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Small birds may get boost from climate change

    Small birds may get boost from climate change

Warmer breeding seasons due to climate change may make life easier for a tiny British bird, the long-tailed tit. Like other small animals that live for only two or three

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Novartis transforms drug business via deals with GSK and Eli Lilly

    Novartis transforms drug business via deals with GSK and Eli Lilly

Swiss drug-maker Novartis is transforming its business by exchanging certain assets with GlaxoSmithKline and divesting its animal health business to Eli Lilly in deals worth billions of dollars. The revamp

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Food Testing Firm AltraTech Secures €900k Investment

    Food Testing Firm AltraTech Secures €900k Investment

Clare-based food diagnostics firm AltraTech has secured significant financial backing after developing a single-use test kit that can identify the DNA content of a food sample in a matter of

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DO ANIMALS WITH GERM PLASM EVOLVE FASTER?

    DO ANIMALS WITH GERM PLASM EVOLVE FASTER?

New research suggests that genes evolve more rapidly in vertebrate species that have germ plasm as a part of their reproductive process. The study, published in Science, tests a novel theory

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Irishman Inducted Into ‘Internet Hall of Fame’

    Irishman Inducted Into ‘Internet Hall of Fame’

Physicist Dr Dennis Jennings has become the first Irish person to be inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame. Dr Jennings has been named an Internet Pioneer at the Internet Society’s 2014

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OxyMem is overall winner of Innovation Awards 2014

    OxyMem is overall winner of Innovation Awards 2014

OxyMem has won the overall ‘Innovation of the Year’ Award at The Irish Times InterTradeIreland Innovation Awards 2014, which were presented in Dublin last night. The Athlone-based UCD spin out

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Innovation Academy, UCD appoints Dr Johnny Ryan as executive director

    Innovation Academy, UCD appoints Dr Johnny Ryan as executive director

The Innovation Academy, UCD has announced that it has appointed Dr Johnny Ryan as executive director. In his new role Ryan will take responsibility for the execution of the strategic

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Israeli company working on smartphone battery that recharges in 30 seconds

    Israeli company working on smartphone battery that recharges in 30 seconds

An Israeli startup has said it was working to develop a bio-organic system that can recharge a smartphone battery in just 30 seconds. Tel Aviv-based StoreDot’s prototype battery and charger

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How coughs and sneezes float much farther than you think

    How coughs and sneezes float much farther than you think

The next time you feel a sneeze coming on, raise your elbow to cover up that multiphase turbulent buoyant cloud you’re about to expel. That’s right: A novel study by

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Enterprise Ireland teams up with Mayo Clinic in ‘ready for market’ deal

    Enterprise Ireland teams up with Mayo Clinic in ‘ready for market’ deal

Early stage medical treatments and devices – invented at the Mayo Clinic in the US – are to be developed into ready for market products by Irish academic institutions under

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President Higgins Visits The Royal Society London To Celebrate Scientific Links Between Ireland and The United Kingdom

    President  Higgins  Visits The Royal Society London To Celebrate Scientific Links Between Ireland and The United Kingdom

President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins today visited the Royal Society and attended an event to celebrate the scientific links between Ireland and the United Kingdom. The historic event gathered

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Living organ regenerated for first time: Thymus rebuilt in mice

    Living organ regenerated for first time: Thymus rebuilt in mice

  A team of scientists at the University of Edinburgh has succeeded in regenerating a living organ for the first time. The team rebuilt the thymus — an organ in

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New €7.5m Cancer Research Fund Established

    New €7.5m Cancer Research Fund Established

  Monday 7th April: The Irish Cancer Society and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) have today announced a partnership that aims to support the establishment of a new Collaborative Cancer Research

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Major jobs boost for Killybegs announced

    Major jobs boost for Killybegs announced

A €35m investment has been announced for Killybegs, with plans to build the world’s largest bio-marine ingredients plant in the harbour town. The Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) has joined forces

