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Irish Tech Firm Uses Virtual Reality to Transform the Way New Developments are Presented to the Public

    Irish Tech Firm Uses Virtual Reality to Transform the Way New Developments are Presented to the Public

A major innovation introduced by an Irish visualisation company is set to transform the way proposers of projects, such as wind farms, engage with local communities and stakeholders. Innovision, which

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CONSUS Adds Iteris ClearAg Environmental Intelligence to Crop Research and Development Platform

    CONSUS Adds Iteris ClearAg Environmental Intelligence to Crop Research and Development Platform

Iteris Inc, the global leader in applied informatics for transportation and agriculture, has announced that CONSUS, a research partnership between University College Dublin (UCD) and Origin Enterprises plc (Origin), will add

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Household Waste Recycled to Make ‘Mini Wind-turbines’

    Household Waste Recycled to Make ‘Mini Wind-turbines’

Repurposing water bottles and aluminium cans to make wind turbines is all in a module’s work for  130 undergraduates in UCC. The first-year engineering students are participating in an initiative

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Shaping Europe’s Digital Future – European Commission Presents Strategies for Data and Artificial Intelligence

    Shaping Europe’s Digital Future – European Commission Presents Strategies for Data and Artificial Intelligence

The European Commission has unveiled its ideas and actions for a digital transformation that works for all, reflecting the best of Europe: open, fair, diverse, democratic and confident. It presents a European

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StormHarvester Develops New Green Technology to Help Reduce Environmental Pollution

    StormHarvester Develops New Green Technology to Help Reduce Environmental Pollution

Lisburn-based technology start-up, StormHarvester, has developed a system to monitor and control water and wastewater levels within drainage networks. The green technology, Smart Control System, reduces the volume of mains

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Researcher Creates Drone System to Give Early Warning on Natural Disasters and Act as Wifi Hotspot

    Researcher Creates Drone System to Give Early Warning on Natural Disasters and Act as Wifi Hotspot

A researcher at Queen’s University Belfast has invented a low cost telecommunication system using drones which provides early warning on natural disasters and acts as a wifi ‘hotspot’ when phone

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BrightWind Secures €162,000 in SEAI Funding to Develop a New Wind and Solar Data Management Platform

    BrightWind Secures €162,000 in SEAI Funding to Develop a New Wind and Solar Data Management Platform

BrightWind has secured €162,000 in funding from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to support the company in building a new wind and solar resource data management platform. The

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DuPont Acquires UCD Spin-out OxyMem

    DuPont Acquires UCD Spin-out OxyMem

DuPont has exercised its option to acquire full ownership of OxyMem Ltd, a University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out company. OxyMem develops and produces Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR) technology for

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Decarbonisation Will Involve Most Profound Social Transformation Since the Industrial Revolution

    Decarbonisation Will Involve Most Profound Social Transformation Since the Industrial Revolution

Decarbonisation will involve the most profound social adjustments and transformations since the Industrial Revolution. That’s according to Professor Murray Hitzman, Director of iCRAG the SFI Research Centre for Applied Geosciences at the iCRAG2019 conference

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Textiles – The EU’s Fourth Largest Cause of Environmental Pressures After Food, Housing, Transport

    Textiles – The EU’s Fourth Largest Cause of Environmental Pressures After Food, Housing, Transport

Consumption of clothing, footwear and household textiles in the European Union (EU) uses annually about 1.3 tonnes of raw materials and more than 100 cubic metres of water per person,

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Research Shows Significant Dairy Beef Carbon Reduction Potential

    Research Shows Significant Dairy Beef Carbon Reduction Potential

ABP Food Group, which is the largest beef processor in the UK and Ireland, in conjunction with the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) and Teagasc, has announced the latest results

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Irish Water Reveals the Story Behind the Challenges Facing Public Water Infrastructure

    Irish Water Reveals the Story Behind the Challenges Facing Public Water Infrastructure

Research commissioned by Irish Water and conducted by B&A indicates that 44% of the Irish public admit they ‘know nothing or not very much’ about the work carried out by Irish

