Tagged: Scientists & News
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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... -
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... -
Science event to explore future of silicon microneedle tech News
14.05.2012 The future of low-cost, painless drug and vaccine delivery is the topic of discussion this week at Tyndall National Institute in Cork, where up to 180 clinicians, scientists and... -
James Webb Space Telescope’s first instrument ready for NASA News
10.05.2012 A European consortium has completed the first instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the infrared space observatory that’s set to blast into space in 2018 to find... -
Weekend news roundup: another dot.com bubble, Iraq's telecoms boost, HSE conspiracy case News
16.04.2012 A roundup of technology news coverage in some of the weekend's newspapers, including the potential of another dot-com bubble with Facebook's US$1bn acquisition of Instagram,...Categories: Telecommunications, Science, R&D, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, Energy, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Science Council urges Govt to seize €80bn innovation opportunity News
29.03.2012 The Advisory Council for Science Technology and Innovation (ACSTI) has today called on the Irish Government to come up with a strategic and focused approach to secure a... -
NASA’s suborbital rockets to light up night skies News
26.03.2012 Following a couple of delays, NASA is gearing up to launch five sounding rockets into space early in the morning on 27 March. The launch window will be between 2am and 5am EDT.... -
NASA finds ‘unusual’ geologic features on Vesta asteroid News
22.03.2012 NASA’s Dawn spacecraft scientists say they have discovered “unexpected details” on the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta, which is one of the brightest objects in the solar... -
'Holey Optochip' first to transfer 1trn bits of information per second - IBM News
08.03.2012 A new optical chipset by IBM that can transfer 1trn bits, or 1 terabit, of information per second could transform how data is used, shared and accessed for computing,... -
Scientists reveal hints of Higgs Boson from Tevatron data News
07.03.2012 Scientists at Fermilab, the US laboratory dedicated to high-energy physics, say they may have finally pinpointed the elusive Higgs Boson particle. The scientists had been... -
NASA detects oxygen around Saturn’s Dione moon News
05.03.2012 NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has discovered molecular oxygen ions around Saturn's icy moon Dione for the first time, an indication that Dione has a thin, netural atmosphere, or an... -
NASA’s Hubble detects new ‘waterworld’ planet type News
22.02.2012 NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has released captivating images of a new class of ‘waterworld’ extrasolar planet 40 light years from Earth that astronomers are calling GJ1214b. -
Ireland reveals rich scientific history News
07.11.2011 Robert Boyle, Ernest Walton, William Rowan Hamilton, Ellen Hutchins and Cynthia Evelyn Longfield are some of the many scientists who shaped Irish history and marked the path...Tags: Science November, Scientists, Ireland, Chemistry, Medical, Astronomy, Physics, Engineering, Computer science, IT, Mathematics, -
Fukushima at increased earthquake risk, scientists claim News
15.02.2012 Seismic risk increased at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant following the magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on 11 March last year, a new scientific study... -
NASA pioneers 3D earthquake mapping with geologists News
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... -
Students get awards for inventive STEM projects News
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...Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Graduate, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, AppsTags: Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths, STEM, Scientists, Europe, Innovation -
Dublin to host international Science Hack Day 2012 News
08.02.2012 Dublin is gearing up to be the sixth city in the world to host an international Science Hack Day after London, San Francisco, Mexico City, Cincinnati and Cape Town. Running from...Categories: Science, R&D, Legal Eagle, Internet, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Games/Entertainment, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, Digital Media -
NASA draws 2nd-highest number of astronaut applications News
06.02.2012 US space agency NASA has received more than 6,300 applications between 15 November 2011 and 27 January 2012 from individuals wanting to become an astronaut. The figure marks the... -
Scientists to study inflammatory diseases using the Amazon News
31.01.2012 An international research project involving scientists from Europe and Brazil has been granted €3m under the EU FP7 programme to pioneer research into inflammatory disorders.... -
The science economy News
26.01.2012 As Dublin takes up the mantle ‘European City of Science’, Carmel Doyle evaluates the progress Ireland has made since it began investing heavily in its science infrastructure.Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Life Sciences, Leadership & Management, Investments, Economy, Development