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Cal Poly Pier to be a wave energy testing site

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Cal Poly Pier to be a wave energy testing site

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The Cal Poly Pier is set to become a wave energy testing site.According to Cal Poly officials, a new partnership has been established to enhance and support innovative wave energy technologies at the Cal Poly Pier.Dr. Benjamin Ruttenberg, the Center for Coastal Marine Sciences Director at Cal Poly, says the pier will offer companies or organizations the opportunity to test technology through something called the TEAMER network.This is a network …See the Story

West Mainland excursion explores Neolithic and Bronze Age sites - Archaeology Orkney

Orkney · Orkney

West Mainland excursion explores Neolithic and Bronze Age sites - Archaeology Orkney

A busload of archaeology students were in Orkney’s West Mainland on Tuesday for a tour of Neolithic and Bronze Age sites that took them well off the beaten path. The post West Mainland excursion explores Neolithic and Bronze Age sites appeared first on Archaeology Orkney.Read Article

Blood Donation Clinic In Enniscorthy

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Blood Donation Clinic In Enniscorthy

There is a blood donation clinic in Enniscorthy all next week. The Blood Transfusion Service will operate from the Riverside Park Hotel It runs from Monday 19th through to Thursday 22nd from 3.45 to 8pm each day. The post Blood Donation Clinic In Enniscorthy appeared first on South East Radio.See the Story

Latest SCARF newsletter puts postgraduate students' research in the spotlight - Archaeology Orkney

Latest SCARF newsletter puts postgraduate students' research in the spotlight - Archaeology Orkney

Research by two of our postgraduate students features in the latest edition of the Scottish Archaeological Research Framework (SCARF) newsletter. The post Latest SCARF newsletter puts postgraduate students’ research in the spotlight appeared first on Archaeology Orkney.Research · Orkney Read Article

Orkney Museum unveils UK's first AI-powered Viking character

Orkney Museum unveils UK's first AI-powered Viking character

The Orkney Museum in Kirkwall, Scotland has opened a new exhibition featuring the UK's first AI-powered Viking character, Ragna.Minnesota Vikings · Orkney See the Story

Islands’ School Students Research the Biodiversity of their Communities

Islands’ School Students Research the Biodiversity of their Communities

There has been an incredible response to a collaborative project involving school students from across 24 island locations to research a species of Plant or Animal which is native to their island, and to create a poster based on their research. The Islands involved are all those taking part in the Island Games 2025, which […]Species · Orkney Read Article

Take it Slow This Summer as Orkney’s Road Crews Roll Out Vital Repairs

Take it Slow This Summer as Orkney’s Road Crews Roll Out Vital Repairs

As the summer sun creeps in, so too do the yellow signs, hi-vis jackets and tell-tale hum of machinery—Orkney’s annual road maintenance season is shifting into gear. From mid-May through to the end of June, drivers across the islands are being asked to ease off the pedal and plan for delays, as Orkney Islands Council launches its 2025 surface dressing programme. With warmer weather providing the ideal conditions for this crucial work, the Roads …Orkney · Orkney Read Article

“all agreed that it was marvellous to travel over a road where once ships had sailed” – The Churchill Barriers: 80 Years On

“all agreed that it was marvellous to travel over a road where once ships had sailed” – The Churchill Barriers: 80 Years On

A road was opened to the public on this day, May12 1945, across the barriers linking South Ronaldsay, Burray, Lamb Holm and Glimps Holm, with Mainland, Orkney. Constructed between May 1940 and September 1944, the Churchill Barriers, as they came to be known, were originally built as defensive structures to protect the vessels in Scapa Flow after […]Orkney · Orkney Read Article

Beyond the Pale Red Dots

Beyond the Pale Red Dots

by Duncan Lunan After Yuri Milner, Mark Zuckerberg and Stephen Hawking launched the Breakthrough Starshot project in 2016, with the intention of sending fleets of laser-propelled probes to the nearer stars, one obvious next step was the search for targets. As Carl Sagan had christened the Earth ‘Pale Blue Dot’, after Voyager 1 imaged the […]Stephen Hawking · Orkney Read Article

And We Will Ask: How Could it Have Happened?

And We Will Ask: How Could it Have Happened?

Will it be one years timefive years timeten years timethere’ll be a prize-winning documentarythat will move usand sadden usthat will be acclaimed by allbecause it asks the question:how could it have happened? It will win prizesbecause the media are alwaysso good at looking backat the pastand expressingwhat makes us weepbut are always so badat showing […]Media · Orkney Read Article

Jim Baikie Exhibition Orkney Museum

Jim Baikie Exhibition Orkney Museum

All images credit Christie Grahame. A selection of the incredible work of Orcadian Jim Baikie is on display at The Orkney Museum this summer. Jim Baikie (1940-2017) was born at Boathouse, Crockness, North Walls. The exhibition takes you down memory lane through the many aspects of his career. His work is probably most known amongst […]Orkney · Orkney Read Article