Unleash your creative side at Dublin MakerThe Dublin event exhibits everything from smart dollhouses to 3D-printed prosthetic limbsThu Apr 14 2016 - 01:00
Plants get by with a little help from their microbial friendsRelationships with microbes from the soil help plants to survive stresses in their environment and thriveThu Apr 7 2016 - 06:00
Want feedback about what you eat? Log your diet onlineAccess Science: FoodBook24 is testing a tool that will track eating habits, which should fuel deeper nutritional researchThu Mar 31 2016 - 01:00
Swift action needed to help urban birds in declineAccess Science: Birdwatch Ireland wants the public to keep eyes peeled for various species to help inform conservation workThu Mar 24 2016 - 01:00
Immune detective uses genetics to unravel rare disease mysteriesDan Kastner has been finding clues about ‘danger signals’ that ramp up inflammationWed Mar 23 2016 - 11:50
BioInnovate programme puts fresh eyes on medtech innovationNew approach can lead to fresh perspectives and innovations in model based on Stanford programmeMon Mar 14 2016 - 06:00
Virtual reality for chickens: welcome to the future of foodFrom cow sensors to lab burgers, it’s all on the menu at a Science Gallery exhibitionThu Mar 10 2016 - 06:00
Northern Irish festival enlists young people for UV experimentThis year’s NI Science Festival focuses on how science affects everyday livesThu Feb 11 2016 - 06:00
A time travel project for Irish children using MinecraftMindRising 2016 wants young people to develop digital stories about Ireland’s past and futureThu Feb 11 2016 - 06:00
Geneticists expect major breakthroughs in 2016Gene-editing advances may lead to increased understanding of brains and gutsThu Jan 28 2016 - 01:00
Act now for a healthier climateClimate change will raise many new health issues globally, so what can we do to prepare?Tue Jan 19 2016 - 01:00
Excursions to Jupiter, Mars and beyond in 2016It’s shaping up to be an exciting year for space explorationThu Jan 14 2016 - 06:00
BT young scientists get innovative in the health sectorTesticular cancer, tremor gloves and sleep patterns under the spotlightTue Jan 5 2016 - 01:00
A glimpse of big-hearted Pluto and other big science moments of 2015In July, a visual feast poured back from a Nasa probe’s fly-by of PlutoThu Dec 31 2015 - 01:00
Weird science: Things that make you go ‘huh?’The Ig Nobel Prizes are home to some unique studies, from the power of a pash to how long it takes various species to peeThu Dec 24 2015 - 06:00
Keep the Christmas dinner safe from merry microbesCampylobacter is the bacterium that causes the most food poisoning in Ireland – and it loves turkey and other poultryThu Dec 17 2015 - 06:00
Water, torture and weirdness: great science books for curious mindsStocking fillers for science loversThu Dec 10 2015 - 06:00
Scientific talent in Ireland needs to be backed by investmentGlobal biopharma giant AbbVie is backing two new multimillion projects hereMon Dec 7 2015 - 05:00
Prize parasites: how an Irish man won the NobelInterview: William C Campbell’s work to fight disease using parasites won him the Nobel Prize, making him just the second Irish man to do so in his categoryThu Dec 3 2015 - 06:00
Irish female botanists who blossomed against the oddsTrailblazers are to be remembered in a public talkThu Nov 26 2015 - 06:00
UCD Science Hack Day ‘hackathon’ aims to turn ideas into reality‘People make things from scratch, they start with nothing and end up with something new and fun’Thu Nov 12 2015 - 08:26
Ireland leads the way on Europe’s ‘Magna Carta’ for big dataBig data may have answers to everything from avoiding traffic to reducing hospital waiting listsWed Nov 4 2015 - 00:00
Snapshots of daily life help researcher build up digital memory databaseDCU expert has taken more than 16 million images of the things, places and people he sees during his everyday activitiesWed Nov 4 2015 - 00:00
Maker Dojo: Your opportunity to get hands-on with technologySessions at Tyndall National Institute in Cork enable participants to roll up their sleeves and learn by makingThu Oct 29 2015 - 01:00
The ever-changing Spire and other everyday feats of physicsCity of Physics aims to get us thinking about the physics of what goes on around usThu Oct 22 2015 - 06:00
How does the brain work, and what happens when it doesn’t?Going back to basics to learn about how the brain works could help guide better treatments for diseasesTue Oct 13 2015 - 00:00
William Rowan Hamilton: walker, graffiti artist, genius | Access SciencePlus: Cast your vote to tackle a major European problemThu Oct 8 2015 - 06:00
