IARPA launches Proteos program for human identification using shedded skin
Under the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, IARPA announces the launch of the Proteos Program for human identification...
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SeniorCare.com Releases Preliminary Results of One of the First Empirical Aging Alone Studies
SeniorCare.com, an online resource dedicated to informing consumers on the realities and options within the senior care industry, today publishes the...
Photonics: quantum entanglement or light-speed networks? EU Passion Project
A group of scientists backed by the EU's Horizon 2020 report that they have harnessed the power of photons to...
Vibrational waves have power to transform medical, auto, IoT industries: report
Research by a UK-led team of physicists into nano-scale vibrational waves suggests that modern technology related to electricity and heating...
Can cannabis help tackle the opioid epidemic?
The US' relationship with drugs has been complex and confusing to say the least, but cannabis, legal or not, is...
Parasitic cryptocurrency mining, ad revenue and volunteer computing, a 3-sided coin
The cyptocurrency mining on The Pirate Bay and Politifact is less a question of hacking or exploitation, and more a...
Wind farms raise ground temperatures, could possibly affect local weather
Wind farms can raise ground temperatures in their immediate locality, which could lead to a "noticeable" impact on local and regional weather and climates, research suggests.
The US Military is crowdsourcing its next UAV spy craft, and they want your help
The U.S. Military's advanced research department, The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is crowdsourcing part of the development of its next Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV).
Can Twitter and Facebook be used to predict flu (and other) outbreaks?
Researchers in the UK believe they may be able to use Twitter, Facebook, and other real-time social media to predict future events, such as the outbreak of epidemics.
MSD officially opens two new €28.6 million health-care facilities in Cork
Pharmaceutical company MSD has officially opened two new facilities at their existing Brinny site near Innishannon, Cork. The two new facilities, the Brinny Bioassay Centre of Expertise and the Brinny Pneumococcal Vaccine Conjugation Facility, represent a financial investment of €28.6 million and the provision of 70 jobs.
Irish online yearly spend approaches €3 billion
Irish consumers spent €2.96 billion online in 2010 according to research published earlier this week by Visa Europe. This represents an increase of 39% from 2009 figures, where an estimated €2.13 billion worth of purchases took place.
Android will power half of world’s smartphone market by 2012
According to market research firm Gartner, Android will power almost half of the world’s smartphone market by 2015. Android, Google’s mobile device operating system, will continue to see phenomenal growth in 2011, as it has done throughout last year, and finish with over 38% market share by the end of this year.
