Cancer patients urged todonateCANCER PATIENTS could help uncover better ways to diagnose and treat the disease - if they donated removed tumours or blood samples…Tue Apr 08 2008 - 01:00
Training can help control absent-mindednessTRAINING THE right side of your brain could help reduce absent-mindedness and lessen the symptoms of attention- deficit disorder…Tue Apr 01 2008 - 01:00
Ultrasound tracks twin growthA new study is testing whether ultrasound during a twin pregnancy can detect potential growth problems When Mary Kelly felt exhausted…Tue Mar 18 2008 - 00:00
The forgotten maladyWhile the Famine is keenly remembered, the Spanish flu is often overlookedTue Mar 11 2008 - 00:00
Patients set to miss out on the benefit of brain breakthroughsThe big issue for neurology is to be able to provide the standard of service available in other developed countriesTue Mar 11 2008 - 00:00
Ditching the corporate cultureA NEW LIFE: Xuan Busto went from corporate culture to house husband, and now has a new career as a photographerTue Mar 11 2008 - 00:00
Dealing with diet difficultiesThe Coeliac Society of Ireland is helping people take back control of their diets and their livesTue Mar 11 2008 - 00:00
Survey to study food fear factorCONSUMER ATTITUDES to food risks will come under scrutiny in a new study launched this weekTue Mar 11 2008 - 00:00
Make it patently obviousPATENTS: So, your invention is guaranteed to make you rich, but unless you protect your idea, someone else may enjoy the fruits…Mon Mar 10 2008 - 00:00
Don't be left in the dark by glaucomaIT COULD be robbing your sight slowly, but you may not even know until it's too late.Tue Mar 04 2008 - 00:00
A patient research approachRADICAL NEW treatments for degenerative eye conditions are on the way, and Ireland stands to play a crucial role in their development…Tue Feb 26 2008 - 00:00
Tanks may be polluting water supplyWhen you turn on a tap, you expect clean drinking water to arriveThu Feb 14 2008 - 00:00
TCD launches €2m facilityA €2 million screening facility launched in Dublin yesterday will boost disease research here to an unprecedented level and help…Tue Feb 12 2008 - 00:00
Now you see me . . .An army of ant-sized robots, machines the width of human hairs and custom molecules bouncing through your body - the future is…Mon Feb 11 2008 - 00:00
Urgent need for stroke units, says expertIreland lags behind the rest of Europe in the organised care of stroke patients and urgently needs more dedicated units to help…Tue Jan 29 2008 - 00:00
EU regulations in OTC supplements spark minor warNew EU regulations that will limit the dosage of vitamins available in over-the-counter supplements and fortified foods have …Tue Jan 15 2008 - 00:00
Prediction test for breast cancer is validatedA new test that could help some women with breast cancer avoid unnecessary chemotherapy has been validated and recommended for…Tue Jan 08 2008 - 00:00
Heart health high on agenda at young scientist exhibitionHeart health is exercising the minds of Irish teenagers, judging by many of the health-related entries at this year's BT Young…Tue Jan 08 2008 - 00:00
Irish expertise to fight poverty diseasesAcademic institutions in Ireland need to start using their skills more to help fight diseases in developing countriesTue Dec 18 2007 - 00:00
Heart health and lifestyleAlthough cholesterol is an important indicator of heart health, we need to view it in the wider picture of our lifestyles, says…Tue Dec 11 2007 - 00:00
Small scale... Huge potentialINNOVATIONS OF 2007: Forty-eight years ago this month, US physicist, future Nobel laureate and mild eccentric Richard Feynman…Mon Dec 10 2007 - 00:00
Biobanks a necessity, says cancer expertIreland will miss out on a chance to boost cancer research and possibly even lose out economically unless we set up linked biobanks…Tue Dec 04 2007 - 00:00
Focus on science in classroomClassroom materials that help promote an awareness of the influence of science on our daily lives will be launched this morning…Wed Nov 14 2007 - 00:00
Debunking the hype"Nano" has been a buzz term in recent years, and with it comes huge expectation.Mon Nov 12 2007 - 00:00
When size is all that mattersFor the full potential of nanotechnology to be properly realised, the public needs to be more informed and aware of its opportunities…Mon Nov 12 2007 - 00:00
