Tagged: Physics & News
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#OI2Dublin – How CERN is working with the ICT industry to find solutions for the Large Hadron Collider News
21.05.2013 We talk to Bob Jones, who heads up CERN’s openlab project, a partnership between CERN and ICT companies to drive forward data-intensive solutions for the needs of the scientific... -
Large Hadron Collider replica and physicist Peter Higgs to visit Belfast News
01.05.2013 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... -
Mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler inspires interactive Google Doodle News
15.04.2013 Internet search giant Google has given mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler the Google Doodle treatment today, on the 306th anniversary of his birth. -
Data analysis ‘strongly indicates’ particle is Higgs boson - CERN News
14.03.2013 An analysis of data pertaining to an elementary particle found in the atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in July “strongly indicates” it is the elusive Higgs boson... -
Starbursts offer a cosmic lab for physics News
07.03.2013 When Prof Lorraine Hanlon is not tracking down massive bursts of energy from exploding stars in the universe, she is working to get the public more engaged with physics. Claire... -
Obama selects new energy secretary and EPA chief News
05.03.2013 US President Barack Obama has announced his nominees to take on the roles of Energy Secretary and head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Obama has nominated MIT... -
Science Gallery opens new exhibition to explore motion and cycles News
07.02.2013 A new exhibition called Oscillator is opening at Science Gallery in Dublin today to explore the movements, vibrations and cycles all around us. Visitors to the gallery over the... -
Havok picks up Game Developer Front Line Award for middleware News
18.01.2013 For the fifth consecutive year, Dublin-headquartered games physics technology company Havok has won the award for Best Middleware from Game Developer Magazine’s Front Line Awards.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Science, Investments, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Education, Digital Media, Development, Design -
Could there be 17bn Earth-sized planets in the Milky Way? News
08.01.2013 Scientists using NASA’s Kepler telescope have estimated that there are potentially 17bn other planets similar in size to planet Earth in our Milky Way. -
Viral videos of the week – 06/01/2013 News
06.01.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features an unexpected journey for The Office cast, the return of Charlie the unicorn,... -
Viral videos of the week – 16/12/2012 News
16.12.2012 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features a super villain who just wants to rap, a look at what we have been searching for...Categories: Web 2.0, Social Media, Search Engines, Search, Media, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media -
Physics businesses bring €7bn to Irish economy annually, says IOP News
30.11.2012 Physics-based businesses contribute more than €7bn annually to the Irish economy and directly employ more than 86,000 people. That’s according to a new report from the Institute... -
Scientists trial hybrid 3D printer to create artificial cartilage News
23.11.2012 Researchers have been trying out a new type of hybrid 3D printer to create artificial cartilage that could one day be implanted into patients to help re-grow cartilage in...Categories: Science, Printing Services -
#tweetsinspace experiment takes flight to test the limits of Boyle’s Law News
09.11.2012 TalkToEu’s experiment to test Boyle’s Law and bring tweets to the edge of space – all the while highlighting funding available from the EU for Irish scientists – has taken... -
Viral videos of the week – 11/11/2012 News
11.11.2012 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week, Will Ferrell proves he'll do anything to get people to vote, sparks fly in Belfast, a... -
Scientist wins €5,000 prize to bring wonder of physics to Irish commuters News
09.11.2012 Physicist Dr Shane Bergin has won €5,000 in a Designs for Learning competition at Science Gallery and he is now on a mission to bring physics challenges to daily commuters via... -
Record number of students enter BT Young Scientist contest News
06.11.2012 BT has released figures about entries to the 2013 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, which will take place in January in Dublin, with the contest having broken all... -
MRI study could pave way for understanding brain diseases like MS, physicists claim News
02.11.2012 Researchers in the area of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) from the University of Nottingham say they have made a discovery that could give the medical profession a new tool to... -
Birr CoderDojo teaches kids to code and to build and launch rockets News
23.10.2012 It seems the kids don’t just want to code, they want to reach for the stars. And why not? The Birr CoderDojo recently joined forces with the Irish Rocketry Society (cool name)... -
Interview: Jolicloud’s Tariq Krim on how the new desktop resides in the cloud (video) News
18.10.2012 Jolicloud’s Tariq Krim spoke with Siliconrepublic.com at the Dublin Web Summit about his newly revamped platform which he describes as the "start bar for the cloud".