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NASA’s suborbital rockets to light up night skies News
26.03.2012 Following a couple of delays, NASA is gearing up to launch five sounding rockets into space early in the morning on 27 March. The launch window will be between 2am and 5am EDT.... -
#DIF12 – SFI planning hybrid entrepreneurial PhD programme News
23.03.2012 Science Foundation Ireland is planning to initiate a new kind of PhD qualification that will see graduates spend half of their four-year programme in industry with innovative...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Life Sciences, Leadership & Management, Engineering, Education, Bio Tech -
#DIF12 – Kids need to think of entrepreneurs as the new rock stars News
23.03.2012 The director of Intel Labs Europe Prof Martin Curley told this morning’s Digital Ireland Forum in Dublin that we need to enshrine the success of successful entrepreneurs and... -
Tech start-up of the week: Cernam News
25.03.2012 Our tech start-up of the week is Cernam, a new spin-in based at NovaUCD that is pioneering technologies to change the face of digital evidence and forensics in the web space. -
Google reveals winners of YouTube Space Lab competition News
23.03.2012 NASA astronaut Sunita Williams will be performing two science experiments that have won the YouTube Space Lab competition when she travels to the International Space Station... -
Green economy forum to explore smart city opportunities News
23.03.2012 Clean-tech and sustainability experts from Ireland, Madrid and Vienna will be sharing their insights on smarter cities at a conference in Dublin next week. They'll also be...Categories: Energy, Data Management, Engineer, Engineering, Green, Green Computing, Green Tech, R&D, Science, Supply Chain ManagementTags: Green IFSC, SEAI, Smart Buildings, ICT, Sustainability, IBM, Ireland, Green Economy, Dublin City Council, Clean Tech, -
New feed-in-tariff scheme for wind energy projects News
22.03.2012 Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte TD today announced the opening of the new REFIT 2 support programme to entice investment in Irish wind energy projects. He also spoke about...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Green, Government, Financial, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, EconomyTags: Electricity, exporting, Investment, CO2 Emissions, Pat Rabbitte, Ireland, EU, Wind Energy, Smart Grid, Offshore Wind, Wind Farms, -
New Apple iPad to make Mount Everest ascent with scientists News
22.03.2012 A National Geographic team, coupled with scientists from Montana State University, will be attempting to relive a successful 1963 expedition to the pinnacle of Mount Everest,... -
NASA finds ‘unusual’ geologic features on Vesta asteroid News
22.03.2012 NASA’s Dawn spacecraft scientists say they have discovered “unexpected details” on the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta, which is one of the brightest objects in the solar... -
Scientists predict US$2trn cost to ocean economies News
21.03.2012 Scientists at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) have released a new study that has placed the effects of climate change on the world’s ocean ecosystems under the... -
CRANN in nanotech discovery that could change solar cell and flat-screen tech News
21.03.2012 Researchers at CRANN, the Science Foundation Ireland-funded nanoscience institute based at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), say they have discovered a new material that could... -
Fastcom Telecom invests €1m in network upgrade, plans jobs News
21.03.2012 Sligo firm Fastcom Telecom has invested €1m in a network upgrade, following a 30pc growth in its business services division last year. The company is now planning to create five... -
Ashton Kutcher set to fly on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo News
20.03.2012 Actor Ashton Kutcher is the latest person to sign up to fly on Virgin Galactic’s first ever space voyage as an astronaut tourist, Richard Branson has revealed in his blog. -
University digitises Einstein archives via new website News
20.03.2012 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has revamped its Albert Einstein online collection to digitally showcase never-before-seen documents from the theoretical physicist and...Categories: Web, Science, Multimedia, Life Sciences, Internet, Intellectual Property, Engineering, Energy, Document Management, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Wicklow's Phoneware gleans €4m in new US business News
20.03.2012 Wicklow software company Phoneware is set to collaborate with Avaya Government Solutions, in a €4m deal over three years, which will see its latest software deployed by the US... -
Tech start-up of the week: Von Bismark News
18.03.2012 Our featured tech start-up this week is Von Bismark, a Dublin-based venture that is aiming to be a game-changer in the online shopping space. Drawing upon the Microsoft Kinect’s... -
Minister accents tech and science links between Ireland and Sweden News
16.03.2012 With today’s CSO figures indicating that exports of Irish-owned companies increased by 12pc to €210m in 2011, Minister for Small Business John Perry, TD, was in Stockholm this... -
Irish engineers to blast telescopic boom into space from Arctic Circle News
16.03.2012 A team of DIT engineering students will next Thursday launch a telescopic boom system on the REXUS 11 rocket into space from the Arctic Circle. -
Boeing Engineer of the Year to give lecture at UL News
16.03.2012 Irishman Dr Pio Fitzgerald, who last year was named Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ Engineer of the Year at the age of just 34, will give a free lecture at his alma mater,... -
UCC shortlists finalists for Invention of the Year Award News
15.03.2012 University College Cork’s (UCC) Office of Technology Transfer has shortlisted the finalists for the university's Invention of the Year Award, which will take place on 27 March...