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Researchers Show Noise Pollution is Threatening the Survival of a Number of Species

    Researchers Show Noise Pollution is Threatening the Survival of a Number of Species

Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast have found noise pollution is threatening the survival of more than 100 different species. The researchers found that noise affects the behaviour of a wide

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Leftover Grain From Breweries Could be Converted into Fuel For Homes

    Leftover Grain From Breweries Could be Converted into Fuel For Homes

A Queen’s University Belfast researcher has developed a low cost technique to convert left over barley from alcohol breweries into carbon, which could be used as a renewable fuel for

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Widespread Drying of European Peatlands in Recent Centuries

    Widespread Drying of European Peatlands in Recent Centuries

A team of researchers, including experts from Queen’s University Belfast, have examined 31 peatlands across Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia and continental Europe to assess changes in peatland surface wetness during the

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Europe’s Circular Economy Still in its Infancy

    Europe’s Circular Economy Still in its Infancy

Circular material use can minimise waste and resource extraction, improve resource efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and contribute to conserving biodiversity. However, according to a newly published European Environment Agency

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Brown Trout Genome Sequencing a Game-changer For Wildlife Conservation During Climate Change

    Brown Trout Genome Sequencing a Game-changer For Wildlife Conservation During Climate Change

The genome sequencing of the wild Brown Trout – a significant milestone in conservation biology – has been completed by an international team of scientists, including from the Institute for Global

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Research Expedition Maps Scottish Sea Bed to Study Recovery of Coral Reef

    Research Expedition Maps Scottish Sea Bed to Study Recovery of Coral Reef

Newly developed 3D imaging technology has allowed scientists to map an area of cold-water coral reefs off the coast of Scotland to see whether it has recovered since being declared

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Limescale-like Waste From Geothermal Power Could be Eco-friendly Alternative to Synthetic Catalysts

    Limescale-like Waste From Geothermal Power Could be Eco-friendly Alternative to Synthetic Catalysts

A geothermal power waste product that is similar to limescale can be used to decontaminate engine exhaust fumes, university chemists have discovered. The team at Manchester Metropolitan University found that

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Innovation Competition Highlights £32 Billion Market Opportunity For Global Floating Offshore Wind Market

    Innovation Competition Highlights £32 Billion Market Opportunity For Global Floating Offshore Wind Market

The Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (JIP), managed by the Carbon Trust, has launched the Floating Wind Technology Acceleration Competition to accelerate the development and commercialisation of floating wind. The Carbon Trust, together with 14 leading offshore

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Gas Networks Ireland Grants €120,000 to Fund Natural Gas Vehicles

    Gas Networks Ireland Grants €120,000 to Fund Natural Gas Vehicles

As part of the second round of its Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Fund, Gas Networks Ireland has awarded six transport companies €20,000 each towards the purchase of a Natural Gas

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Researchers Pioneer New Technique to Transform Used Milk Bottles into Kayaks and Storage Tanks

    Researchers Pioneer New Technique to Transform Used Milk Bottles into Kayaks and Storage Tanks

Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have discovered new ways to convert single-use plastic waste into products such as storage tanks for water and fuel, and sporting goods such as kayaks

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New Research to Improve Environmental Sustainability Commences

    New Research to Improve Environmental Sustainability Commences

Improving environmental sustainability of modern-day agricultural production systems, especially in relation to climate change, is the focus of new research. Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is produced by micro-organisms in

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The North Atlantic Ocean Current May be Slowing

    The North Atlantic Ocean Current May be Slowing

“We are 50 to 100 years ahead of schedule with the slowdown of this ocean circulation pattern,” says climate scientist

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WHO Calls For More Research into Microplastics and a Crackdown on Plastic Pollution

    WHO Calls For More Research into Microplastics and a Crackdown on Plastic Pollution

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a further assessment of microplastics in the environment and their potential impacts

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Study Finds Plastics at Bottom of Deep Submarine Canyon

