Discussion on The Morning Show with Declan Meehan Scientific Mysteries: The ‘Wow’ Signal Broadcast on East Coast FM on the 14/04/2011
Archive for April, 2011
18 Apr
NUIG & ‘Intelligent Cars’, Mapping Ireland’s Mammals
Science Spinning: ‘The Show with an Irish Spin on Science’, Presented and Produced by Seán Duke Intelligent Cars & Mapping Ireland’s Mammals Broadcast on Dublin City FM, 14/04/2011 To contact the show email: sciencespinning@dublincityfm.ie
13 Apr
Astronauts perform tasks using Irish 3D training videos
The European Space Agency has contracted Irish firm, Cortona 3D, to provide 3D training videos to help its astronauts perform difficult tasks in space. Astronauts are less likely to make mistakes, it is believed, when following video prompts rather than reading manuals, as was the case up to now. Specifically, the Irish training videos will [...]
8 Apr
Cork’s Tyndall on a mission to Mercury
Relatively little is known about Mercury, one of our nearest planetary neighbours, but the European Space Agency is aiming to address this with a spaceprobe mission to Mercury set to launch in 2013. One of the major problems for any probe getting close to Mercury is the extreme heat, with temperatures rising to 350C even when [...]
8 Apr
Irish scientist predicting ‘solar storms’
Solar storms, caused by eruptions of charged particles from the Sun can threaten the lives of astronauts working on the International Space Station as well as disrupt telecommunications and power systems on Earth. The impacts can be dramatically reduced if such storms can be predicted and prepared for. That is exactly what Peter Gallagher, astrophysicist, [...]
7 Apr
UCD team to keep astronauts fit on future missions
Future missions to Mars may take up to three years to complete, and during this time astronauts will be subject to the bone and muscle wasting pressures that come from living in the zero gravity, or close to zero gravity, of space. It is imperative that a way is found to keep astronauts fit and [...]
7 Apr
Irish ‘Atomic Clock’ guides Europe’s satellites
An Irish company, Eblana Photonics, has developed ultra-accurate atomic clocks, that will provide positioning information for Europe’s new Gailileo satellite system. Europe is developing Galileo has a rival to the US GPS system, and to provide Europe with its own independent satellite navigation system that is not under the control of the US military. WATCH: [...]
5 Apr
‘Rachel’s Water’ can prevent water shortages
First Published in March-April ed. of Science Spin It seems odd that Ireland should ever experience water shortages, especially in recent years when rural Ireland has been repeatedly flooded by rainfall. That’s the way it is, that’s the way it always has been, but 14-year-old Rachel Eustace, a 2nd year at Ard Scoil na Tríonóid [...]
5 Apr
The ‘Stem-Cell Sheriff’
First published in the March-April 2011 ed. of Science Spin Stephen Sullivan is an Irish stem cell researcher working in the USA. He is a strong advocate for embryonic stem cell research in Ireland, and all the other types of stem cell research. He is passionate about his work, and believes stem cells have the capacity [...]
