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Government announces 26 new COVID-19 research and innovation projects to complement existing third-level research activity Projects will address key areas such as frontline healthcare, diagnostics, infection control, contact tracing, mental health, potential treatments, and management of the mitigation measures related to social distancing and i...

Ireland ranked among best for Covid-19 innovative solutions More than 100 Enterprise Ireland client companies working on Covid-19 innovations about 17 hours ago Charlie Taylor Dublin comes in 13th place in a related city ranking, which is led by San Francisco. Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Email AppShare to LinkedI n   The Republic h...

  This is how COVID-19 spreads when we cough   A coughing video created by University College Dublin professors has helped show the important of social distancing. The project uses schleiren imaging technology – which uses light to show the density of fluids - to illustrate how air moves around people when they cough or sneeze. Created by Profes...

Seamus Mulligan leads $20m funding at medtech Avectas Drug delivery specialist aims to be key player as medicine turns to cell technology and personalised medicine to tackle cancers about 5 hours ago Dominic Coyle Avectas’s technology allows cells to be taken from people, often critically ill, and returned to them after they have been geneticall...

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Irish scientists develop reagent in effort to ease Covid-19 testing delays Cork IT’s Brigid Lucey hopes formula will mean Ireland will not have to rely on imports Wed, Apr 8, 2020, 11:35 Barry Roche Dr Brigid Lucey of Cork Institute of Technology: ‘Ireland is now trying to source the same testing materials as the rest of the world and we need to...

Medtronic will make 1,000 ventilators a week by June Updated / Thursday, 9 Apr 2020 10:35     Medtronic will make over 25,000 ventilators available over the next six months   Irish headquartered medical device maker Medtronic expects to ramp up production by nearly five-fold to more than 1,000 ventilators per week by June-end, and makeover 25,00...

€1 billion of supports now ready for Covid-19 impacted SMEs Updated / Wednesday, 8 Apr 2020 16:44     Heather Humphreys said today's package is a significant step-up in the supports available for all businesses at this very difficult time By Will Goodbody Business Editor   The Minister for Business, Heather Humphreys, has announced further measu...

Scientists at UL make solution to aid more testing Updated / Monday, 6 Apr 2020 15:48     Prof Norelee Kennedy (left) of the UL Covid Action group with Dr Edel Durack, instrument scientist at Bernal Institute. By Cathy Halloran Mid West Correspondent   Scientists at the Bernal Institute at the University of Limerick have responded to the shortag...