Truly tiny technologyNanotechnology manipulates particles and systems on the scale of nanometers, or billionths of metres.Mon Nov 12 2007 - 00:00
The power to healWith a bit of trickery, engineered nanoparticles can be tiny and talented enough to help combat diseaseMon Nov 12 2007 - 00:00
Museum's stamp of approvalAn Post has issued a stamp to commemorate 150 years of the Natural History Museum's residence at Merrion Street in the centre…Thu Nov 01 2007 - 00:00
Food poisoning bacteria thrived despite bad weatherSUMMER PESTS: Common food poisoning bacteria have continued to thrive this summer, despite the bad weather.Thu Aug 23 2007 - 01:00
Science and dance move step closer at Kilkenny festivalScience and dance are not often willing bedfellows, but an interactive performance will marry the two at the Kilkenny Arts Festival…Fri Aug 10 2007 - 01:00
Mothers around country trying to set breastfeeding recordIrish women will today take part in an international attempt to set a global breastfeeding recordWed Aug 08 2007 - 01:00
First podiatry school to open next yearIreland's first school of podiatry will be set up at NUI Galway, it has been announcedTue Jul 31 2007 - 01:00
Study to track fortified flour benefitsA new study will evaluate the impact of Ireland's forthcoming programme to fortify flour with folic acidTue Jul 31 2007 - 01:00
Findings offer new perspective on the anatomy of the breastNew research is overturning 160-year-old assumptions about breast anatomy, an expert has told a conference in DublinTue Jul 17 2007 - 01:00
Fame academy scientists get the star treatmentThanks to his elegant prose, biologist Prof Richard Dawkins began his celebrity career with a book about gene-centred evolution…Wed Feb 07 2007 - 00:00
Flight socks cut risk of clots by 90%Wearing flight stockings for long-haul air travel could reduce the risk of developing a potentially dangerous blood clot by 90…Tue Feb 06 2007 - 00:00
Debating ethical issuesMy Working Day: Sorcha Uí Chonnachtaigh , researcher in bioethics at the Regenerative Medicine Institute (Remedi), NUI Galway…Tue Jan 30 2007 - 00:00
Closing knowledge gap could cut medical costsThe Republic's ageing society will be unable to afford the drugs needed to fight illness, unless we close the gap between scientific…Tue Jan 23 2007 - 00:00
Teens focus on health at Young Scientists ExhibitionUnsavoury bugs that lurk in your MP3 player's earphones, how sports injuries mend, young people's awareness about over-the-counter…Tue Jan 02 2007 - 00:00
Online database for infectious diseasesA new web-based system for reporting notifiable diseases will improve how we track and manage disease outbreaks in Ireland, according…Tue Jan 02 2007 - 00:00
Changing needs at RotundaA few years ago, the Rotunda Hospital faced enormous communication difficulties with non-English speaking women who arrived at…Tue Nov 07 2006 - 00:00
Paracetamol overdoses reducedLegislation that controls the sale of paracetamol in Ireland appears to have reduced the severity of deliberate paracetamol overdoses…Tue Oct 10 2006 - 01:00
Warning sought on bladder cancersScreening for cancerous growths in the body can involve considerable discomfort for patientsThu Sept 21 2006 - 01:00
Snakes alive! Ireland has no antidote for bitesBefore last week, only people with an uncommon interest in reptiles had ever heard of the horn-nosed viper, a poisonous snake…Tue Aug 29 2006 - 01:00
Your memory in mindRadioScope: Sharpen Your Memory , BBC Radio 4, Wednesday, August 9th, 9amTue Aug 15 2006 - 01:00
Every picture tells a story - of natureMake sure you don't discard or delete your holiday snaps this year - they could hold valuable information about how our environment…Tue Aug 15 2006 - 01:00
Lupus research gets 3-year SFI fundingAn Irish scientist has secured funding for groundbreaking research into a chronic inflammatory condition which affects one in…Tue Aug 15 2006 - 01:00
Over-reliance on inpatient depression care - studyA new study suggests that adults with depression in Ireland avail more of psychiatric healthcare services and use less medication…Tue Aug 08 2006 - 01:00
Patients to benefit from €20m research centreFunding Irish patients will benefit from the latest advances in scientific research into diseases thanks to a clinical research…Tue Jul 11 2006 - 01:00
