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BioInnovate expected to drive medical device innovation News
02.08.2011 Five higher education institutions have joined forces to deliver BioInnovate Ireland, a specialist training programme in medical device innovation, modelled on Stanford... -
IBM reveals new innovation lab News
02.08.2011 IBM has revealed a new Services Innovation Lab (SIL) designed to accelerate the expansion of real-time analytics and software automation in both IBM's technology services... -
New leadership for computer science research at 4C in Cork News
29.07.2011 Prof Gene Freuder is retiring from University College Cork’s (UCC) Cork Constraint Computation Centre (4C) to be replaced by Prof Barry O’Sullivan. -
Cost and time-saving solutions stand out at Jumpstart 2011 News
29.07.2011 Safefood 360, based at the LINC incubator at Institute of Technology Blanchardstown, has won the Jumpstart 2011 competition and a prize worth €25,000. -
New way for humans to fight hospital superbugs News
28.07.2011 Researchers at DCU and Trinity College Dublin have identified a novel mechanism in the immune system that will enable humans to defend themselves against hospital superbug... -
Irish students in US computational linguistics competition News
27.07.2011 A team of four Irish secondary school students are competing in the International Linguistics Olympiad at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, US, this week.Tags: Computer science, -
Netwatch makes inroads in US thanks to R&D News
26.07.2011 When David Walsh and Niall Kelly founded protection services company Netwatch in Co Carlow in 2003, their vision included targeting the US market and, in tandem with a...Tags: -
Sigmoid Pharma in favour of unitary patent for EU News
26.07.2011 A start-up company headquartered at the Invent Centre incubator on the campus of Dublin City University, Sigmoid Pharma, is in favour of a unitary patent for the European Union.Tags: Intellectual Property, Patent -
Researchers’ careers a focus at European science event in Dublin News
25.07.2011 Career-focused workshops, seminars and other events are to be held for researchers during Europe’s largest science event – ESOF 2012, Euroscience Open Forum – which is coming to... -
‘Digital Island’ remains key policy objective of Govt - minister News
25.07.2011 Developing Ireland as a ‘Digital Island’ as a key policy objective, with specific commitments in relation to cloud computing, e-government and the upgrading of ICT across... -
University alliance develops R&D-related MSc programmes News
25.07.2011 Two third-level institutions – NUI Galway and University of Limerick (UL) – have joined forces to launch MSc programmes to address Ireland's strategic research and development... -
UCC punching above its weight in plants-for-food research News
22.07.2011 The impact of plant and forest research at University College Cork (UCC) is double the global average for a university, delivering on the Government’s agenda for research... -
Scientists discover new particle News
21.07.2011 Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s FermiNational Accelerator Lab – using a particle collider – have discovered the existence of a new particle: the neutral Xi-sub-b. -
CRANN researchers involved in €1.4m EU nanotech projects News
21.07.2011 Two researchers at the SFI-funded CRANN group are involved in separate nanotech projects that are worth €1.4m. One involves next-generation chemical and gas sensors and the... -
EU’s €7bn R&D fund to generate 450,000 jobs News
19.07.2011 The European Commission’s €7bn FP7 R&D fund launched today by Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn is expected to generate 174,000 jobs in the short term and nearly 450,000 in the...Tags: US, China, Europe, Health, SMEs, Nanotechnology, Smart Cities, R&D, EU, Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, FP7, European Commission -
Space shuttle Atlantis lands safely, ending shuttle era News
21.07.2011 The space shuttles are now history. The landing of NASA's space shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida this morning marks the end of the US space programme's... -
RCSI’s podcast to foster worldwide surgeon community News
21.07.2011 Innovations in surgical technology are to be highlighted in a new podcast, ‘Surgery Now’, developed at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) using Enterprise Ireland... -
Analog Devices bringing 100 new jobs to Co Limerick News
20.07.2011 Global semiconductors and data conversion technology company Analog Devices is creating 100 high-skilled jobs in Raheen, Co Limerick, in areas such as integrated circuit design... -
Space shuttle Atlantis crew prepares for flight home News
19.07.2011 NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is due to undock from the International Space Station today, the first step in what will mark the ending of the US space programme's final space... -
‘Bio-inspired brain’ to help robots think for themselves News
18.07.2011 Engineers at NUI Galway and the University of Ulster are developing bio-inspired integrated circuit technology which mimics the neuron structure and operation of the brain and...