Tagged: STEM & News
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Human mission to Mars could happen in ‘not too distant' future, claims NASA (video) News
28.08.2012 This past weekend the world mourned the passing of the astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first human being to set foot on the moon during the eponymous Apollo 11 mission in July... -
Google RISE Awards seek applicants to win grants News
16.08.2012 Organisations working with primary and secondary school students in computer science and STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects may now apply to win... -
NUIG to offer students second-chance maths exam for its engineering and IT degrees News
09.08.2012 We’re edging closer to the Leaving Cert results next week, but one Irish university – NUI Galway – is giving students who have applied for engineering and IT degree courses... -
Most Irish maths teachers believe Project Maths will not improve results – survey News
08.08.2012 Engineers Ireland has called on industry to act to get students more interested in maths. The move from the engineering body comes in the wake of a survey of 253 members of the... -
Nine physicists become instant millionaires after winning Fundamental Physics Prize News
03.08.2012 Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation that has been set up by the Russian internet investor and business tycoon Yuri Milner, has recognised nine... -
Final call for Irish entries to the global 2012 James Dyson Award News
02.08.2012 For any stragglers out there: design and engineering students from Ireland have until midnight tonight to submit their entries to the international James Dyson Design Award. -
NASA to host social media events in lead-up to Curiosity rover landing on Mars News
02.08.2012 Want to learn more about the much-anticipated landing of the Mars Science Laboratory's (MSL) Curiosity rover, which is set to alight on Mars on 5/6 August? NASA has sent the...Categories: Social Media, Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Internet, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Consumer Tech -
First US woman in space Sally Ride has died, aged 61 News
24.07.2012 The physicist and NASA astronaut Sally Ride, who became the first US woman to enter space, has passed away. Ride died in California yesterday, aged 61, after a battle with... -
Tech start-up of the week: ThoughtBox News
22.07.2012 Our start-up of the week is ThoughtBox, a new venture that’s on a mission to disrupt the way kids learn maths and science via interactive games. The company’s first app...Categories: Software Development, Software, Science, Multimedia, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Engineering, Education, Apps -
BT has €75K in financial aid for students entering Young Scientist contest News
20.07.2012 Teams and individual students entering the next BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, and who are based more than 70km away from the RDS in Dublin, can now apply for... -
NASA reveals Mars Rover game for Xbox 360 News
17.07.2012 With NASA's planetary rover Curiosity on a trajectory for an early August landing on Mars, the space agency has teamed up with Microsoft to launch a new game for the Xbox 360...Categories: Software Development, Science, R&D, Games/Entertainment, Engineering, Energy, Education, Apps -
#ESOF2012 – CERN to bring Accelerating Science expo to Galway News
16.07.2012 Galway students will be in for a cosmic treat this September as the particle physics laboratory CERN is to bring its Accelerating Science travelling exhibition to the city,... -
Educational software start-up ThoughtBox wins Blueface competition News
16.07.2012 ThoughtBox, a new educational software provider that encourages children to discover maths principles through games and apps, has won the Blueface Business Elevator competition.... -
#ESOF2012 – Interview with US National Science Foundation chief Dr Subra Suresh News
12.07.2012 Dr Subra Suresh, who heads up the US National Science Foundation, is in Dublin this week for the Euroscience Open Forum. Tomorrow he will be signing a memorandum with the EU...Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Graduate, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Internet -
Science Foundation Ireland reveals 2011 annual report details at ESOF News
12.07.2012 The Irish Government’s science agency Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has released the details of its annual report for 2011 at the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) in Dublin this... -
Ireland celebrates 350th anniversary of Boyle’s Law with summer school News
12.07.2012 This year marks the 350th anniversary of the creation of Boyle’s Law by the Irish scientist Robert Boyle (1627-1691), often termed ‘the father of modern chemistry’. And to mark... -
#ESOF2012 – Science Gallery launches international art-science initiative Interactivos?12 News
11.07.2012 Architects, artists, scientists, hackers and engineers from across Europe came together in Dublin today to begin a unique collaborative workshop called Interactivos?‘12 in...Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Internet, Green Computing, Green, Engineering, Energy, Economy -
#ESOF2012 – Ireland’s President Michael D Higgins opens Euroscience Open Forum in Dublin News
11.07.2012 The President of Ireland Michael D Higgins has officially opened the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) in Dublin this evening. Taking place over the next four days, ESOF is set to...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Life Sciences, Green Tech, Green, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Education, Economy -
Updated: NASA research alliance with Ireland: no announcement due this week News
11.07.2012 While reports had been circulating in the media today claiming that space agency NASA had selected Ireland as its first international research partner, it appears that NASA is...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Life Sciences, Intellectual Property, Engineering, Engineer -
Exclusive: interview with CERN’s Steve Myers about Higgs boson find News
06.07.2012 Steve Myers, the director of accelerators and technology at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, spoke to Siliconrepublic.com today about the implications of finding the Higgs boson...