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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 has the UK and Norway firmly in its sights, writes

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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 to be the most important chemically engineered inventions and solutions

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Five of 50 World’s Most Innovative Companies 2014 Have Irish Presence

    Five of 50 World’s Most Innovative Companies 2014 Have Irish Presence

Five of the 50 companies on Fast Company’s list of The World’s Most Innovative Companies 2014 have an Irish presence, with internet titan Google taking the top spot for a

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Pfizer and SFI Announce Public-Private Partnership

    Pfizer and SFI Announce Public-Private Partnership

Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and Pfizer today announce a unique new partnership that aims to promote new biotherapeutic breakthroughs in Ireland, through an academic-industry collaboration. The SFI-Pfizer Biotherapeutics Innovation Award

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Irish Researchers’ Breakthrough Doubles Battery Life of Phones, Laptops and e-cars

    Irish Researchers’ Breakthrough Doubles Battery Life of Phones, Laptops and e-cars

A new nanotechnology that doubles the life of smartphone, laptop and electric-vehicle batteries even after being charged and discharged more than 1,000 times has been developed by researchers at the

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Irish Researchers Make Significant Breakthrough in Semiconductor Production

    Irish Researchers Make Significant Breakthrough in Semiconductor Production

A team from the Tyndall National Institute in Cork has produced the world’s first atom-by-atom simulation of nanoscale film which could revolutionise silicon chip production.   Using a technique known

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First Shop to Use Digital Bitcoin Price Tags Trials in London

    First Shop to Use Digital Bitcoin Price Tags Trials in London

A digital price tag that charts the fluctuation of the current value of the online currency Bitcoin is being trialled in a clothing store in London. Created by designer and

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‘Smart’ Windows to Cut Energy Use in Buildings by 20%

    ‘Smart’ Windows to Cut Energy Use in Buildings by 20%

A consortium of three European manufacturers and suppliers of windows and ventilation systems, including an Irish company based in Dublin, has created a new technology for energy efficient heat recovery

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Irish Firm Invents ‘Cool Brain’ Device That Could Save Lives

    Irish Firm Invents ‘Cool Brain’ Device That Could Save Lives

A Louth-based firm in collaboration with researchers from Trinity College Dublin has invented a ‘Cool Brain’ device designed to cool the brain in the event of a stroke, heart attack

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SFI Special Award Winner at BT Young Scientist Exhibition

    SFI Special Award Winner at BT Young Scientist Exhibition

Chloe Bradley, a 5th year student from Mulroy College, Donegal, has won the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Special Award at the BT Young Scientist competition 2014 for her project which investigated the nutritive

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Ministers Announce New North/South Research Agreement

    Ministers Announce New North/South Research Agreement

The Irish Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Minister, Richard Bruton TD and the Employment and Learning Minister for Northern Ireland, Dr Stephen Farry MLA, have signed a ground-breaking Collaboration

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Soapbox Science to Give Women Scientists in Ireland a New Platform

    Soapbox Science to Give Women Scientists in Ireland a New Platform

Soapbox Science is coming to Dublin. Event organiser Dr Natalie Cooper talked to Claire O’Connell. In April, Front Square at Trinity College Dublin is due to play host to a

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High demand for digital, R&D and data professionals could lead to rising salaries

    High demand for digital, R&D and data professionals could lead to rising salaries

Recruitment consultancy Morgan McKinley has released a comprehensive analysis of pay and benefits across a wide range of professions in Ireland, finding that demand for talent is highest in areas

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Capital of Innovation – Six Finalist Cities Announced

    Capital of Innovation – Six Finalist Cities Announced

Barcelona, Espoo, Grenoble, Groningen, Malaga and Paris are the six cities shortlisted for the first European Capital of Innovation award, or iCapital. An independent panel of experts has agreed on

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