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SpaceX Dragon capsule flies close to space station News
24.05.2012 SpaceX is still on target to berth with the International Space Station (ISS) tomorrow. And today it passed its demonstration testing, passing directly below the orbiting... -
Kilkenny research and innovation centre opens News
24.05.2012 Taoiseach Enda Kenny, TD, is this morning officially opening a new research and innovation centre in Kilkenny. The centre is aiming to be at the forefront of next-generation...Categories: Telecommunications, Science, R&D, Internet, Financial Services, Financial, Engineering, Engineer, Economy, Careers and Employment -
Future of Startupbootcamp in Dublin will be health tech News
23.05.2012 Next year’s Startupbootcamp is set to zero in on well-being and health start-ups. That’s according to co-founder Eoghan Jennings, who said the start-up accelerator is to partner...Categories: Software Development, Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Investments, Enterprise, Economy, Digital Business, Apps -
Science-2-Business forum to focus on business innovation News
23.05.2012 A new programme to show how scientific research can be commercialised will take place at the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) in Dublin this July, but today marked the launch of...Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Legal, Investments, Intellectual Property, Financial, Engineer, Energy, Career Advice -
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. -
Robert Moog 'electrified' in Google Doodle today News
23.05.2012 New Yorker Robert Moog is today’s vibrant Google Doodle subject on what would be the 78th birthday of the American pioneer of electronic music. He is best known as being the...Categories: Search Engines, Science, Multimedia, Games/Entertainment, Engineering, Engineer, Digital Media -
SpaceX blasts off for International Space Station News
22.05.2012 The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft have successfully blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida to carry out an unmanned test flight to the International Space... -
Primary schools get science and maths awards News
22.05.2012 Ireland’s national science promotion programme Discover Science & Engineering (DSE) has given 420 primary schools awards in science and maths. -
Google reveals Irish finalists in its Science Fair News
21.05.2012 Google has announced the 90 regional finalists of its second Google Science Fair, and two Irish entries have been selected. -
Silicon Labs to buy Boston-based Ember for US$72m News
21.05.2012 US semiconductor company Silicon Laboratories is to acquire the Boston-based Ember Corporation for $72m. The acquisition of Ember is part of Silicon Lab’s move to enable... -
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... -
Solar eclipse creates ‘ring of fire’ treat for stargazers News
21.05.2012 Millions of stargazers in eastern Asia, the north Pacific and in western US states had a cosmic treat on Sunday as a result of the annual eclipse of the sun. -
French nanoscientist to speak in Dublin about gender and science News
18.05.2012 Anne Pépin from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France will be giving a free lecture in Dublin on Monday at the Alliance Française about gender and... -
Neurosurgeons create robotic arm brainwaves can control (video) News
17.05.2012 A team of neuroscientists in the US have been carrying out clinical trials known as BrainGate. They’ve been working on a robotic arm for people who are unable to move their... -
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 -
Nanoscientists aim to shake up future of electronic devices News
16.05.2012 Nanoscientists in Ireland have been carrying out research to develop materials that, they claim, could in time revolutionise the manufacture of silicon chips and lead to a new... -
Canadian investors lead funding round in InfiniLED; eight jobs on way News
16.05.2012 InfiniLED, a LED-tech spin-out from Tyndall National Institute in Cork, has closed a first-round investment, which may reach €1.6m. IL Investment Group from Quebec in Canada led... -
Online atlas marks Ireland's scientific and engineering treasures News
16.05.2012 Ireland's seven scientific and engineering wonders are being celebrated in a new interactive online map of the island. Did you know, for instance, that Ireland hosts some of the... -
Bat experts converge in Dublin to talk about windfarms News
15.05.2012 Bat experts from all over Europe, the Middle East and North Africa are at the Eurobats conference in Dublin Castle this week. They are here to discuss how to best protect bats...