Parc and ride: The story of constructing Ireland’s newest holiday resortDecember 11, 2018
As building activity on-site hits its peak, the €233m Center Parcs Longford Forest will be the first of its kind in Ireland and, when it opens in 2019, will provide accommodation for 2,500 guests and create employment for 750 people
Hyatt Regency: The human price of failureDecember 11, 2018
The engineer of record – who was ultimately responsible for the construction of the hotel – had one objective following the 1981 disaster: to 'scare the daylights' out of engineers about what can go wrong, writes Sean Brady
New quantum materials could take computing devices beyond the semiconductor eraDecember 11, 2018
Scientists have hit on a very promising post-transistor technology: multiferroics, which uses magnetic spin instead of electron charge to store binary data
Revealed: Smart car tech saves US drivers $6.2bn in fuel costs each yearDecember 11, 2018
In the first study to assess the energy impact of smart technology in cars, researchers have put a number on the potential fuel-cost savings alone: $6.2bn
From Clyde Road to Kildare Street: How we engineered getting our policy voice heardDecember 11, 2018
Engineers Ireland is committed to having the voice of the engineer heard in the public policy discourse - providing leadership on engineering issues as well as, more broadly, sustainability, wellbeing and innovation, writes Richard Manton
How huge floods and complex infrastructure could have triggered ancient Angkor’s demiseDecember 11, 2018
A series of floods that hit the ancient city of Angkor would have overwhelmed and destroyed its vast water network, according to a new study that provides an explanation for the downfall of the world’s biggest pre-industrial city
The future of fighting cancer: Zapping tumours in less than a secondDecember 11, 2018
New accelerator-based technology aims to reduce the side effects of cancer radiation therapy by shrinking its duration from minutes to under a second. Built into future compact medical devices, technology developed for high-energy physics could also help make radiation therapy more accessible around the world
The Arctic is turning brown because of weird weather – and it could accelerate climate changeDecember 11, 2018
Study shows that extreme climatic events can significantly reduce the ability of Arctic ecosystems to take up carbon – with implications for whether the Arctic will help combat climate change, or accelerate it
What happens when materials take tiny hitsDecember 11, 2018
High-speed camera shows incoming particles cause damage by briefly melting surfaces as they strike
Effective new target for mood-boosting brain stimulation foundDecember 11, 2018
Researchers find an effective target in the brain for electrical stimulation to improve mood in people suffering from depression. Stimulation of a brain region called the lateral orbitofrontal cortex reliably produced acute improvement in mood in patients who suffered from depression at the start of the study
A new way to provide cooling without powerDecember 11, 2018
Device developed at MIT could provide refrigeration for off-grid locations
Measuring cancer cell ‘fitness’ reveals drug susceptibilityDecember 11, 2018
Together, cell growth rate and gene expression shed light on why some tumour cells survive treatment
