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New probe to facilitate disease diagnostics and drug discovery News
16.01.2012 A flexible, non-contact microfluidic probe made from silicon that can help researchers and pathologists examine tissue samples is aiming to minimise patient discomfort and... -
NASA astronaut Dan Tani talks space and science News
13.01.2012 Imagine being able to experience 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets each day. Well, Dan Tani, an astronaut who has been on two space missions, has had such experiences. He’s in Ireland...Categories: Sustainability, Science, R&D, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Education, Careers and Employment -
Google launches second annual science fair News
13.01.2012 Internet search giant Google has kicked off its second annual Google Science Fair and is inviting students from around the world to take part and be in with a chance of winning... -
20 new marine research jobs announced at BT young scientist exhibition News
12.01.2012 The Minister for Natural Resources Fergus O’Dowd announced 20 new marine research jobs today at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition in Dublin. -
Russian probe Phobos-Grunt to crash land in Indian Ocean News
12.01.2012 It now appears probable that the ill-fated Russian probe that had been destined for Mars will crash land somewhere in the Indian Ocean between 14-16 January, according to the... -
NASA reveals the tiniest solar system found to date News
12.01.2012 NASA’s Kepler’s scientists are on a bit of a roll. Having detected what could be a future new planetary abode for humans (Kepler-22b) in early December, the Kepler team has now... -
Computer science for schools – education planners just don’t get IT News
11.01.2012 This morning it emerged that the UK’s current ICT programme of study in schools is to be scrapped and replaced by a computer science curriculum as the UK quite rightly attempts... -
CRANN to fuse science with art during City of Science 2012 in Dublin News
11.01.2012 Trinity College Dublin’s CRANN is preparing to host the STAGE International Script Competition during Dublin’s tenure as City of Science this year, with a prize of US$10,000 for... -
Minister reveals €3.75m science education package News
11.01.2012 Ireland's Minister for Education and Skills Ruairí Quinn, TD, has launched a €3.75m EU-funded initiative the Government hopes will ‘revolutionise’ the way science is taught in...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Internet, Graduate, Engineering, CIO, Careers and Employment, Government -
Google Doodle embraces the ‘father of geology’ Nicolas Steno News
11.01.2012 Today’s Google Doodle is a colourful dash to celebrate the birthday of the Danish-born Nicolas Steno, a scientist who was a pioneer in the fields of anatomy and geology. He’s...Categories: Science, Digital Media -
NASA prepares for big Curiosity spacecraft manoeuvre tomorrow News
10.01.2012 NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft Curiosity looks set to perform what the space agency is calling its “biggest manoeuvre” yet when it undergoes an engine firing... -
EPA and Dublin Science Gallery to hold free water lecture News
10.01.2012 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Dublin’s Science Gallery are holding a free public lecture called Watertight: the future of Irish water, this coming Thursday (12... -
NASA helps launch 2012 FIRST robotics competition News
09.01.2012 US space agency NASA has helped lift off an international robotics competition aimed at developing a new generation of technology leaders. -
New director general to take helm of Science Foundation Ireland News
09.01.2012 Prof Mark Ferguson, a leading academic and successful entrepreneur, has been appointed as the new director general of Science Foundation Ireland. -
200 West of Ireland jobs as Allergan begins €350m Botox expansion News
09.01.2012 Westport got the great news this morning that some 200 new jobs will be created by pharmaceutical giant Allergan as it invests €350m in its Mayo site to expand R&D and... -
State agency offers career advice for Ireland’s future workforce News
05.01.2012 In its end-of-year statement, IDA Ireland warned that while employment opportunities are increasing in key skill areas, this will have serious implications for those deciding on... -
IDA companies generated 13,000 new jobs in 2011 – up 20pc News
05.01.2012 Some 13,000 new jobs were created across a record 148 investments won in 2011, the IDA said in its end-of-year statement today. The number of new companies investing in Ireland...Categories: Science, R&D, Outsourcing, Multimedia, Media, Life Sciences, Jobs, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Enterprise, Digital Media, CIOTags: R&D, Life Sciences, IBM, EA Games, Twitter, Intel, IDA Ireland, Analog Devices, Richard Bruton -
Gadget gifting ideas for world tech leaders News
24.12.2011 What do you buy the tech trailblazers of this world for Christmas? It's rather difficult to wrap a Tesla Roadster up in Christmas paper. And in these lean economic times, would...Categories: Science, Jobs, IT Organisation, Global CIO, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce, Digital Media, CIO, Apps -
Irish firm bridges the gap between 2D and 3D for Sony PSP gamers News
20.12.2011 Based in Roscommon, Irish start-up Realview Innovations has developed a disruptive multi-dimensional experience technology for gamers, a handheld V-Screen that aims to bring the... -
New NASA crew blast off to the International Space Station News
21.12.2011 Today a new space expedition carrying three astronauts rocketed off to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Russian Soyuz rocket from Kazakhstan. While some of us...