The European Space Agency has contracted engineers at University College Dublin to find new ways to reduce vibrations during lift-off in future launcher designs.

OxyMem, a University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out, is one of just nine companies established by academic entrepreneurs, to be shortlisted for the sixth annual pan-European Academic Enterprise Awards.

University College Dublin recently held its TEDxUCD 2014 event. The videos of the 9 talks, given by UCD researchers, students and alumni, are now available to view.

OxyMem, a University College Dublin spin-out company, has won the first Water Innovation SME Award in Europe for Membrane Technologies.