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Alexion Pharmaceuticals Unveils Plans for its Future Expansion in Ireland and the Hiring of Approximately 200 New Employees

    Alexion Pharmaceuticals Unveils Plans for its Future Expansion in Ireland and the Hiring of Approximately 200 New Employees

3 April – Dublin, Alexion Pharma International Trading, a subsidiary of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced its plans to expand its operations in Ireland following the acquisition of a new

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President Higgins Receives Recipients of the President of Ireland Young Researcher Award (PIYRA)

    President Higgins Receives Recipients of the President of Ireland Young Researcher Award (PIYRA)

UCD and Trinity College based researchers receive €3.2million funding from Science Foundation Ireland. 27th March 2014: President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, has today received three recipients of the Science Foundation

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Eircom says 700,000 Homes Within Reach of 100Mbps Broadband

    Eircom says 700,000 Homes Within Reach of 100Mbps Broadband

Eircom has revealed 700,000 Irish homes will be capable of receiving 100Mbps broadband via VDSL by the end of this month, using a technology called vectoring that uses noise-cancelling technology

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UPC Blanket Covers East Point in Free Public Wi-Fi

    UPC Blanket Covers East Point in Free Public Wi-Fi

From today, some 50 companies and 6,000 workers at the East Point Business Park in Dublin will have access to a free outdoor public Wi-Fi network. The new Wi-Fi service

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Irishman’s TV app Start-up Raises US$7m from Atlantic Bridge and Samsung

    Irishman’s TV app Start-up Raises US$7m from Atlantic Bridge and Samsung

Eoin Dowling’s Silicon Valley and Dublin-based start-up BoxFish has raised US$7m in venture capital from Atlantic Bridge Capital and consumer electronics giant Samsung. BoxFish is a TV app that processes

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CIT Engineer Looks to Get Systems Talking

    CIT Engineer Looks to Get Systems Talking

Electronic engineer Dr Susan Rea is part of a team that is bringing researchers and control systems together at the Nimbus Centre in Cork Institute of Technology. Sometimes simple ideas

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George Hook is Ambassador for ‘Gateway to Europe’ Silicon Valley Mission

    George Hook is Ambassador for ‘Gateway to Europe’ Silicon Valley Mission

Broadcaster and rugby commentator George Hook has been named official ambassador for the ‘Ireland, Gateway to Europe’ event at Silicon Valley Bank in California next month, aimed at encouraging C-suite

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EcoWatch Scoops Prize of Up To €10k in Smart Grid Innovation Hub Start-up Search

    EcoWatch Scoops Prize of Up To €10k in Smart Grid Innovation Hub Start-up Search

EcoWatch has been named ‘Ireland’s Most Promising Start-up’ for a smart-grid solution or service as part of the EirGrid and NDRC all-island Smart Grid Innovation Hub competition. Limerick-based EcoWatch scooped

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High-tech Maker Space TechShop Planned for Ireland at DCU Innovation Campus

    High-tech Maker Space TechShop Planned for Ireland at DCU Innovation Campus

TechShop is coming to Ireland. The high-tech ‘maker space’ and Dublin City University (DCU) are today announcing an alliance that aims to give TechShop a home at DCU’s Innovation Campus

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Copycat Model a Success for Start-ups

    Copycat Model a Success for Start-ups

From its low-key offices near the centre of Berlin, Rocket Internet has turned the usual business model for technology companies

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Irish BFree Foods Market Leaders in Gluten-Free Food Innovations

    Irish BFree Foods Market Leaders in Gluten-Free Food Innovations

Gluten-free foods have suffered from a bad press over the years. It has been seen as low quality, with poor

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UK to Invest Further stg£45m in Researching ‘Internet of Things’

    UK to Invest Further stg£45m in Researching ‘Internet of Things’

The UK prime minister David Cameron has announced additional funding of stg£45m for research into the ‘internet of things’ (IoT),

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Major Breakthrough in Fold-up Screens Made by UK Scientists

