Here is a selection of people who have moved into interesting new roles.

A new biomaterial that could regenerate damaged tissue in the spine, heart, and brain, and eliminate infection, has been discovered by Irish scientists.

Smart-cartons of milk; wine that tells you when it’s at the right temperature; and window panes that display the day’s weather are all closer to reality following newly revealed research at Trinity College.

An Irish physicist has made a major discovery using children’s Silly Putty.

The State agency with responsibility for the fishing industry has spent over €216,000 on an application for a proposed salmon farm off the coast of Co Mayo.

As the Irish economy continues its recovery, the national focus must be on maintaining and driving growth.

The Irish Film Institute has teamed up with the Science Gallery Dublin to present a series called Futures Past - taking classic sci-fi films and examining how they spoke about their present and reached forward to the future.

In this week’s Q&A, Kehlan talks with Professor Valeria Nicolosi from Trinity College Dublin. Prof Nicolosi and her team have recently been awarded €2.5m by the European Research Council to further the development of a high-technology miniature battery that can be easily hidden, including under the skin.

An early-stage Dublin-based nanotechnology firm has secured €750,000 in seed funding from a consortium including Enterprise Ireland.

Three days on and the images from Belo Horizonte that stick in the mind are not those of David Luiz’s Sideshow Bob- standing-on-a-rake routine, nor Germany’s seven wonders, but instead it’s the youngsters and grown men crying in the stands.