US home products giant Procter & Gamble has impregnated the outside layer of its laundry packets with a bitter taste in a bid to reduce potential child detergent poisoning. The move comes as new rules covering laundry products and packaging came into effect last month in Europe and which could [...]
Innovate UK is to invest up to £3 million in feasibility studies to stimulate innovation across four enabling technology areas that underpin future UK growth. The areas are advanced materials, biosciences, electronics, sensors and photonics and information and communication technology (ICT). Competition brief for this competition Guidance for applicants for [...]
Northern Ireland was named today as one of the centres of excellence which will partner with the new Precision Medicine Catapult in Cambridge. Catapult centres were launched in 2011 with the aim of bringing together businesses and researchers to help start-ups bring ideas to market that might otherwise struggle because [...]
Dr. Rob Hardeman has been named as the 2015 HRH Prince of Wales Ambassador for Corporate Responsibility in Northern Ireland by Business in the Community Northern Ireland (BITCNI). Rob, who is Technologist (Senior Director) at Seagate and Chair of the MATRIX Advanced Manufacturing panel has personally championed the development of a number of projects [...]
MATRIX chair and Economic Advisory Group (EAG) member Bryan Keating was among the first to congratulate Ellvena Graham on her appointment today as chair of the EAG. Speaking at this morning's EAG meeting, Bryan Keating remarked, "I am delighted at Ellvena's appointment as chair of the Economic Advisory Group and [...]
Colleges NI officially unveiled Further Education’s top innovators on the 27th May and rewarded them for coming up with a raft of exciting new projects linked to Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). A range of prizes and awards were presented at the Business & Education Through Skills & Training (BEST) [...]
Belfast has joined the Open Data Institute's network, becoming the first open data node in Northern Ireland. Belfast joins the existing 18 nodes which bring together companies, universities, and NGOs who are committed to building openness into their operations, and ensuring open data is for everyone. Cairo joined at the [...]
Italian researchers have discovered that spraying spiders with graphene makes them produce a silk strong enough to catch an aeroplane dropping from the sky. The researchers from the University of Trento combined particles or nanotubes of graphene and sprayed the liquid on to spiders, which soon began spinning silk covered with [...]
Storage tank manufacturer Clarehill Plastics in Moira has secured £750,000 from the Growth Loan Fund to help it grow market share and export destinations. The loan will also allow them to develop their range of large volume plastic storage tanks through research and development and it has already helped them to create 16 [...]
The STEM Charter for Business and the North West STEM Employers’ Equality Network were launched in the City Hotel in Derry~Londonderry on 29th April. Among the attendees were representatives from the food, information technology and engineering sectors of STEM business as well as delivery partners from education and careers guidance. [...]
The European Commission has unveiled its detailed plans to create a Digital Single Market, helping to remove the online barriers which mean citizens miss out on goods and services. Only 15% of internet users currently shop online from another EU country, meaning internet companies and start-ups cannot take full advantage of growth [...]
A new initiative to help voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations develop and implement new digital social innovations in Northern Ireland has been launched. Digital technology holds huge potential to help the VCSE sector develop new solutions to social problems. The Techies in Residence programme will bring together the respective expertise [...]