Researchers in the US have come up with a new semiconductor device that is capable of emitting two distinct colours and could potentially open up the possibility of using LEDs universally for cheap and efficient lighting.
13.May.2013 12:51
Getting therapeutics to their site of action in the body is a key step in successful treatment. Claire O’Connell talked to Prof Sally-Ann Cryan about her work to deliver the therapeutic goods.
10.May.2013 07:00
Ireland must secure an EU-wide deal for research funding for the European Union’s new programme for research and innovation Horizon 2020 before the end of its term as President of the Council of the EU. That’s according to Minister Sean Sherlock, TD, who was speaking at the opening of the Future Internet Assembly in Dublin yesterday.
09.May.2013 17:47
The impending arrival of filmmaker Avi Zev Weider’s triplets as a result of IVF inspired him to explore the nature of technology and what it means to be human in a new film, Welcome to the Machine.
09.May.2013 16:31
An annular solar eclipse will be taking place between 9-10 May when the moon will block part of the sun to create a ‘ring of fire’ sight. While the spectacle will only be viewable over parts of Australia and islands in the Southern Pacific Ocean, people will be able to watch the eclipse live online.
09.May.2013 16:21
Last year, US aerospace company Terrafugia unveiled its street-legal flying car known as the Transition. That flying car won’t be available for at least another two years, but the company has now set its sights on pioneering a plug-in hybrid-electric flying car.
09.May.2013 11:23
Today, the 12th Information Technology and Telecommunications Conference in Athlone will see the launch of the Irish500 project to raise the profile of high-performance computing in Ireland as work begins on compiling a list of Irish supercomputers.
09.May.2013 06:00
NASA has released an incredible image of the sun whipping out what the US space agency describes as a ‘mid-level’ solar flare.
08.May.2013 13:31
Researchers at the Irish nanoscience institute CRANN have manufactured a new graphene-based sensor they believe could have future commercial applications in air quality control systems, particularly in the car manufacturing space, because of its greater detection capacity.
07.May.2013 15:15
A group of Irish researchers is to lead an 18-month drug trial to test a possible new treatment for Alzheimer’s. They will be testing the blood pressure drug Nilvadipine in a group of people with Alzheimer’s to see if the drug can slow the progression of the disease.
07.May.2013 11:32
Ultra-thin materials could open the way for lighter electronics and more efficient batteries. Prof Valeria Nicolosi is on the case, looking at the thinnest materials in the world, just one atom thick. Claire O’Connell finds out more.
03.May.2013 07:00
What is your perception of risk? Want to learn more about the psychology and maths behind games such as roulette and poker? Well, the Science Gallery in Dublin has been transformed into a virtual casino for its latest show, Risk Lab. The goal is to help give people a deeper understanding of risk-taking in every aspect of their lives.
02.May.2013 15:42
Ireland’s Taoiseach Enda Kenny, TD, is the first person to wish the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition a happy 50th birthday today, at the launch in Dublin of a milestone year for the exhibition.
02.May.2013 11:37
Over the coming days, visitors to Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) will be able to walk through a replica of a section of the Large Hadron Collider tunnel, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator based at CERN, as well as hear from Prof Peter Higgs, the physicist who first predicted the existence of the Higgs boson particle in 1964.
01.May.2013 14:33
A team of innovative students from St David’s Secondary School in Greystones, Co Wicklow, has scooped the national title in this year’s F1 in Schools Technology Challenge for their design of a miniature F1 car. The students will now represent Ireland in the global finals of the competition in Austin, Texas, this November.
01.May.2013 12:10
Scientists from technology giant IBM have employed a two-tonne microscope to make a film with one of the tiniest elements in the universe, atoms. A Boy and His Atom is comprised of thousands of precisely placed atoms to create nearly 250 frames of stop-motion action.
01.May.2013 12:08
#OI2Dublin - Innovation about execution, not just invention, says EIT’s Alexander von Gabain
#OI2Dublin – Intel’s Martin Curley: we will need two Earths to support human life (video)
UL researchers design new metal alloy to improve X-ray visibility
#OI2Dublin – Interview with Dublin City Council’s Peter Finnegan (video)
