Filleting the science budget to save money ranks as a retrograde step that will cause far-reaching harmSCIENCE: WE KNOW THE national finances are in a parlous state, that savings must be made and that we are facing into years of…Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Irish and US researchers redraw tree of life and settle age-old scientific disputeRESEARCHERS FROM Ireland and the US have redrawn the tree of lifeFri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Strategy to tackle health risks linked to radon gas to be launched todayDÁIL COMMITTEE: AS THE Government this morning launches a strategy to deal with the health risks linked to the radioactive gas…Thu Nov 24 2011 - 00:00
Enclosures discovered near KnowthTHE BRÚ na Bóinne passage grave sites continue to surprise archaeologists, with two large enclosures discovered near Knowth. …Wed Nov 23 2011 - 00:00
Radon threat 'must be priority'Public exposure to radioactive radon gas must be must be treated as a public health issue given the number of deaths associated…Wed Nov 23 2011 - 00:00
Life on Mars still a cool subject as rover prepares to fetch fundamental cluesPLANETARY EXPLORATION reaches a completely new level with the launch next week of a Mars rover called CuriosityFri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
New tests show neutrinos still faster than lightA GROUP of scientists in Italy continue to do the impossible: breaking the universe’s speed limitFri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
Scientists advancing in war on diabetesTHE BATTLE against diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and similar diseases is slowly swinging in our favour, an audience in Dublin…Thu Nov 17 2011 - 00:00
Rockers no dinosaurs with school actIT IS the theory of evolution, but not as we know itThu Nov 17 2011 - 00:00
Teacher's tenacity pays off as DNA helps identify soldiers discovered in French unmarked gravesSCIENCE WEEK: MODERN FORENSICS has helped identify soldiers from the first World War buried in mass unmarked gravesWed Nov 16 2011 - 00:00
Chocolate has right chemistry to tempt even the most non-scientific tastebudsSCIENCE WEEK: YOU MIGHT not understand what makes chocolate so irresistible but the people who make it doTue Nov 15 2011 - 00:00
Mars mission stranded in Earth orbitRUSSIA’S SPACE programme continues a long run of bad luck with missions to Mars after the failure of a rocket left a €120 million…Thu Nov 10 2011 - 00:00
Galway scientists help unravel genetic code of food cropSCIENTISTS FROM the National University of Ireland Galway have helped unravel the genetic code of an important food crop in developing…Tue Nov 08 2011 - 00:00
Light from alien cities could signal intelligent life out thereASTRONOMERS HAVE come up with a new way to search for advanced life on distant planets: look for the light given off by their…Sat Nov 05 2011 - 00:00
An early start for childhood obesityA SILENT EPIDEMIC is spreading through the land, touching every county and townland and overtaking almost a third of all of our…Thu Nov 03 2011 - 00:00
Laser beams . . . but not as we know themAN IRISH SCIENTIST has been tripping the light fantastic with her groundbreaking research into a new kind of laser light that…Thu Oct 27 2011 - 01:00
Girls take lead as Young Scientist research entries break recordsTHE GIRLS have it when it comes to an interest in things scientificTue Oct 25 2011 - 01:00
Science and genealogy unite to profile typical Irish personGENEALOGISTS AND geneticists have teamed up to try and root out what it means to be truly IrishSat Oct 22 2011 - 01:00
World's beaches awash with plastic from clothesTHE USE of washing machines is contaminating the world’s shorelines, according to new research.Sat Oct 22 2011 - 01:00
Exhibition charts little-known watersA NEW exhibition at the Science Gallery in Dublin promises to show you water as you have never see it beforeFri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
Witnesses to a catastropheA forgotten Famine burial site inside the grounds of a former workhouse in Kilkenny has yielded the remains of nearly 1,000 people…Thu Oct 20 2011 - 01:00
Physicist getting tied up in study of knotsKNOTS IN a shoelace or a length of twine can be a nuisance but they have proved an inspiration for mathematicians.Tue Oct 18 2011 - 01:00
Discovery of shape-shifting crystal solid achievement for Nobel chemistTHE DISCOVERY of a shape-shifting crystal that breaks all the rules of what a crystal should be has won the Nobel Prize for chemistry…Thu Oct 06 2011 - 01:00
Discoveries on expansion of universe win Nobel Prize for three physicistsTHREE PHYSICISTS who discovered why we have a very cold, very dark future ahead of us have won the 2011 Nobel Prize for physics…Wed Oct 05 2011 - 01:00
