The most recent eruption on the Canary Islands – at El Hierro in 2011 – produced spectacularly enigmatic white “floating rocks” that originated from the layers of oceanic sedimentary rock … Read the rest
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LERO wins €400,000 research contract with ESA
Lero – the Irish Software Research Centre (Lero) has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the implementation of a research programme worth €400,000. The 18 month programme, … Read the rest
Irish Equine Technology Start-Up Secures €550,000 in Seed Funding
Equilume, the University College Dublin (UCD) equine technology spin-out company, has announced that it has secured €550,000 in seed funding.
The innovative technology was profiled in The Science Squad Series 3, … Read the rest
Cork Young Scientists are Persons of Month
Scientific hat-trick winners Sophie Healy-Thow 17 yrs, 16-year-olds Ciara Judge and Emer Hickey have been chosen Cork Persons of the Month. Their names now also go forward, with the other … Read the rest
Congratulations to UCD Professor Barry Smyth – SFI Researcher of the Year 2014
Athlone, 3rd November – Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English TD, this evening announced Prof Barry Smyth as the Science Foundation Ireland Researcher of the Year 2014 at the SFI … Read the rest
Irish Scientists Help to Discover New Gene involved in Motor Neuron Disease
€245m to be invested in 5 new world-class SFI Research Centres
- €155m in funding from the Department of Jobs through SFI will be provided for five World-Class SFI Research Centres
- €90m co-investment by industry partners, bringing the total investment to €245m
Irish students win global science competition
Three Irish students have won a global science research competition at the GoogleScience Fair 2014 in San Francisco. Ciara Judge, Emer Hickey and Sophie Healy-Thow from Kinsale Community School, Cork were named the … Read the rest
NUI Galway formalise research collaboration with Mayo Clinic in US
NUI Galway has signed an agreement to formalise collaborative ties with the Mayo Clinic Centre for Regenerative Medicine in the US. The agreement follows many years of close cooperation, and paves
New insights into spread and survival of blood cancer cells
Researchers at the National University of Ireland Galway have identified an enzyme that has a key role in the spread and survival of blood cancer cells. The discovery, which focussed … Read the rest