Dublin City University (DCU) and Arizona State University (ASU) – are joining forces to create the new International School of Biomedical Diagnostics, which will offer the first degree program of
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Leading health experts from across the globe have united to form ‘Action On Sugar’ – an unprecedented call to tackle and reverse the obesity and diabetes epidemic. Obesity is a

The Food Standards Agency, in partnership with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, is carrying out a study to look at the geographic origin of foods claiming to

Enterprise Ireland supported companies created 18,033 new jobs in 2013. This resulted in a net increase of 5,442 in the number of people employed by Enterprise Ireland supported companies, the

The National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) in Dublin has exceeded targets by raising €40m in commercial follow-on investment for Irish digital start-ups, the centre announced today. With a combined market

President of Letterkenny Institute of Technology Paul Hannigan is the new chairperson of Institutes of Technology Ireland for 2014. A native of Donegal, he has served as president of Letterkenny

As part of Ireland’s New Year tech resolution, the Irish Research Council (IRC) will be making €16m available in funding to Irish companies looking for researchers to assist them. This

Biosciences startup Metabolomic Diagnostic has secured €750,000 in venture funding through a syndicate of investors including SOSventures Ireland Fund, AIB Seed Capital Fund and Enterprise Ireland. Metabolomic Diagnostic’s innovative solution

PK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on how AFM and advanced fluorescence microscopy is being applied in the study

The Chinese government is investing €300m to establish a new international university campus of UCD in the coastal city of Yantai in the province of Shandong. It is hoped that

Limerick is to receive 300 highly skilled jobs by 2016 after biopharma giant Regeneron Pharmaceuticals this morning revealed a US$300m investment for a manufacturing facility on an 11.88-hectare site previously

As part of continuing expansion at leading Irish sensory, scientific and consumer research firm, SRL Research has announced a merger with Independent Sensory Services (ISS). The partnership will strengthen SRL

The Rousselet Robatel benchtop centrifuge is suited for R&D and lab scale experiments. It can be equipped with three different sized interchangeable rotors for processing multiple batch sizes. Basket filtration

Global healthcare company Abbott has developed a new diagnostic test which could allow doctors to diagnose and treat heart attacks hours faster than when using standard tests. Preliminary results from

Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has today announced its key achievements for 2013 and its plans for the year ahead. Professor Mark Ferguson, Director General of SFI and Chief Scientific Advisor

Sláinte Healthcare, a leading international healthcare technology company and participant in the Health Innovation Hub, has announced the creation of up to 80 new jobs. The new roles will be

The Government has commenced a second call for proposals for innovative healthcare solutions launched by the pilot Health Innovation Hub. The Health Innovation Hub Demonstrator project, a Government supported initiative

University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out Logentries has received the NovaUCD 2013 Innovation Award in recognition of its global success and impact. Accepting the award, one of the co-founders revealed new

Glen Dimplex has opened its new R&D facility for space and water heating technologies in Dunleer, Co Louth. The facility is part of a €40m investment programme by the company

The SteriMax Smart from WLD-TEC is ideal for all laboratories, anaerobic environments and safety cabinets. This sterilizer uses specifically focused infrared light, which generates an IR hotspot, for sterilizing inoculating

Specialists in securing corporate information, Espion, has been awarded R&D contracts worth a total of €1.3 million under the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7), as part of

T-Stór, Teagasc Open Access Repository, has been included as a participating repository in RIAN, the national open access portal, which aims to make Irish research material more freely accessible. RIAN

European research projects for Cnalysis of Pathways related to Neurodegenerative Diseases The aim of the JPND Cross-Disease Analysis of Pathways related to Neurodegenerative Diseases call is to establish a limited

The new ReactoMate Pilot jacketed reaction vessel, from Asynt, offers precise control of reaction variables, a powerful direct drive overhead

Axway, a market leader in governing the flow of data, has shown its commitment to the Irish economy by expanding

Aon, a leading provider of services in the area of Risk Management, Insurance, HR and Retirement Solutions, is making a

If researchers adopt a new strategy developed by the Irish Research Council (IRC), then not only will the quality of

The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mr Richard Bruton T.D. (pictured) and Minister for Research and Innovation, Mr Sean

Best Early Stage company Westway Health in process of developing revolutionary new non-antibiotic solution for bovine mastitis and New Start

The government and industry partners are to invest €88 million in setting up a national data analytics research centre which

Irish led Advanced Materials for Cardiac Regeneration (AMCARE) brings together ten European industry and academic partners to tackle the number

Ministers Bruton and Sherlock confirm three new board appointments Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, and Minister

Horizon 2020, the European Union’s new €79 billion programme for research and innovation to create new growth and jobs in

Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has today welcomed the announcement by the European Commission that it has allocated €1.7 billion in

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on how AFM

Horizon 2020, the EU’s big R&D funding programme, will offer major opportunities to Irish researchers There is real value in

The research, innovation and science programme is worth almost €80bn during the period 2014 to 2020 EU commissioner for Research,

The European Union’s new multi-billion euro research and innovation plan has been voted through by MEPs in Strasbourg.. EU Commissioner

The European Investment Bank is providing a loan of €100 million to fund the University of Limerick’s four-year capital development

Minister Sherlock announces that DePuy Synthes Companies plans to expand in Cork with a $36 million research and development investment