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(PhysOrg.com) -- National Physical Laboratory is well known for having some of the fastest and most accurate clocks in the world, but now new research with the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre has led to the calibration of one of the world's slowest ‑ the argon-argon clock.

When it comes to single malt, most people think of the Scottish Highlands.

When it comes to single malt, most people think of the Scottish Highlands. However, Scotland’s three remaining Lowland distilleries typically produce much gentler whiskies. Most notable of these is Auchentoshan (pronounced “ock-un-tosh-un”), the only distillery that uses triple distillation—a process normally associated with Irish whiskeys—to provide greater finesse to its ...

Women show strong preference for men with deep, masculine voices, Scottish researchers say

In a geologic instant, the K-T extinction event about 65 million years ago left Earth's skies empty of pterosaurs , extirpated the mosasaurs and their ammonite prey from the seas, and, of course, denuded the land of non-avian dinosaurs. But what if, by some fluke of evolutionary history, this catastrophe never happened and the global summer of the dinosaurs was allowed to continue

People who were poor, ate poorly, had shorter telomeres than Scottish counterparts

Scotland reaches its full glory in the long days and favorable weather of August, and Bonhams will make hay while the sun shines with its annual Scottish Sale. The series of auctions, held in Edinburgh from mid to late August, will of course include one sale devoted entirely to whisky. Slated ...

Scotland reaches its full glory in the long days and favorable weather of August, and Bonhams will make hay while the sun shines with its annual Scottish Sale. The series of auctions, held in Edinburgh from mid to late August, will of course include one sale devoted entirely to whisky. Slated ...

INVERNESS, Scotland (AP) -Organizers say the Scottish Open has been reduced to a three-round event after torrential overnight rain flooded the Castle Stuart links course at Inverness.

Second-ranked Lee Westwood and unheralded Chilean Mark Tullo took advantage of benign early conditions to share the lead with superb 7-under rounds of 65 on the opening day of the Scottish Open on Thursday.

INVERNESS, Scotland (AP) -A host of the world's leading players will flock to the Scottish Open this week to test their links game on the recently opened Castle Stuart course in preparation for the British Open.

LONDON (Reuters) - An invasion of jellyfish into a cooling water pool at a Scottish nuclear power plant kept its nuclear reactors offline on Wednesday, a phenomenon which may grow more common in future, scientists said. Two reactors at EDF Energy's Torness nuclear power plant on the Scottish east coast remained shut a day after they were manually stopped due to masses of jellyfish obstructing cooling water filters. [More]

.style2 { COLOR: #881518 } < Back to Concierges' Guide to LondonTHE A LOUNGE, AT THE ALBANNACH "True whisky connoisseurs" bypass the ground-floor Scottish restaurant at this Trafalgar Square establishment and head "doon stairs," as they say, to the trendy bar. "They have every Scotch you could want," as well as "signature ...

Remote monitoring and other forms of "telehealth" are increasingly shown to be effective. Several recent studies reveal progress and greater interest in telehealth, according to reports.

In 2009, Scotch whisky maker the Macallan launched its Masters of Photography Collection, the first release of which comprised bottles with labels showcasing prints from internationally renowned photographer Rankin. The second limited-edition release from that series, which arrived stateside in January, features labels courtesy of Scottish photographer Albert Watson and ...