Tagged: European Space Agency & News
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ESA opts for Biomass satellite to measure Earth’s forests from space News
07.05.2013 The European Space Agency (ESA) has given the go-ahead for Europe’s next Earth-observing mission. Set to launch in 2020, the Biomass satellite will map and measure forests, as... -
Herschel space observatory finishes imaging the cold cosmos News
29.04.2013 The European Space Agency (ESA) has confirmed that Herschel, the largest infrared space telescope ever launched, has exhausted its supply of liquid helium coolant and is ending... -
ESA warns about urgent need to act on space debris News
25.04.2013 There is an urgent need to remove orbiting space debris that could potentially disrupt future satellites and to fly satellites in the future without creating new fragments –... -
Career memes of the week: astronaut News
23.04.2013 What do a sloth, hamster and the TV programme The Big Bang Theory have in common? They all turn the spotlight on astronauts, the profession in this week’s career memes of the... -
Scientists converge in Cork to discuss space and maritime sectors News
18.04.2013 The European Space Agency’s (ESA) director of earth observation programmes Dr Volker Liebig is one of the key speakers at a two-day conference that kicked off in Cork this...Categories: Software Development, Software, Science, Investments, Government, Engineering, Energy, Economy -
Euronews teams up with Vsauce creator on new science-focused YouTube channel News
09.04.2013 International news outlet Euronews has today announced a new strategy for YouTube that involves a new channel in partnership with Michael Stevens, creator of the popular and... -
€1m satellite technology competition opens for Irish entries News
02.04.2013 Start-ups and third-level researchers with ideas for new innovations using satellite navigation technology can now submit their entries for this year’s European Satellite...Categories: Science, Intellectual Property, Engineering, Energy, Education, Application Design and Development -
Planck space mission maps out oldest light in universe News
21.03.2013 The universe is 13.8bn years old, 100m years older than previous estimates, a new map of the oldest light in the universe by the European Space Agency mission Planck has revealed. -
Dublin firm Tech Works Marine wins €670k ESA renewable energy deal News
07.03.2013 Tech Works Marine, a Dun Laoghaire-based Earth-observation company, has won a €670,000 contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to expand the use of satellite imagery in... -
NUI Galway researchers seek to lighten fuel tanks for space launches News
21.02.2013 Two PhD students in mechanical engineering at NUI Galway are helping to develop new materials to cut down the cost of launching rockets into space. -
European Space Agency awards €800k contract to forestry data firm Treemetrics News
22.01.2013 Irish company Treemetrics, which is pioneering data analytical technology for the forestry industry, has been awarded a €800,000 contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Research, Green Tech, Green, Enterprise, Application Design and Development -
NUI Galway gets ESA funding for ash cloud research project News
19.12.2012 Researchers at NUI Galway have been awarded €500,000 in European Space Agency (ESA) funding as part of a research consortium that has been granted €2.1m to detect ash clouds and...Tags: European Space Agency, NUI Galway, -
EU research ministers agree on part of funding package for Horizon 2020 News
14.12.2012 EU research ministers met in Brussels this week to discuss the European Union’s new programme for research and innovation Horizon 2020, which will start in 2014 with a proposed... -
Irish tech firm Enbio wins €500k contract with European Space Agency News
13.12.2012 Irish technology company Enbio has secured a contract worth €500,000 with the European Space Agency (ESA) to work on developing a surface treatment that could be used as a type...Tags: European Space Agency, NovaUCD, -
Ireland to invest €17m per year in ESA space programmes News
21.11.2012 Ireland is set to invest €17m annually in European Space Agency (ESA) space programmes over the coming years, it has been announced at a meeting of ESA member states in Italy.Categories: Science, R&D, Investments, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Engineering, Engineer, Software, Software Development -
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli to talk science in Dublin tomorrow News
16.11.2012 Paolo Nespoli, an astronaut with the European Space Agency (ESA) who has made two trips into space, will be giving a lecture in Dublin tomorrow as part of the Science Week... -
Astronomers claim to have found most distant galaxy in universe (video) News
16.11.2012 Scientists using NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes believe they have zoomed in on the most distant galaxy that’s ever been spotted in the universe to date, at 13.3bn... -
It’s a space JAM! Google Chrome recreates Milky Way on your desktop News
15.11.2012 Want to know what 100,000 stars look like? Following the successful JAM with Chrome app for dispersed bands and budding musicians, Google’s Chrome team has introduced 100,000...Categories: Software & Web Development, Search Engines, Search, Operating Systems, Internet, Digital Media, Apps -
Tech start-up of the week: iGeotec News
04.11.2012 Our tech start-up of the week is iGeotec, a geospatial technology spin-out from NUI Maynooth that has developed a geoinformatics platform based in the cloud that handles GPS,...Categories: Software Development, Software & Web Development, Software, R&D, Mobile, Investments, Education, Digital Media, Apps -
Irish start-up Vicinity Systems wins European sat nav award News
26.10.2012 Irish start-up Vicinity Systems has been awarded a regional prize in the Galileo Masters, the European Satellite Navigation Competition, for its technology that is aiming to...