Ulster University scientists have secured $3 million in research funding to transform Internet connectivity and computer storage capacity for the global telecommunications industry. The major three-year project is the first of its kind funded by US-Ireland R&D Programme and will begin in January 2016. Ulster University's research will develop innovative [...]
The 2015 Knowledge Economy Index was launched today in Belfast. The launch, which was held at Brewbot on the Ormeau Road, brought together representatives from business, government and academia to hear from NISP Connect director Stephen Orr, Acting First Minister Arlene Foster and local entrepreneurs. This year's index has revealed [...]
Wendy Austin's popular radio show Inside Business presents commentary and analysis on business and the economy in Northern Ireland. This week her focus was on Life & Health Sciences. Listen to the show Wendy Austin brought together Dr Stephen Barr, Managing Director at Almac Sciences, Dr Frances Weldon, Business Alliance [...]
A team led by Matrix panellist Jim McLaughlin has joined forces with a Silicon Valley Medtech company in a bid to create a real life Tricorder - the fictional hand held device featured in Star Trek. The local team, called zensor, and the US team, Scanadu, were named as two of ten [...]
Scientists at Ulster University have discovered that a diabetes medication could also reverse the effects of cognitive decline commonly associated with diabetes and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. Sitagliptin is an oral medication used to treat Type 2 Diabetes. An Ulster University study showed that a daily dose of [...]
As the year begins we often look forward to the technological advances that might change the fortunes of clinical practice, the economy and society. The media provides comment on the accuracy of predictions of writers and scientists in years past, and invariably there will be a comparison with the world [...]