Science in the News

AILO fosters next generation of Irish computational linguists 01 February 2012 Silicon Republic Some 700 Irish students will this week explore the languages of the world as the 2012 edition of the Centre for Next Generation Localisation’s All-Ireland L... click here to read

Lero gets €22.4m funding boost 30 January 2012 The Irish Times The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre based at the University of Limerick is to receive €22.4 million in funding over the next five years, it was co... click here to read

Aiming to take Ireland higher up the curve 27 January 2012 The Irish Times - Dick Ahlstrom The new director general of Science Foundation Ireland wants to see creative partnerships, more impact for Irish research and changed mindset... click here to read

Government approves drafting of bill to extend SFI’s remit 25 January 2012 Silicon Republic The Government has approved the drafting of a bill to extend the remit of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) to include the funding of applied research in order to... click here to read

Vaccine can kill cancer cells 20 December 2011 Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have developed a promising vaccine that can kill cancer cells. The method has been patented, and the researchers hope to test it in humans in click here to read

Morning Ireland RTE SFI has built a community of 3,000 researchers 20 December 2011 Morning Ireland Business News RTE Radio 1 - 20/12/2011 (7.50 Bulletin) Dr Graham Love, Director General, SFI talks to Emma McNamara. SFI has now been around for about e... click here to read

Physicists focus in on Higgs boson – the so called ‘God particle’ 14 December 2011 UCD News Two experimental physics groups at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research - the world's leading laboratory for particle physics - have reported significant ... click here to read

Protein shows reaction to breast cancer drug 13 December 2011 The Irish Times, Health briefing by Claire O’Connell MEASURING LEVELS of a particular protein in breast tumour tissue could ultimately help some early stage breast cancer pa... click here to read

2012 Scratch Competition launched 12 December 2011 Silicon Republic The 2012 Scratch competition has launched, which encourages primary and secondary school students to get involved with computing and software development. R... click here to read

RTE Six- One: Irish-Based Researchers Create World's First 3D Surface Anatomy Guide 09 December 2011 The world’s first 3D surface anatomy guide for medical and physiotherapy students, surgical trainees and artists has been developed in Ireland through a unique collaboration ... click here to read

Clever computing for better wind forecasts 02 December 2011 Weather forecasting is a number-crunching affair: under the watchful eyes of meteorologists, data from weather stations around Ireland get digested by massively powerful computers ... click here to read

RTE Six-One News 01 December 2011 RTE Six-One News Dr. Graham Love, Director General, SFI, welcomes EC investment of €80 billion in research & innovation. To view please click here ... click here to read

ICT project gets €4.8m for virtual reality neurological research 29 November 2011 Silicon Republic - 29.11.2011 A Trinity College Dublin-led neurological research project called VERVE, with partners from France, the UK, Italy, Spain and Germany, has been given... click here to read

Scientists make the 'perfect' foam 28 November 2011 Posted on behalf of Philip Ball - November 28, 2011 Physicists working at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, have finally made the perfect foam. Whereas most Dubliners might cons... click here to read

Futureproof: The science of mummification 28 November 2011 Futureproof, Newstalk Saturdays show spoke with Bob Brier about mummification in Ancient Egypt. Listen to podcast please click here.... click here to read

Getting ahead of the curve in online security 23 November 2011 If you have ever paid for something online with your credit card, you have probably wondered whether prying eyes could view your precious account information as you sent it into th... click here to read

Scibernia special episode: SFI's 2011 think-in 23 November 2011 Scibernia Science Foundation Ireland‘s annual summit took place last Monday and Tuesday, November 15-16, with over 300 researchers attending the think-in. The theme of this ... click here to read

Futureproof - Your Brain on Drugs 21 November 2011 Futureproof, Newstalk This week, FutureProof talks to Dr. Maura Grealy – a researcher in the Department of Pharmacology at NUI, Galway. Maura will be telling us a... click here to read

Dr.Graham Love, SFI, interview on Coleman at Large, Newstalk 16 November 2011 Dr Graham Love, Director General, SFI interview on Coleman at Large on Newstalk on Wednesday 16th November 2011. Listen to the interview on Listenback Part 1 48 mins - Clic... click here to read

FutureProof: Marcus Chown on the Big Bang 16 November 2011 FutureProof, Newstalk On this Saturday’s show, Futureproof talked will to Marcus Chown about the first moments of the universe. Marcus will explain the incredible... click here to read