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Irish nanoscientists develop material that could revoutionise electronics industry 16 May 2012 Research could deliver new wave of next generation computers and real-time 3D video processing Dublin, 16 May – Researchers at CRANN, the Science Foundation Ireland fun... click here to read

Maynooth team place second in European Robot Soccer Competition 14 May 2012 Ireland’s Robot Soccer team, RoboEireann, from NUI Maynooth were runners up at the 2012 German Open, a European Robot Soccer competition, held annually in Magdeburg, Germany.... click here to read

Netwatch Develops Advanced Surveillance Technology 03 May 2012 2nd May 2012. An advanced surveillance technology which can distinguish whether an alarm has been triggered by human activity will greatly reduce the thousands of false alarm calls... click here to read

Wellcome Trust wants to hear from you 02 May 2012 The Health Research Board and Science Foundation Ireland hosted over 150 Irish researchers at a session which outlined how to make successful grant applications for Wellcome Trust ... click here to read

Double Gold for Belfast Schools in All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad 02 May 2012 Belfast schools have displayed impressive form in the All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO) 2012 with success in both the individual and team competitions. The results of this y... click here to read

Irish researchers secure coveted prize of trip to Silicon Valley 30 April 2012 April 29th 2012: Two Irish researchers funded by the Government’s science agency, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), have won the opportunity to travel to Silicon Valley in Ca... click here to read

Scouting’ Molecules Give New Direction for Drug Development 30 April 2012 New insights into the behaviour of molecules could have major implications for the design of drugs that block protein interactions. A team of researchers led by Dr Peter Crowley at... click here to read

US Government Joins the Dots with Irish ‘Linked Data’ Technologies 26 April 2012 Thursday, 26 April, 2012: Agencies in the US Government have adopted a set of web tools and standards developed in Ireland by researchers at NUI Galway’s Digital Enterprise R... click here to read

Tyndall researchers scoop two of the eight 2012 Intel Outstanding Researcher Awards 25 April 2012 Cork, April 24, 2012, Tyndall National Institute, UCC - Professor Jim Greer, Head of Electronics Theory and Graduate Studies at Tyndall and Dr. Paul Hurley, Senior Staff Researcher... click here to read

Innovation Ireland hosts Science Colloquium in Berlin towards building stronger scientific partnerships 25 April 2012 April 25th 2012: Representatives from Innovation Ireland (Science Foundation Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland) today attended a full-day event in Berlin to promote great... click here to read

Discovery of Missing Links for Salmonella’s Weapon System 24 April 2012 April 23rd, 2012 – Scientists have discovered multiple gene switches in Salmonella that offer new ways to curb human infection. The discovery of the mechanisms of gene regula... click here to read

Clonakilty Community College Scoops the DSI All Ireland Final 2012 23 April 2012 Friday, April 19 2012: Secondary school students from all of Ireland participated in the fifth All Ireland Final of the Debating Science Issues (DSI) competition on Thursday, 19 Ap... click here to read

Government announces €12.3 million to secure, support and strengthen most promising young scientific talent 20 April 2012 April 20th 2012: In a further drive to progress Ireland’s science research agenda, Minister for Research and Innovation, Mr Séan Sherlock TD, has today announced Gover... click here to read

CTVR- Spinout wins top European HPC Innovator Award 17 April 2012 Xcelerit wins PRACE Innovation Competition Xcelerit, a software company spun out of the Science Foundation Ireland CTVR research centre scooped a top European Innovation Award Tod... click here to read

Trinity Researchers Report Major Eye Disease Breakthrough 17 April 2012 Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have discovered that a part of the immune system called the inflammasome is involved in regulating the development of one of the most common fo... click here to read

Probiotic Bacteria may influence brain fatty acid composition 11 April 2012 Designer probiotic bacteria have the potential to alter brain fatty acid composition according to new research published in the prestigious American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. ... click here to read

CRANN announces 750,000 euro comercial partnership with Thomas Swan and Co LTD 04 April 2012 CRANN, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) funded nanoscience institute based at Trinity College Dublin, has announced a new collaborative research partnership worth €750,000... click here to read

Developing new treatments for Cystic Fibrosis associated Lung Infections 03 April 2012 Scientists in Cork have identified a novel therapy for the bacteria which cause infections in cystic fibrosis patients. The research was carried out the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Cen... click here to read

Winner of UCC Science for All 2012 03 April 2012 Bruno Godinho, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience and School of Pharmacy, UCC, was the winner of the ‘Science for All’ competition held recently. Topics such as de... click here to read

CRANN researchers develop new material that could transform flat screen TV and solar cell technology 21 March 2012 Researchers at CRANN, the Science Foundation Ireland funded nanoscience institute based in Trinity College Dublin (TCD), have discovered a new material that could transform the qua... click here to read