    Major Breakthrough in Fold-up Screens Made by UK Scientists

A team of scientists from Surrey University in the UK claim to have made a significant breakthrough in the development

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Synthetic Biology Future event coming to Cork

    Synthetic Biology Future event coming to Cork

On 13 March, Cork will welcome some of the world’s leading experts in one of the most exciting sciences of

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Ireland Above Average in EU Innovation League, but Still Classed a ‘follower’

    Ireland Above Average in EU Innovation League, but Still Classed a ‘follower’

While Ireland performed well above the EU average on international scientific co-publications and licence and patent revenues from abroad, it

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CIT’s Innovation Week to kick off 10 March

    CIT’s Innovation Week to kick off 10 March

Entrepreneurship, cybercrime and cyberwar will be amongst the topics under discussion at a series of events at Cork Institute of

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Research Centre for €2bn Plastics Industry Opens at Athlone Institute of Technology

    Research Centre for €2bn Plastics Industry Opens at Athlone Institute of Technology

A new research centre for the development of new plastic technologies with far-reaching applications across multiple sectors has opened at

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VCE to Expand Ireland Research and Development Operations

    VCE to Expand Ireland Research and Development Operations

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, today announced that innovative technology company, VCE, plans to create up

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The Rubicon Centre – In Search of the Next Big Business Idea

    The Rubicon Centre – In Search of the Next Big Business Idea

The Rubicon Centre, situated on the campus of Cork Institute of Technology is Ireland’s leading business innovation hub. It also

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BT Young Entrepreneurial Boot Camp Launches at NovaUCD

    BT Young Entrepreneurial Boot Camp Launches at NovaUCD

Now in its fifth year, the BT Young Scientist Business Bootcamp will host 29 second-level students from across Ireland who

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Irishman’s Social Network Pursues US$66bn Games Market from Paradise Island

    Irishman’s Social Network Pursues US$66bn Games Market from Paradise Island

Irish entrepreneur Sean Fee has launched a social media site for gamers that aims to serve the US$66bn-a-year video-games industry.

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IWISE Event Gathers US-Irish Women in Science and Engineering

    IWISE Event Gathers US-Irish Women in Science and Engineering

Participants of the recent IWISE event in Washington, DC, discussed how to encourage women in science and engineering. What’s the

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Clinical Trials Group Venn Buys Synthetic Skin Technology

    Clinical Trials Group Venn Buys Synthetic Skin Technology

Clinical research group Venn Life Sciences has moved to address an EU ban on cosmetic and skincare products tested on

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S3 Launches World’s Smallest Analogue-to-Digital Converter Chip

    S3 Launches World’s Smallest Analogue-to-Digital Converter Chip

Dublin-based software and silicon designer S3 has created what it claims is the world’s smallest analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) chip for

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Rolls-Royce to Develop Drone Cargo Ships

    Rolls-Royce to Develop Drone Cargo Ships

Rolls-Royce has confirmed that they are designing enormous cargo ships that would be completely unmanned. The design and implementation of

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Explore Best Practices in Financial Performance Management with Prostrategy & IBM

    Explore Best Practices in Financial Performance Management with Prostrategy & IBM

Join ProStrategy & IBM on the 12th March at a ‘Best Practices in Financial Performance Management’ Executive Briefing.  Find out

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Irish Government Signs €3.3m Deal with Microsoft to Fix Windows XP Security Issues

    Irish Government Signs €3.3m Deal with Microsoft to Fix Windows XP Security Issues

The Irish Government’s Office of the CIO has signed a €3.3m memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Microsoft to handle security

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Cork Airport Beefs Up Security Technology as Part of €3m Upgrade

    Cork Airport Beefs Up Security Technology as Part of €3m Upgrade

Cork Airport has upgraded its baggage security screening system, implemented new screening technology for liquids and gels, and redeveloped the

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Google to give US$1m to Tech Groups Who Solve World Issues

