• CAREERS AND EMPLOYMENT

  ICT action to boost Ireland's tech workforce

  30.01.2012 A major joint industry and Irish Government action plan so people can reskill...

  

• R&D

  Govt science adviser on Europe’s city of science (video)

  30.01.2012 Prof Patrick Cunningham talks about how Dublin won the title

  

• EDUCATION

  Free basic computer training at NUI Galway

  30.01.2012 Place are still available for a computer training initiative at NUI Galway

  

• SCIENCE

  Solar storm illuminates the skies with auroras

  27.01.2012 Solar storm that collided with planet Earth's magnetic field on 24-25 January...

  

• EDUCATION

  Spring is in the air!

  30.01.2012 Greenwave science project calls on young students to check out spring

  

Latest News

• NASA pioneers 3D earthquake mapping with geologists 13.02.2012

  Geologists have come up with a new 3D tool that studies how earthquakes change landscapes, paving the way for scientists to have more insight into how earthquakes behave. The research team studied the earthquake that struck near Mexicali, northern Mexico, on 4 April 2010.

• Dare to be Digital to offer a step into the games industry 13.02.2012

  The gaming industry offers students some of the most "viable and exciting" opportunities in Ireland, according to Dr Stephen Brennan, director of marketing and strategy of the Digital Hub Development Agency (DHDA), at the launch of the Irish leg of 'Dare to be Digital' competition.

• ESA's Vega vehicle succeeds in maiden flight 13.02.2012

  After less than a decade of development, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Vega vehicle has this morning carried out a flawless qualification flight from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Vega is now ready to operate alongside the Ariane 5 and Soyuz launchers, the ESA has confirmed.

• Feast your senses at Science Gallery's Edible exhibition 10.02.2012

  Science Gallery in Dublin is venturing into food territory. The gallery has unleashed its latest exhibition, Edible, which is all about intersecting science with food and art. There's even a live supper club featuring as part of Edible. Plus kids and adults alike are sure to adore exploring the 'Gas Bag', a three-metre high inflatable stomach!

• CrisisCamp shows how open source tech can respond to disasters 10.02.2012

  Ireland's first CrisisCamp on 26 February at NUI Galway will show how open source software and hardware can be used to build and use technology tools to help respond to disasters and crises, such as the earthquake in Haiti.

• Students get awards for inventive STEM projects 10.02.2012

  Students from more than 20 Irish schools have been awarded medals for their projects in the areas of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) at the CREST Awards. The gold awards went to four different projects devised by one team and three individuals who hail from St Gerald's College in Co Mayo.

• World's first 4D flight lands in Stockholm 10.02.2012

  The world's first-ever 4D flight has taken place this morning. The Airbus A320 test aircraft took off from Toulouse and headed to Copenhagen before swooping in over Stockholm, landing at 11am (EST). The group behind the flight (SESAR) says the test flight is the first step towards achieving more predictable flights in European airspace.

• Ireland pioneers standard to make energy services more web accessible 10.02.2012

  The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) says it has devised the world's first standard to make energy products and services more accessible to everyone, especially via website interfaces, taking into account the age, physical, mental and sensory ability of the end user.

• 'Science could save Europe's economy' - Geoghegan-Quinn 09.02.2012

  Science "forms and informs our path to economic recovery". That's according to EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, who was in Ireland this morning to meet with Science Foundation Ireland. She also spoke about the Horizon 2020 strategy and the potential R&D and commercialisation will have to spur on job creation beyond the "parameters of science".

• Institutes of technology to get technological university status? 08.02.2012

  Sources in the Higher Education Authority (HEA) have confirmed reports circulating that the process of setting up a technological university in the southeast, and potentially in other regions, is gathering pace.

• NCI hosting info evening on its ICT conversion programmes 08.02.2012

  National College of Ireland is hosting an information evening tonight on its IT courses under the HEA ICT conversion programme. A limited number of free places are on offer for the courses.

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