Leaving string theory in knotsSMALL PRINT: MOST OF us curse knots – in our shoe laces, in long tresses, in our ties and in streams of trafficThu Sept 29 2011 - 01:00
Bright spark: Dublin student wins top European young scientist prizeA STUDENT from Castleknock College, Dublin, has won the top prize at the annual EU Young Scientist Competition in Helsinki.Wed Sept 28 2011 - 01:00
Humanity needed in face of technology, forum toldTHE ADVANCE of computer technology is going to bring changes, and not all to our likingWed Sept 28 2011 - 01:00
Irish student wins EU science prizeIreland has once again claimed a major prize at the annual EU Young Scientist Competition.Tue Sept 27 2011 - 01:00
Ireland in path of satellite set to crashIRELAND LIES within the path of a satellite set to crash to Earth later this weekWed Sept 21 2011 - 01:00
Eye-controlled wheelchair developed for handicappedA TINY movement of the eye is all that is needed to control the motion of an automated wheelchair developed at the University…Fri Sept 16 2011 - 01:00
Adding tales to ordinary thingsINTERNET: SCIENTISTS IN London are developing the latest thing in internet-based servicesThu Sept 15 2011 - 01:00
London Olympics will be stiffest test yet for athletes who cheatTHE 2012 Olympic Games in London will be the most risky yet for athletes who take a chance with doping and illegal performance…Tue Sept 13 2011 - 01:00
'War on terror' has failed to deliver peace, study showsTHE US and western allies’ “war on terror” has failed to deliver peace and has triggered unexpected consequences, including a…Mon Sept 12 2011 - 01:00
Common flower hailed as cancer killerA COMMON autumn flower looks like taking centre stage in the battle against cancerMon Sept 12 2011 - 01:00
Science foundation bullish on returns from researchTHE TAXPAYER is getting a good return on the investment in scientific research, according to Science Foundation Ireland.Fri Sept 09 2011 - 01:00
Solving a 2,000-year-old deathIT STARTED like any episode of TV cop show CSI, with the discovery of a bodyThu Sept 08 2011 - 01:00
Irish scientific research 'delivering'Ongoing State investment in scientific research is delivering results, Science Foundation Ireland said today.Thu Sept 08 2011 - 01:00
Scientists find probiotics reduce stressSCIENTISTS IN Cork believe they have proved that consuming probiotic bacteria can alter brain chemistry involved in stress and…Tue Aug 30 2011 - 01:00
Are patents the right way to protect intellectual property and ensure revenue for those who make discoveries?THE US COURT of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed down a momentous decision on July 29thFri Aug 26 2011 - 01:00
Cashing in on 3D dreamsAn Irish animation company is building a business producing scarily realistic animated images in 3D for the medical industryFri Aug 26 2011 - 01:00
€15m research fund to support 79 projects of 'direct relevance' to daily lifeFASTER COMPUTERS, better medical treatments and new ways to monitor the environment could all arise from research funding worth…Thu Aug 25 2011 - 01:00
Race is on to find 7.52 million 'missing' species before extinctionTHE EARTH literally teems with life, with species occupying every possible nook and cranny of the biosphereWed Aug 24 2011 - 01:00
Irish team discovers useful zombie geneA “ZOMBIE” gene that scientists had long considered dead and inactive is in fact alive and well, according to research by Irish…Tue Aug 23 2011 - 01:00
Secret of lager production discovered in PatagoniaIT’S A question that could tax the finest pub quiz brains: what country can claim to be the origin of lager? It seems now that…Tue Aug 23 2011 - 01:00
Research group in UL wins space contractA RESEARCH group based at the University of Limerick has won an important contract from the European Space AgencyFri Aug 19 2011 - 01:00
No scientific support for single-sex schoolsGENDER: THERE IS no scientific justification for deciding to educate boys and girls in separate schools based on supposed differences…Fri Aug 19 2011 - 01:00
Adviser warns over poor science and maths resultsTHE POOR Leaving Certificate results in maths and science subjects are a major “cause for concern”, the Government’s chief scientific…Thu Aug 18 2011 - 01:00
Women smokers face higher risk of bladder cancer than realisedWOMEN WHO smoke are far more at risk of developing bladder cancer than previously realised, according to new research from the…Wed Aug 17 2011 - 01:00
Funding for scientific research holding - ForfásSTATE FUNDING for scientific research has held up well in spite of the recession, the head of Forfás has said.Tue Aug 16 2011 - 01:00
Better way for tracking viruses and rumoursVIRUSES SUCH as swine flu and also rumours on Facebook or trends on Twitter can now be tracked more efficiently because of an…Tue Aug 16 2011 - 01:00
