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Tech start-up of the week: The Analytics Store News
07.04.2013 Our tech start-up of the week is The Analytics Store, a boutique consultancy and training company set up by computer scientist Aoife D’Arcy to help companies and organisations... -
Women still under-represented in science and research – European Commission News
05.04.2013 While the proportion of female researchers in Europe is increasing, the under-representation of women in scientific disciplines and careers remains prevalent – that’s according... -
Students wow at Science Gallery with synthetic biology projects News
04.04.2013 Seven student teams from Trinity College Dublin and NCAD have been spending 12 weeks pooling their resources to come up with projects centred on the field of synthetic biology.... -
How genetic testing of horses can pinpoint a Grand National winner News
05.04.2013 Irish company Equinome believes it may be onto a winner with its speed gene test to help horse owners and breeders produce horses that are best suited to run in steeplechases... -
Close-up of Mars shows a dynamic landscape News
05.04.2013 New imaging and technologies mean we are getting an unprecedented view of the Martian landscape - and it’s throwing up some surprises. Claire O’Connell finds out from... -
Physicists reveal new insights on dark matter from space station instrument News
04.04.2013 Physicists have announced the results of the first data from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), which is based on the International Space Station, revealing that the...Tags: NASA, -
Irish nanoscientist awarded €2.5m ERC grant to pursue nanowire research News
03.04.2013 Prof John Boland, the director of the nanoscience institute CRANN, has been awarded €2.5m from the European Research Council (ERC), to continue pursuing research into how... -
Bill Gates invests in battery-tech start-up News
03.04.2013 Bill Gates has become the latest investor to invest in Aquion Energy, a US start-up that is pioneering a new type of battery that uses sodium-ion technology.Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Energy -
Our immune system is akin to a turbo-charged hybrid car, claim scientists News
03.04.2013 Scientists at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) involved in a study of how the immune system works believe they have uncovered more insights into the process of metabolism, which... -
Obama reveals US$100m research initiative to understand the human brain News
02.04.2013 US President Barack Obama has today revealed details of an ambitious research initiative called BRAIN that will result in an initial US$100m being pumped into research... -
€1m satellite technology competition opens for Irish entries News
02.04.2013 Start-ups and third-level researchers with ideas for new innovations using satellite navigation technology can now submit their entries for this year’s European Satellite...Categories: Science, Intellectual Property, Engineering, Energy, Education, Application Design and Development -
Women will play a key role in meeting the STEM shortage in US (infographic) News
02.04.2013 In the US, it’s estimated that about 1m additional STEM graduates will be needed to fill jobs in science, technology, engineering and maths over the next 10 years, and these... -
Maria Sibylla Merian celebrated with Google Doodle for 366th birthday News
02.04.2013 Scientific illustrator and naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian has been bestowed with an artistic doodle on the Google homepage today on the anniversary of her birth on this day in...Tags: Women Invent Tomorrow, Google, -
US Department of Energy hones in on energy-efficient manufacturing News
29.03.2013 The US Department of Energy has this week launched a new drive aimed at breathing new life into the country’s manufacturing sector. Termed Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative... -
Soyuz crew arrive at space station after six-hour express flight News
29.03.2013 The Soyuz spacecraft has successfully docked with the international Space Station after its six-hour spaceflight – the fastest ever manned flight to the orbiting laboratory. The... -
Enterprise Ireland pumps €1m into DkIT med-tech research project News
27.03.2013 Dr Fergal McCaffery of Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) and researcher with Irish software engineering research centre Lero has been awarded a total of €1m in Enterprise... -
200 new jobs as medical-device player Nypro locates in Waterford News
28.03.2013 Waterford awoke to some thrilling news this morning, that the region is to benefit from 200 new jobs as medical-device player Nypro Healthcare revealed plans to establish a...Categories: Science, Recruitment, Life Sciences, Investments, Intellectual Property, Government, Economy -
Breakthrough fibre can transfer data at 99.7pc the speed of light – 73 terabits per second News
28.03.2013 Researchers at the University of Southampton in the UK have claimed to produce optical fibre that can transfer data at 99.7pc the speed of light. -
Three astronauts to blast off on shorter flight to International Space Station News
28.03.2013 Three astronauts are due to blast off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today for a six-hour flight to the International Space Station (ISS). They will be the first ISS... -
SpaceX Dragon spacecraft safely back on Earth News
26.03.2013 The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft has safely returned to Earth, five hours after leaving the International Space Station (ISS) today.