    Study Finds Plastics at Bottom of Deep Submarine Canyon

It is no secret that the world’s oceans are swimming with plastic debris —but the reach of human plastic waste

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Climate Change Occurring Faster Than Birds Can Adapt

    Climate Change Occurring Faster Than Birds Can Adapt

Climate change is occurring so rapidly that many animals may be unable to adapt, according to findings of an international

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Future Innovator Prize 2019

    Future Innovator Prize 2019

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) have announced a joint initiative to incentivize researchers in

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First On-site Aerobic Food Waste Recycling Technology Unveiled

    First On-site Aerobic Food Waste Recycling Technology Unveiled

WPM Green Energy, a sustainability services and solutions provider, yesterday launched ORCA, an on–site aerobic food waste recycling technology at

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Next-generation Wind Turbine Blade Pitch Technology Launched

    Next-generation Wind Turbine Blade Pitch Technology Launched

Mita-Teknik, a global provider of wind turbine control and pitch technology, has launched its new generation of blade pitch system for onshore

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New Evidence Shows Noise Pollution is Hampering Birds Communicating With Each Other

    New Evidence Shows Noise Pollution is Hampering Birds Communicating With Each Other

Noise pollution is making it difficult for birds to communicate with each other and it could lead to a severe

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SFI Future Innovator Prize 2019 – Zero Emissions Challenge

    SFI Future Innovator Prize 2019 – Zero Emissions Challenge

Science Foundation Ireland is inviting research teams to compete for a €2 million prize award under the SFI Future Innovator Prize to develop disruptive

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New Partnership to Save Bees and Increase Global Crop Production

    New Partnership to Save Bees and Increase Global Crop Production

Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications has announced a new partnership with ApisProtect, an Irish agritech innovator, which

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Irish Business is First in Europe to Launch Compostable Packaging For Takeaway Food

    Irish Business is First in Europe to Launch Compostable Packaging For Takeaway Food

Healthy Thai delivery chain Camile Thai, have launched their new compostable range of packaging across their restaurants, which can go

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Irish Students Aim to Shape Ireland’s Future With Launch of the Enactus National Competition

    Irish Students Aim to Shape Ireland’s Future With Launch of the Enactus National Competition

A selection of Ireland’s most promising young social entrepreneurs recently joined Bank of Ireland ambassador and Leinster Rugby star, Sene

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EarthSense and Trinity College Dublin Join Forces to Create an Educational Air Quality Tool for Dublin City Centre

    EarthSense and Trinity College Dublin Join Forces to Create an Educational Air Quality Tool for Dublin City Centre

Air quality expert, EarthSense is integrating its Zephyr® air quality data into a new educational air quality tool developed by

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Grass as an Important Source of Biomass

    Grass as an Important Source of Biomass

Is grass more than it seems?  This was a question addressed by a group of specialists from New Zealand, Denmark

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Closing the Loop – European Commission Reports on Circular Economy Action Plan

    Closing the Loop – European Commission Reports on Circular Economy Action Plan

The European Commission has published a comprehensive report on the implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan it adopted in December 2015.

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EU Invests Over €10 Billion in Innovative Clean Technologies

    EU Invests Over €10 Billion in Innovative Clean Technologies

The European Commission has announced an investment programme worth over €10 billion for low-carbon technologies in several sectors to boost

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UCC Academics Are Dreaming of a Sustainable Christmas

    UCC Academics Are Dreaming of a Sustainable Christmas

With Ireland’s performance on climate action in response to global warming been ranked as the worst in the EU (48th out

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UCC With Oxford University Reveal – The Early Bird Catches a Mate

    UCC With Oxford University Reveal – The Early Bird Catches a Mate

A groundbreaking new study published in the journal, Nature Ecology and Evolution, has found that two individual personalities of male great

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A New Bioeconomy Strategy For a Sustainable Europe

    A New Bioeconomy Strategy For a Sustainable Europe

The European Commission has put forward an action plan to develop a sustainable and circular bioeconomy that serves Europe’s society,

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UCC is Europe’s Top ‘Star’ For Sustainability

