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Nanoscientist named SFI ‘Researcher of the Year 2011’ News
15.11.2011 Prof Jonathan Coleman, a Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)-funded researcher from Trinity College who has achieved international success in the area of nanostructures, was named... -
Ireland’s OpenHydro and Imperative Energy scoop awards News
15.11.2011 Dublin hosted the Global CleanTech Cluster Awards last night, when 30 finalists from all over the world congregated in the capital city to vie to win the 10 later stage awards...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Investments, Green Computing, Green, Government, Funding, Enterprise, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, Green Tech, Science -
SolarPrint pioneers next wave of indoor energy harvesting News
11.11.2011 For the past three years in Dublin SolarPrint has been quietly developing its solar cell technology, which has the potential to transform the wireless sensor industry, and help...Categories: Sustainability, Storage, Science, R&D, Green Computing, Green, Global CIO, Engineering, Engineer, Consumer Tech, Energy -
Medicine Men Go Wild star to speak at Science Gallery News
14.11.2011 Dr Alex van Tulleken, the star of the Medicine Men Go Wild TV series, will give a lecture on drought, conflict and the manipulation of water access at the Science Gallery in... -
IBM SmartCamp finalists pitch for Silicon Valley trip News
14.11.2011 London will be the setting of the IBM SmartCamp this week, when five tech innovators from the UK will share their business plans around driving smarter, more sustainable cities....Categories: Green Tech, Computers, Economy, Education, Energy, Government, Green, Green Computing, R&D, Recycling Services, Renewable Energy, Science, Sustainability -
Science Week 2011 explores the chemistry of life News
14.11.2011 Get ready to experiment with chemistry, as Science Week 2011 is getting into full swing here in Ireland. This year’s theme is ‘The Chemistry of Life’ and there are many...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Multimedia, Life Sciences, Green, Graduate, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Bio Tech -
Irish tech start-up spotlight: AirDryer Systems News
13.11.2011 This week’s one to watch is AirDryer Systems, a new green-tech firm that’s based at the Rubicon Centre at Cork Institute of Technology. The company has just won an...Categories: Sustainability, Science, R&D, Jobs, Investments, Engineering, Energy, Green Tech, Business Intelligence -
One in 10 vehicles sold in Ireland in 2012 will be electric - Renault News
11.11.2011 Renault is one auto giant that's upping its electrification game in a big way. Today, it declared that one in 10 vehicles sold by Renault in Ireland in 2012 will be electric.Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, Green Tech -
Scientists create world’s smallest car via nanotech News
11.11.2011 You’ll never get to sit in this car, and even a hummingbird couldn’t fit in it, but scientists in Switzerland and the Netherlands have been playing with nanotechnology to the...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Green, Enterprise, Engineering, Engineer, Green Tech -
Google+ seeks innovative photographers News
10.11.2011 Google+ might be relatively new, but already the photography community is starting to thrive on the platform, with more than 3.4bn photos uploaded in the first 100 days. That’s... -
UCC professor patents biodegradable gum formula News
10.11.2011 Food and nutritional science professor Elke Arendt at University College Cork has come up with a formula (now patented) for creating biodegradable chewing gum.Categories: Green Tech, Bio Tech, Funding, Intellectual Property, Investments, Life Sciences, R&D, Research, Science -
Ireland’s Genable Technologies secures €5m in financing News
11.11.2011 Trinity College Dublin-based Genable Technologies has secured €5m in financing to help progress its gene therapy technology to pioneer new therapies for the cure for retinitis...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Life Sciences, Investments, Funding, Financial, Development, Bio Tech -
Cloud most significant transformation in history of IT - EMC boss News
10.11.2011 Cloud computing is the most significant transformation in the history of information technology (IT) and a critical component of Ireland's economic recovery, EMC vice-president... -
Governments must invest in low-carbon technologies, IEA warns News
10.11.2011 The world is locking itself into an unsustainable energy future, as it heads for an insecure, inefficient and high-carbon energy system, the International Energy Agency (IEA)...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, IT Organisation, Green Computing, Green, Government, Financial, Energy, Education, Economy, Green Tech -
Generation Innovation aims to stop brain drain from Northern Ireland News
10.11.2011 One hundred of Northern Ireland’s most innovative and entrepreneurial students have become the first members of the ‘Generation Innovation’ network to encourage them to make... -
Bio-tech start-up Biosensia secures €1.2m in funding News
09.11.2011 Biosensia, an Irish point-of-care diagnostics company based at NovaUCD in Dublin, has secured €1.2m in new funding as it plans to advance its regulatory and commercial strategy...Categories: Education, Bio Tech, Enterprise, Funding, Intellectual Property, Investments, Jobs, Life Sciences, R&D, Science -
Competition gives PhD students 3 minutes to sum up research News
09.11.2011 Twenty-four PhD students will get three minutes and three slides to explain their science, engineering or technology research as part of the Thesis in 3 competition tonight. -
LED lighting will illuminate London’s Tower Bridge News
08.11.2011 General Electric and EDF Energy have got the go-ahead to install energy-efficient LED technology and a cabling system to illuminate the 800-foot Tower Bridge in London,...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Green Tech, ArchitectureTags: Energy Efficiency, Electric Cars, Sport, Electricity, Olympics, LED, Olympics 2012, GE, Clean Energy, -
Food breakthrough - Irish scientists help decode ‘pigeon pea’ genome News
08.11.2011 NUI Galway scientists have played a prominent role in helping decode the genome of what is known as ‘pigeon pea’, also known as ‘poor people’s meat’, which due to its high... -
Australian irrigation invention wins James Dyson Award News
08.11.2011 Australian inventor Edward Linacre has won the 2011 International James Dyson Award for an invention which extracts water from the air to aid crops in drought-stricken areas.