Hedgehog hang-outs and foxes on the trot: make your mark on the mammal mapAtlas of Mammals in Ireland project is mapping where wild mammals are – and it wants your helpThu Sep 24 2015 - 01:00
It’s complicated: the relationship between humans and codA Trinity project is examining how cod fisheries shaped human diets and practices in centuries past, and what this tells us about overfishing and climate changeThu Sep 17 2015 - 06:00
Scientists share the funny side of their researchPlus: artistic surprises at the National Botanic GardensThu Sep 3 2015 - 17:57
What causes cravings for high-calorie foods?‘Cravings’ exhibition at London Science Museum explores what happens in our brains and guts when we indulge in tasty fareThu Aug 27 2015 - 06:00
‘Stool bank’ may be answer to recurrent gut infectionsIntroducing someone else’s microbes could help with recurring bowel infectionsTue Aug 25 2015 - 01:00
Tech ‘incubator’ nurtures women who mean businessOutbox Incubator in London provides support for talented young entrepreneurs, some of whom are IrishThu Aug 13 2015 - 06:00
Hack of all trades: the rise of the hackathonHackathons, a popular ‘sport’ for innovators, are a fun way of coming up with new ideasMon Jul 27 2015 - 08:00
Festival of Curiosity: dinosaurs, dragons and Dr Death visit DublinThe four-day, family-friendly festival has something for everyoneThu Jul 23 2015 - 01:00
Explore space from the comfort of your homeSpacehack.org helps people to find ways to contribute to space research. No formal training is requiredThu Jul 9 2015 - 03:00
Coolest Projects Awards: Young coders show tourists the way and come to the aid of journalistsSome 500 projects will go on display in the RDS on June 13thThu Jun 11 2015 - 06:00
Scratching beneath the surface for new ways to reduce chronic itching‘The symptoms of chronic itch can be more bothersome than the underlying disease,’ says one researcher who is working on ways to block the signalThu May 28 2015 - 04:00
How patients donating samples can support medical researchBiobanks collect and store tissue, cell, blood and urine samples to find out more about diseasesTue May 19 2015 - 01:00
Improving clinical care for the smallest patientsInvestigator-led clinical trials in Ireland are seeking to meet the medical needs of tiny babiesTue May 19 2015 - 01:00
Pint of Science is going down nicelyAccess Science: Themes for this year’s fesival, which moves science to the pub, include sports, obesity and smart devicesThu May 14 2015 - 01:00
Toxic frogs: how do they make their poison?There is a big question mark over how amphibians in the Peruvian rainforest make poison. The answer might have important medical implicationsThu May 7 2015 - 06:00
Big-picture thinking needed for inflammatory diseasesFrom gut bugs to inter-related bodily systems, chronic inflammatory conditions need a ‘big-picture’ perspective if we are to tackle them, according to a consultant gastroenterologist who will speak in Dublin tomorrowTue Apr 28 2015 - 06:00
Access Science: Have you ever wanted to fund progress? Here’s howParkinson’s research and water treatment in Kenya are two examples of successful crowdfunded effortsThu Apr 9 2015 - 03:00
Parkinson’s disease: Stepping forth into exercise, stepping back into the worldFrom set-dancing to choir sessions, Mags Mullarney’s social enterprise Move4Parkinson’s is helping people with the degenerative condition to take control of their symptomsTue Apr 7 2015 - 09:40
Girls Hack Ireland: Event aims to get young women codingDublin City University hosts first ever all-girls hackathonSun Mar 22 2015 - 14:12
Social entrepreneurs: We all have a role to play in empowering people with autism – and we all benefitAdam Harris is a social entrepreneur who wants to give people with autism in Ireland more of a voice, and to encourage an autism-friendly societyTue Mar 17 2015 - 12:00
Social entrepreneurs: Wise solutions help older people in local communitiesSocial entrepreneur Mary Nally saw how older people could help others in the community and set up the Third Age organisation to harness their time and expertiseThu Mar 12 2015 - 08:00
Arts take centre stage for people with intellectual disabilitySocial entrepreneur Liam Redmond wants to build a network of clubs for people with intellectual disabilities to learn the artsWed Mar 4 2015 - 06:00
Social entrepreneurs: Charity begins onlineSocial entrepreneur Jean O’Brien is helping Irish charities get a healthier return from their digital communicationsWed Feb 25 2015 - 08:00