    UCC is Europe’s Top ‘Star’ For Sustainability

University College Cork has become the first institution outside of North America to achieve a gold star rating from the

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Ireland’s First Plastic Free Café at University College Cork

    Ireland’s First Plastic Free Café at University College Cork

Following the successful introduction of the ‘University Farm’ initiative in 2016, KSG Catering is once again partnering with UCC on

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Lego-style Solar Panels to Smash Energy Bills

    Lego-style Solar Panels to Smash Energy Bills

Ready-made snap-together solar panels that turn waste heat into hot water are being developed at Brunel University London in a

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GDG Wins European Funds to Develop Novel Asset Management Software

    GDG Wins European Funds to Develop Novel Asset Management Software

Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions (GDG), an award-winning specialist firm focused on the delivery of infrastructure projects involving complex and challenging

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EU and Irish Government Decisions on Novel Plant Breeding Techniques Could Consign Irish Agriculture to the Scrapheap of History

    EU and Irish Government Decisions on Novel Plant Breeding Techniques Could Consign Irish Agriculture to the Scrapheap of History

Recent decisions by the Irish government and the European Court of Justice with regard to novel plant breeding techniques could

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Tellus National Airborne Survey 2018

    Tellus National Airborne Survey 2018

The Tellus Survey – a nationwide programme of Geological Survey Ireland, which collects geochemical and geophysical data on rocks, soil

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Ireland’s Most Sustainable Paper-free Cup Launched

    Ireland’s Most Sustainable Paper-free Cup Launched

Ireland’s only completely paper-free compostable cup has been launched by Zeus, the Irish global packaging solutions company. Unlike other compostable

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Ireland is 9th Most ‘Highly Transparent’ Property Market in the World

    Ireland is 9th Most ‘Highly Transparent’ Property Market in the World

The latest JLL Global Real Estate Transparency Index (GRETI) shows that Ireland’s property market ranks within the most ‘highly transparent’

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Irish Soils – The Living Skin of Our Nation

    Irish Soils – The Living Skin of Our Nation

Our soil is a critical national resource that underpins national agricultural, environmental, ecological and cultural dimensions of our economy and

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Significant Efforts Required to Ensure Irish Agriculture Reduces GHG Emissions

    Significant Efforts Required to Ensure Irish Agriculture Reduces  GHG Emissions

A new report from Teagasc indicates that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Irish agriculture are set to increase over the

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EU Measures on Emissions, Climate and Energy Could Reduce Premature Deaths by Half in 2030

    EU Measures on Emissions, Climate and Energy Could Reduce Premature Deaths by Half in 2030

A new European Commission report, Clean Air Outlook, shows that the number of premature deaths due to air pollution in 2030

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College Group to Construct New €10 Million Biofuel Facility in County Meath

    College Group to Construct New €10 Million Biofuel Facility in County Meath

College Group is to invest €10 million in building a new renewable energy facility producing biofuel from used cooking oil

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Whirlpool Research Set to Change the Way We Build Rail, Flood and Sewerage Systems

    Whirlpool Research Set to Change the Way We Build Rail, Flood and Sewerage Systems

Researchers from IT Sligo, together with colleagues from one of Switzerland’s leading universities, have made a discovery about how whirlpools

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SolarAdTek Lighting Retrofit Sees a Significant Cut in Carbon Emissions From Bus Shelters

    SolarAdTek Lighting Retrofit Sees a Significant Cut in Carbon Emissions From Bus Shelters

Dublin-based Solar AdTek, the leading developer and supplier of innovative solar powered lighting for outdoor advertising, has completed an upgrade of

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New Project Rewards Farming With Nature in East Cork

    New Project Rewards Farming With Nature in East Cork

A new project in the Bride Valley in east Cork will reward participating farmers for wildlife on their farms. The

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Calor Begins a New Era of Energy in Ireland

    Calor Begins a New Era of Energy in Ireland

Calor Gas, Ireland’s longest established supplier of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), has launched Ireland’s first certified renewable LPG for homes

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