Categorised as: Research & News
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BT calls on students to enter Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition News
23.05.2012 BT Ireland has launched the 2013 Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, so students from around Ireland have until 1 October to enter their ideas and inventions. -
Social gambling could be a US$100bn industry by 2017 News
23.05.2012 Juniper Research estimates that mobile gambling could reach a global figure of US$100bn by 2017, driven by social gaming and the development of mobile wallets.Categories: Social Media, Research, Phones, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Financial, eCommerce, Digital Business, Business Intelligence -
Irish start-up Clevermiles makes finals of Castrol 20/20 Challenge News
22.05.2012 New Irish start-up Clevermiles, which has developed an app to inspire safer driving, has been named as one of five finalists for the Castrol 20/20 Challenge in the UK. -
Optical fibre pioneer to speak in Dublin tomorrow News
21.05.2012 Australian entrepreneur and academic Dr Simon Poole will be at Dublin City University tomorrow to give a lecture about his 30-year experience in the area of photonics and... -
Enterprise Ireland opens new Market Research Centre News
21.05.2012 Enterprise Ireland has today opened up a new Market Research Centre at its offices in East Point, Dublin 3. The aim of the centre is to give client companies access to vital... -
IBM to create several hundred new jobs at Dublin Global Services Hub News
18.05.2012 IBM is to create several hundred new jobs at a new Global Services Integration Hub in Mulhuddart as part of an IDA Ireland-supported investment.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Research, R&D, Investments, Green Computing, Global CIO, Funding, Energy, Education, Economy, Digital Business, Data Management, Data Centre, CIO -
Taoiseach announces 200 jobs for Galway from Merit Medical News
17.05.2012 Two hundred jobs will be created over the next five years at a €20m Merit Medical Systems facility in Galway, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, TD, announced this morning. -
Campaign to name new Dublin City bridge after Nobel physicist Ernest Walton News
17.05.2012 What better way to celebrate Dublin’s 2012 tenure as European City of Science than to name the new Marlborough Street bridge in the capital city after Ernest Walton, the Irish...Tags: Education, Government, Knowledge Economy, Science, Atom, Physics, Maths, STEM, TCD, Dublin City Council, Transport, Engineering -
Dublin is one of the world’s top hipster cities News
16.05.2012 Dublin tops the charts along with Oslo and Atlanta as one of the world’s top hipster cities based on music choice, overtaking Seattle, New York and London in the listings,...Categories: Social Media, Research, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media -
Dermot Desmond invests in radio telescope for Ireland News
15.05.2012 One day Ireland could be a hub for scientific research into the early universe after the Big Bang in order to glean more insights about its evolution. Irish businessman and...Tags: IBM, Ireland, Dermot Desmond, Science, Education, Space, Earth, Astronomy, Tourism, Engineering -
Microbiology lecturer at UL gets €75,000 Marie Curie Fellowship News
15.05.2012 Dr Achim Schmalenberger, a lecturer in microbiology at University of Limerick (UL), has been awarded a €75,000 Marie Curie grant by the European Commission to take his soil... -
NovaUCD clinical diagnostics firm Crescent locates R&D project in Derry News
14.05.2012 NovaUCD-headquartered clinical diagnostics company Crescent is to set up a research and development project in Derry to develop a predictive test for osteoporosis. -
Weekend news roundup: Facebook IPO - is Zuckerberg ready for this? News
14.05.2012 With the week that’s in it – Friday’s IPO that could value Facebook at over US$100bn – we look at some of the top analyses on Zuckerberg the man and Facebook the company. Also...Categories: Web 2.0, Research, R&D, Printing Services, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Internet, Funding, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Finally, a hi-tech solution for Ireland’s ghost estates News
11.05.2012 Researchers in New Mexico are constructing a US$1bn hi-tech ghost town that will run by itself without any humans. Surely someone must convince Pegasus Global Holdings that they... -
James Webb Space Telescope’s first instrument ready for NASA News
10.05.2012 A European consortium has completed the first instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the infrared space observatory that’s set to blast into space in 2018 to find... -
Business search engine CashIQ to expand, creating 45 jobs News
09.05.2012 Ireland's Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation today announced the creation of 45 new jobs in Irish technology company CashIQ, as the company plans to expand into...Categories: Research, Recruitment, IT Consulting, Government, Finding a Job, Economy, Careers and Employment, Digital Business -
Science start-ups to pitch at European investment competition News
09.05.2012 European science start-ups are being invited to enter a competition to pitch to international investors during Investing in Science 2012, which will take place in Dublin this... -
Why are we compelled to divulge information on social media? News
09.05.2012 Ever wonder why some of your Facebook friends feel the need to drone on about what they have had for breakfast or like to ‘Check In’ at every available opportunity? Well... -
Howard Carter immortalised in Google Doodle News
09.05.2012 Howard Carter, the English archaeologist and Egyptologist, is revered in a rather mythical Google Doodle today that shows off an array of Egyptian artifacts, on the 138th...Tags: Search Engine, Google, -
World Congress on Water, Climate and Energy in Dublin next week News
09.05.2012 Ireland will next week host a six-day international Congress on Water, Climate and Energy that is being organised by the International Water Association.