    Google to give US$1m to Tech Groups Who Solve World Issues

Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt has said he will give US$1m to individuals or organisations in the technology sector who can

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Digital Evidence Sector Shows Growth in Ireland

    Digital Evidence Sector Shows Growth in Ireland

With more than 1bn people worldwide now owning a smartphone, according to the International Data Corporation, what information remains company

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Empowering Graduates as The Miracle Engines of Economic Recovery

    Empowering Graduates as The Miracle Engines of Economic Recovery

About two weeks ago, 180 mostly fourth-level PhD graduates crowded into a hall at University College Dublin (UCD) to take

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ATS International Strengthens Partnership with Siemens by Offering Industrial Software for Product Development and R&D

    ATS International Strengthens Partnership with Siemens by Offering Industrial Software for Product Development and R&D

ATS International B.V. is long-time partner of Siemens AG in the area of Integrated Automation Solutions, which includes devices, software,

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SFI-Pfizer Biotherapeutics Innovation Awards Announce 2014 Programme Webinar

    SFI-Pfizer Biotherapeutics Innovation Awards Announce 2014 Programme Webinar

SFI and Pfizer are pleased to announce a webinar to present the SFI-Pfizer Biotherapeutics Innovation Award Programme 2014 The SFI-Pfizer

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Irish Chip at Heart of Google’s Multi-Billion Dollar Bet on Future of Smartphones

    Irish Chip at Heart of Google’s Multi-Billion Dollar Bet on Future of Smartphones

A revolutionary chip designed by Dublin company Movidius lies at the heart of Google’s ‘Project Tango’ smartphone, a 3D-sensing device

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Irish Firm Driven to Succeed in Electric Car Market

    Irish Firm Driven to Succeed in Electric Car Market

Eveo Solutions has become the first Irish manufacturer of electric charging stations after spotting a gap in the market, and

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Five Hi-tech Start-Ups to Locate HQs in Ireland

    Five Hi-tech Start-Ups to Locate HQs in Ireland

The trend of hi-tech start-ups locating their headquarters in Ireland shows no sign of slowing down with five North American

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AMCS Group Acquires US Waste Technology Company

    AMCS Group Acquires US Waste Technology Company

Limerick-based environmental software and technology developer AMCS Group, a world-leader in the provision of integrated waste management software and vehicle

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Professor Orla Feely is New VP for Research, Innovation and Impact at UCD

    Professor Orla Feely is New VP for Research, Innovation and Impact at UCD

Prof Orla Feely will take up her new role as vice-president for Research, Innovation and Impact at UCD on 1

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SFI to Offer Female Science Researchers Funding up to €175k

    SFI to Offer Female Science Researchers Funding up to €175k

Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has opened a call for female scientist applications to the Advance Award programme, which has a

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Venture Fund Opens Dublin Hub for Start-Ups

    Venture Fund Opens Dublin Hub for Start-Ups

Irish venture capital fund Tribal.vc has opened a new co-location hub for high- growth start-ups, on Dublin’s South William Street.

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Electricity Generation Makes Top Ten of Best Inventions’

    Electricity Generation Makes Top Ten of Best Inventions’

In a new survey, published by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), chemical engineers have voted for what they consider

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Ireland’s Largest Beef Cow Fertility Research Under Way

    Ireland’s Largest Beef Cow Fertility Research Under Way

There is clear evidence of a decline in the reproductive efficiency of Irish beef cow herds, according to Teagasc, and it

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Voicekey Gets UK Innovation Agency Backing for M-Commerce Tech

    Voicekey Gets UK Innovation Agency Backing for M-Commerce Tech

Voicekey Limited has recently been awarded the Second Phase of a SBRI mCommerce contract by the UK’s innovation agency, the

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Viridor, Highview Partnership Wins £8 Million Boost for Energy Storage Innovation

    Viridor, Highview Partnership Wins £8 Million Boost for Energy Storage Innovation

A partnership between Somerset waste management firm Viridor and Highview Power Storage has been awarded more than £8 million to

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