Tagged: Scientists & News
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Career memes of the week: scientist News
30.04.2013 “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.” That quote attributed to theoretical physicist Albert Einstein can... -
Taoiseach reveals new St Patrick’s Day medal for Irish scientific diaspora News
19.03.2013 A new science award has been unveiled by Taoiseach Enda Kenny, TD, called the St Patrick’s Day Medal which will be presented annually to a distinguished Irish scientist living... -
#FutureJobs – Sourcing tech talent from overseas won't be as easy as you think (videos) News
08.02.2013 While Ireland slowly goes about making itself an amenable location for overseas skilled tech talent – including updating an outmoded work permit system – that does not mean it’s...Categories: Upskilling, Training, Software & Web Development, Software, Science, Recruitment, Internet, Graduate, Engineering, Careers and Employment -
Scientists build US$1m ‘bionic man’ using artificial limbs and organs News
29.01.2013 A ‘bionic man’ built using US$1m worth of artificial limbs and organs from around the globe has raised ethical questions about the research and use of advanced prosthetics. -
Irish-led team develops cells that may help regenerate cardiac cells News
19.09.2012 An Irish-led team of stem cell scientists have developed cells which may allow the regeneration of cardiac cells and help repair heart muscle tissue that has been damaged by a... -
GE Healthcare to invest US$10m in Cork manufacturing plant, creating 50 jobs News
01.08.2012 GE Healthcare, the medical technology subsidiary of General Electric, is to pump US$10m into its manufacturing facility in Carrigtwohill, Co Cork. The investment will be used to...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Life Sciences, Investments, Intellectual Property, Careers and Employment -
Irish astronomer discovers supernova 120 million light years away News
29.08.2012 From his back garden in Raheny, Co Dublin, an amateur astronomer called Dave Grennan has stumbled upon his second supernova discovery from Ireland in less than two years. -
Grand Canyon-sized gash under West Antarctic Ice Sheet speeding up ice melt? News
27.07.2012 British scientists say they have found a mile-deep rift valley hidden beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet – think the scale of the Grand Canyon. They believe that this hidden...Categories: Sustainability, Science -
Neuroscientists may have found new gene that causes epilepsy seizures News
23.07.2012 Neuroscientists from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) say they have found a new gene linked to epilepsy and they believe they could potentially provide a new...Tags: Scientists, Neuroscience, -
Dual sites picked for the world’s largest radio telescope News
29.05.2012 Sites in South Africa and Australia have been chosen to host the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). When built, the telescope...Categories: Sustainability, Software Development, Science, Renewable Energy, Green Tech, Green, Government, Engineering, Energy, Design, Data Management -
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...