Tagged: Research & News
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Covidien funds non-profit to develop mobile tech for heart disease patients News
14.05.2013 Medical device firm Covidien is to fund non-profit Heartbeat Trust to support R&D into the use of mobile technology to allow remote monitoring of heart patients. -
Cork students to present science projects at SciFest event this Friday News
17.04.2013 Secondary school students from around Cork are preparing to showcase up to 150 science projects at a SciFest event at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) this Friday. The... -
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... -
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... -
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. -
Size doesn’t matter, context does, claims UK report on digital media consumption News
26.03.2013 A new report from digital video advertising provider YuMe and digital media research firm Decipher challenges our current notions of ‘lean back’ and ‘lean forward’ content... -
HP Labs create multiview glasses-free 3D display less than 1mm thick (video) News
21.03.2013 HP Labs has succeeded in creating multi-directional backlight technology in a thin, transparent form factor that generates 3D images which can be viewed from many angles and... -
US President Obama plans US$2bn bid to get vehicles off oil News
15.03.2013 US President Barack Obama will today call for the creation of a US$2bn energy security trust fund dedicated to reducing the country’s dependency on oil for motor transport. -
€1m in funding pledged by Irish Govt to science pact with China News
07.03.2013 The Irish Government has committed to provide €1m in funding over the next 12 months to advance science and innovation co-operation between Ireland and China. A similar amount... -
Women see work-life balance more important to success than money (infographic) News
05.03.2013 Research from Accenture released ahead of International Women’s Day (8 March) reveals what professional Irish women want to feel successful at work. Greater work-life balance...Categories: In the Workplace, Careers and Employment -
Gender discrimination seen as biggest barrier to workplace promotion among women News
04.03.2013 A study conducted by iReach on behalf of Microsoft Ireland examined both women’s and men’s participation and success in the workplace, highlighting the progress being made by...Categories: Careers and Employment -
We need an aligned European scientific research agenda, says EU Commissioner News
28.02.2013 The European research community needs to embrace and advance a ‘joint programming’ model of research, where member states work together to tackle issues in a strategically... -
Outdated technology holding back 88pc of European education sector - index News
26.02.2013 Educational institutions across Europe are struggling to keep up with advances in technology that would simplify and improve the delivery of education services, the recent Ricoh... -
#GreenGrowth - ICT industry’s bold goal to boost energy efficiency by factor of 1,000 (videos) News
25.01.2013 The ICT industry – whose share of the world’s carbon footprint at 2pc matches the airline industry and is in danger of exceeding this – has set itself a bold target of improving...Categories: Telecommunications, Sustainability, Networks, Networking & Telecoms, Energy, Communications -
SFI to pump €60m into scientific research projects with economic potential News
25.01.2013 Irish Government ministers announced today that €60m will be invested in 85 research projects across the country through Science Foundation Ireland’s Investigator Programme.... -
As hunger for data explodes, ambitious plans afoot to green our ICT networks News
23.01.2013 A consortium of industry stakeholders has ambitious plans to reduce the carbon footprint of ICT networks by a factor of 1,000. Ann O’Dea speaks to GreenTouch chairman Thierry... -
Free access to Findmypast.ie to celebrate Irish Family History Day News
23.01.2013 Findmypast Ireland recently grew its pile of birth, marriage and death records by 50pc and tomorrow will allow free access to the site in honour of its inaugural Irish Family... -
Cork students Ciara Judge, Emer Hickey and Sophie Healy-Thow win 2013 BT Young Scientist contest (video) News
11.01.2013 Three students from Kinsale Community School - Ciara Judge, Emer Hickey and Sophie Healy-Thow – have been just announced as the winners of this year’s BT Young Scientist and... -
James Cameron, Jane Goodall, Robert Ballard in Google+ Hangout Sunday News
11.01.2013 The National Geographic Society is marking its 125th anniversary with a live Google+ Hangout on Sunday, featuring primatologist Jane Goodall, filmmaker and explorer James... -
26pc of smartphone users to give their parents their old devices News
05.01.2013 More than a quarter (26pc) of people in Britain are going to hand over older technology and smartphones to their parents as a result of having received new devices for...