Why was Argyll not made an enterprise area for life sciences – or renewables?

Where is Argyll in a government initiative it has every right to be in? Continue reading

New date for SAMS information evening on Ardmucknish Bay carbon capture research

The storms on 8th December forced the Scottish Marine Institute to cancel and reschedule Continue reading

Invitation to discuss Ardmucknish Bay carbon capture research project

Ardmucknish Bay

Dr Henrik Stahl, a scientist at the Scottish Marine Institute at Dunstaffnage (or SAMS), is inviting local people to an information evening Continue reading

Join the team: SAMS secures funding for Oban’s 2nd Festival of the Sea

Following the success of the quite breathtakingly ambitious inaugural Festival of the Sea in 2010, Continue reading

The SMART question: to reef or not to reef?

Former carrier USS Oriskany sunk ro create an articial reef Copyright Gareth Richards GNU Free Documentation

(Updated below, 8th September 2011) The Sound of Mull Artificial Reef Trust has been given funding of up to £35,000 by Highlands and Islands Enterprise to Continue reading

Aquapharm’s founder is inaugural member of Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Young Academy

Dr Andrew Mearns Spragg, founder and Chief Technology Officer of Aquapharm Continue reading