Tagged: Chemistry & News
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World Intellectual Property Day: celebrating Irish innovators News
26.04.2012 Today is World Intellectual Property Day, a day that’s always celebrated on 26 April. Here we look at some of the scientific breakthroughs Irish pioneers have brought to the world.Categories: Sustainability, Science, Research, R&D, Life Sciences, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Energy -
Irish inventions that changed the way we live (infographic) News
17.03.2012 Ireland is more than the just the place where Guinness comes from. It's the home of innovations that have changed the world, as illustrated by the following infographic from... -
IBM captures image of electric charge in motion News
28.02.2012 IBM appears to have broken major nanophysics ground, as scientists from an IBM Research group in Zurich have captured what is being hailed as the first-ever image of charge... -
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, -
BT Young Scientist 2012 winners talk about their space project (video) News
16.01.2012 It was an energetic and celebratory affair at the RDS on Friday night when it was revealed that young Dubliners Mark Kelly and Eric Doyle had won the BT Young Scientist &... -
Ireland’s young scientists reveal their projects (video) News
20.01.2012 Last week at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, the atmosphere in the Royal Dublin Society was magnetised by the dynamic and novel ideas that were created from...Categories: Bio Tech, Computers, Education, Engineer, Engineering, Green Tech, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, R&D, Science -
NASA satellite debris plunges into Pacific; solar storms active News
26.09.2011 With mystery surrounding as to where exactly debris from a six-tonne decommissioned NASA satellite fell early on Saturday – the biggest crash of a NASA satellite since 1979 –... -
Intel rewards Ireland’s mini scientists News
06.12.2011 The grand finals of the Intel Mini Scientist 2011 have taken place at the Intel Ireland campus in Co Kildare, with the two overall winners being Hair Today, Heat Tomorrow, from...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Government, Education, Economy, Careers and Employment, Bio Tech -
Science Week 2011 explores the chemistry of life News
14.11.2011 Get ready to experiment with chemistry, as Science Week 2011 is getting into full swing here in Ireland. This year’s theme is ‘The Chemistry of Life’ and there are many...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Multimedia, Life Sciences, Green, Graduate, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Bio Tech -
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Science Week 2011 – 13-20 November News
01.11.2011 Science Week is an annual, week-long event in Ireland each November, celebrating science. -
3,843 students – mostly girls - vie for BT Young Scientist 2012 News
25.10.2011 More girls than boys are competing in the BT Young Scientist & Technology 2012 Exhibition, with 2,235 girls taking part compared with 1,608 boys, according to BT.Categories: Social Media, Science, Research, R&D, Multimedia, Mobility, Life Sciences, Internet, Intellectual Property, Bio Tech, Apps, Software, Software & Web Development -
New next-gen engine oil made from 50pc recycled oil News
18.10.2011 One of the oldest motor oil companies in America, Valvoline, has developed a new next-generation engine oil technology made from 50pc recycled oil. -
NASA reports strong solar storm activity News
27.09.2011 As Sunspot 1302 continues to turn towards Earth, NASA has clarified that a strong-to-severe geomagnetic storm (Kp=8) is active, following a CME (coronal mass ejection) at about...Categories: Sustainability, Servers, Science, Research, R&D, Phones, Networks, Networking & Telecoms, Life Sciences, Internet, Green Computing, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Education, Consumer Tech, CIO, Bio Tech -
Google Doodle pays tribute to vitamin C scientist News
16.09.2011 Internet search giant Google is giving a nod to the 118th anniversary of the birth of Hungarian physiologist Albert Szent-Gyorgyi with a Google Doodle. -
Numbers still don’t add up for Leaving Cert maths and sciences News
17.08.2011 It’s a glass half-full, half-empty kind of picture. On the one hand, we can rejoice that the numbers of Irish students achieving A, B and C grades in high-level maths is at its... -
Life sciences spin-out Celtic Catalysts wins innovation award News
04.03.2011 Spin-out company Celtic Catalysts has won the Application of R&D category at the 2011 Irish Times InterTradeIreland Innovation Awards. -
NUI Galway students to hold ‘Energy Night’ News
12.01.2011 Energy experts from the fields of energy technology, policy, innovation and business will be thrashing out ideas about Ireland’s future energy needs at Energy Night on 26...Categories: Green TechTags: IRCSET, NUI Galway, Wave Energy, Innovation, Green Economy, Biofuels, Smart Buildings, Chemistry, Physics, Smart Grid, SEAI, Energy, Siemens, IBEC, -
NASA discovery 'expands the definition of life' News
03.12.2010 Life on earth will never be the same again – at least for NASA scientists, who have revealed a discovery that changes the fundamental understanding of what enables life on our... -
Trinity launches new degree course in nanoscience News
13.09.2010 Trinity College Dublin has announced a new course, allowing students to study nanoscience at an undergraduate level.