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NASA may take 3D-printed food to space News
24.05.2013 Three-dimensional (3D) printed food would end worldwide hunger, cut waste, feed soldiers in battle, and provide astronauts in orbit with a more varied diet. The concept has... -
Advant Medical to create 34 jobs at Galway plant News
24.05.2013 Medical-device manufacturer Advant Medical is set to invest €2.4m in a major development programme at its Galway plant, with the company planning to create 34 jobs over the next... -
Cork bakery for coeliacs raises seed funding of €175,000 News
24.05.2013 Delicous, a Cork-based bakery specialising in gluten-free products for coeliacs has raised €175,000 worth of investment from the Boole Investment Syndicate, the Halo Business... -
The five minute CIO: John Hayes News
24.05.2013 Blackrock Clinic’s head of IT John Hayes talks about getting the hospital’s infrastructure to a healthy state, and why it sometimes makes sense to invest in technology without a... -
#OI2Dublin - Open Innovation 2.0 round-up: interviews, award winners, and future cities in Lego News
23.05.2013 Hundreds of thought leaders, policy leaders, senior decision-makers, leading executives and social innovators descended on Dublin Castle earlier this week for the Open...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Research, R&D, Life Sciences, Leadership & Management, Government, Education, Economy, Development -
SFI to pump €6.9m into 62 scientific research projects News
23.05.2013 The Irish Government, as part of its drive to commercialise applied research, has announced that Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) is to inject €6.9m into 62 research projects,... -
#OI2Dublin - Knowledge triangle must surround entrepreneur, Alexander von Gabain says (video) News
21.05.2013 No matter what, the entrepreneur must always be at the centre of the knowledge triangle, says Alexander von Gabain, chairman of the governing board of the European Institute of... -
UL researchers design new metal alloy to improve X-ray visibility News
20.05.2013 Scientists and engineers from the Materials and Surface Science Institute at the University of Limerick (UL) say they have come up with a new metal alloy to construct medical... -
Astronaut Chris Hadfield sore but in good spirits as he readjusts to gravity News
16.05.2013 Astronaut Chris Hadfield says he feels like an “old man” and has been bumping into corners after being weightless for five months aboard the International Space Station. The... -
MRI scans to help researchers study impulsive behaviour in teenagers News
15.05.2013 Teenagers’ moodiness and impulsive behaviours may be all in the head – literally. Researchers at Cambridge University have begun to study whether changes in the brain’s... -
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. -
Big data could mean big health cost savings and better outcomes News
14.05.2013 Picture a scenario where, by collecting the right data and using today’s sophisticated analytics, our health system could predict when a patient with chronic conditions might... -
Delivering the goods for new therapeutics News
10.05.2013 Getting therapeutics to their site of action in the body is a key step in successful treatment. Claire O’Connell talked to Prof Sally-Ann Cryan about her work to deliver the... -
Film Welcome to the Machine reveals technology is what it means to be human News
09.05.2013 The impending arrival of filmmaker Avi Zev Weider’s triplets as a result of IVF inspired him to explore the nature of technology and what it means to be human in a new film,... -
Irish researchers to lead Alzheimer’s drug trials News
07.05.2013 A group of Irish researchers is to lead an 18-month drug trial to test a possible new treatment for Alzheimer’s. They will be testing the blood pressure drug Nilvadipine in a... -
Oneview Healthcare wins software deal with Sydney hospital News
01.05.2013 Irish software company Oneview Healthcare has signed a contract to provide an integrated software solution to the new world-class cancer treatment and research facility at the...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Life Sciences, Digital Media, Digital Business, Deals Done -
Wearable tech player Jawbone acquires BodyMedia for US$100m News
30.04.2013 Wearable tech and audio equipment maker Jawbone has acquired health technology player BodyMedia for an estimated US$100m. At the same time, Jawbone has unveiled its new UP... -
Career memes of the week: scientist News
30.04.2013 “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.” That quote attributed to theoretical physicist Albert Einstein can... -
Irish biopharma firm Opsona Therapeutics raises €33m to develop lead product News
29.04.2013 Opsona Therapeutics, an Irish drug development company that is pioneering new treatments for inflammatory diseases, has raised €33m in Series C financing that it will use to... -
EU researchers develop gadget that can sniff out explosives at 20 metres News
25.04.2013 EU scientists have come up with a prototype device that could prove invaluable in the fight against bomb attacks. The gadget capable of detecting extremely small quantities of...Tags: EU Commission, Security,