiday looks to be clear of Grimsvotn's fallout, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency quietly monitors air quality and analyses dust and rainwater samples, looking for volcanic contaminants such as iron, copper, and manganese, while monitoring pH and fluoride levels.
Only three can win
The UK is to put forward 12 projects for consideration by the European Investment Bank for its New Entrants Reserve, the €4.5bn fund for spending on C02 Capture & Storage (CCS) and “innovative renewable projects” (IRPs). There are seven CCS projects and five IRPs. Scotland has scores three out of the CCS and an awesome four out of five in renewable projects.
IFB renews AECC contract
Scottish internet service provider, Internet for Business (IFB) has secured a £60k contract renewal from Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC). The three year contract extension represents the third renewal for IFB and sees it entering its seventh consecutive year working with the city venue.
Fifth poisoned golden eagle
The fifth golden eagle to have been found poisoned on a Scottish sporting estates in the past 12 months, shows wildlife crime is still rife and no respecter of scientific research as Alma, the Glenfeshie Estate chick, fitted with a GPS radio transmitter that tracked her marvellous travels among the hills and glens, was also poisoned in July 2009.
Infotechnics soft Scottish power base
Infotechnics, the Aberdeen based software house has been selected by Scottish Power to implement its advanced operational logging & reporting software Opralog. Scottish Power joins a blue chip portfolio of E.ON Ruhrgas, ON, Scottish & Southern Energy, BP and the National Grid.
Montrose wins GSK work from India
Montrose and Irvine efficiency and the Patent Box tax looks to be wooing GlaxoSmithKline manufacturing processing work from India to Scotland as it plans to invest “tens of millions” at its UK operations.
Mood indigo changes meaning
The Aberdeen-based information technology specialist, Indigo Technologies, has secured new contract wins estimated to be worth in excess of £100k from companies in the shipping, finance and oil and gas sectors.
French Technip absorbs Subocean
French energy services giant Technip confirms it has acquired the assets of the north-east’s Subocean Group in a deal worth about £10m, after the company went into administration on Friday.
Hang in there coastal waters: technology to the rescue
The proposed modernisation of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency will only require 48 coastguards, located at two national networked centres and five substations. Improved radio, Cloud computing and virtual reality will do the rest. Let's hope Chevron drills safely.
The Broch: archaeology and development
Published by the Council for British Archaeaology, Historic Fraserburgh reveals the origins of the historic burgh of Fraserburgh, located on the north-east coast of Scotland, which dates from the late sixteenth century and was the earliest of Scotland’s ‘new towns’.
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