Placentas might be key to brain therapyResearchers may have discovered a cheap, plentiful supply of human transplant cells for the treatment of brain damage after stroke…Tue Feb 20 2001 - 00:00
Warming may bring hardshipFlooding caused by sea-level change would be one of a number of possible difficulties brought on by climate change.Tue Feb 20 2001 - 00:00
Goats may have deserved the title of being man's real best friendThe goat probably should have won the title as man's best friendMon Feb 19 2001 - 00:00
Life forms are thriving in water beneath permanent polar iceThe Earth's poles are not wastelands as so often portrayedMon Feb 19 2001 - 00:00
Foetal cells in mother after pregnancy can trigger diseaseFoetal cells that survive in the mother after pregnancy may trigger diseases in the woman many years later.Mon Feb 19 2001 - 00:00
Best of what science has to offer at US annual meetingAll that's weird and wonderful in science will be under discussion in the coming days as the American Association for the Advancement…Fri Feb 16 2001 - 00:00
Spacecraft becomes first to land on an asteroidThe first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid drifting out beyond Mars last night became the first to land on one.Tue Feb 13 2001 - 00:00
New diagnostics and therapy era expectedResearch into the human genome "heralds the arrival of a new era in therapeutics and diagnostics", according to a leading Irish…Tue Feb 13 2001 - 00:00
Genome study points to new cures, drugsNew studies of the human genetic blueprint to be released later today look set to revolutionise the treatment of illness and …Mon Feb 12 2001 - 00:00
Darwin theories are confirmed, research team leader declaresStudies of the human genome are confirming the theories of evolution put forward by Charles Darwin, according to a scientist …Mon Feb 12 2001 - 00:00
New research may give major boost to mobile phone data systemsMobile phone companies are busy promoting WAP services but few consumers are heeding the callFri Feb 09 2001 - 00:00
Camels may be separate speciesA unique species of camel, tough enough to survive on salt water, has been discovered living in the Chinese desert at the edge…Wed Feb 07 2001 - 00:00
Mean green plant which just thrives on heavy metalResearchers in Florida have discovered a fern that so loves deadly arsenic that its fronds and stems could be classed as toxic…Thu Feb 01 2001 - 00:00
The fate of the universe just a telescope awayWill the universe expand forever or will it eventually collapse with a spectacular crunch? The answer is written far out in space…Thu Feb 01 2001 - 00:00
Vaccine against diabetes works in lab miceUS researchers have developed a vaccine that prevents diabetes in laboratory mice bred to develop the diseaseThu Feb 01 2001 - 00:00
Network to aid link-up in biotech sciencesA biotechnology "net working" group has been formed to open communication between those involved in biotech sciencesThu Feb 01 2001 - 00:00
Pluto's status as a planet put on ice as experts say it has no solid groundsThe revisionists are at it again, trying to demote Pluto as the solar system's ninth planetWed Jan 31 2001 - 00:00
Food research gets funding boost of £20 millionTeagasc has announced an expansion of its food research programme following the release of extra funding from the Minister for…Wed Jan 31 2001 - 00:00
38% are eating less beef due to BSE, poll findsAlmost two out of every five voters have reduced their consumption of beef and beef products because of the BSE problem, according…Mon Jan 29 2001 - 00:00
Genes of dangerous E. coli mappedScientists have mapped the genetic blueprint of a form of bacteria which causes severe food poisoning and sometimes death.Thu Jan 25 2001 - 00:00
Threat to wildlife recedes after oil spill disperses in GalapagosThe threat to the unique wildlife in the Galapagos archipelago appears to be recedingWed Jan 24 2001 - 00:00
New funding body to support young scientistsThe Minister for Education and Science has introduced a new funding system to support young graduate science studentsFri Jan 19 2001 - 00:00
New treatment found for forms of leukaemiaDoctors in Britain have come up with a "magic bullet" treatment that can target forms of leukaemia.Tue Jan 16 2001 - 00:00
Bray trio tackles mathematics to win biggest prizeThree students from Bray have taken the top prize at the 2001 Esat Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, the first time …Sat Jan 13 2001 - 00:00
Earthquake-proof system for pipes could help save lives, say studentsThree student inventors have come up with a way to make gas and water pipes earthquake-proofFri Jan 12 2001 - 00:00
Dr Kupper's lonely golf club band gets rough edge of the teeA cover-up of monumental proportions has been revealed by scientists in the US who have discovered what golf duffers have known…Thu Jan 11 2001 - 00:00
Team reinvents the safety pin to build a telegraphA working telegraph and a fibre-optic electronic circuit make an unlikely appearance together in a project on telecommunications…Thu Jan 11 2001 - 00:00
Irish scientist helps to fill us in on black holesAn Irish astrophysicist has played a part in two new discoveries about one of the great mysteries of space, the black holeThu Jan 11 2001 - 00:00
Student science enthusiasts put skills on showJudging begins this afternoon in the Esat Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2001Wed Jan 10 2001 - 00:00
Visibility good for total lunar eclipseThe moon does a disappearing act early this evening when it dips behind the earth's shadow in a total lunar eclipseTue Jan 09 2001 - 00:00
Spacecraft to beam back images of Jupiter, up close and personalThe Cassini spacecraft is sending back remarkable pictures of the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter, and in two days…Thu Dec 28 2000 - 00:00
Sequencing of human genome ranked as top achievement by journalGenome sequencing ranks as the most important scientific achievement in 2000 for the journal ScienceThu Dec 28 2000 - 00:00
Risk of infection is zero, medical experts assertThe Government's medical experts are convinced the polio vaccine administered to between 50,000 and 60,000 Irish children is …Wed Dec 20 2000 - 00:00
UCD sets standard for fibre optic transmissionBell Labs in the US is one of the world's leading research institutes, so if you can top its achievements you have done something…Fri Dec 15 2000 - 00:00
First complete genetic blueprint of plant cataloguedScientists have catalogued the first complete genetic blueprint of a plant, a common form of cressThu Dec 14 2000 - 00:00
49 cattle with BSE in France killed for consumptionAt least 49 BSE-infected animals and perhaps as many as 100 were slaughtered in France for human consumption during this year…Thu Dec 14 2000 - 00:00
Scientists trace the AIDS virus in humans to 1920sThe AIDS virus was already well established in humans by the 1920s, long before the earliest confirmed case was discovered in…Thu Dec 14 2000 - 00:00
Science-writing competition is worth £1,100A prize fund worth £1,100 is available in the annual Royal Irish Academy/Irish Times biochemistry science-writing competition…Thu Dec 14 2000 - 00:00
`Irish Times' reporter honouredIrish Times journalist, Anne Byrne, has won the Best Newspaper Article category in the second annual National Science and Technology…Fri Dec 08 2000 - 00:00
Device may switch off snoringAnyone who has endured the racket caused by a serious snorer should be pleased to hear that relief may be at handFri Dec 08 2000 - 00:00
Science gets £86m in fundingThe Government will spend about £86 million (€109 million) on scientific research during 2001Thu Dec 07 2000 - 00:00
First it was Dolly the sheep, now it's a cancer-fighting eggValuable cancer-fighting drugs may soon be no further away than the nearest omeletteThu Dec 07 2000 - 00:00
Compulsory psychiatric detention rate is highNon-voluntary admissions to psychiatric hospitals are much higher in this State than in other EU countries, according to a new…Thu Nov 30 2000 - 00:00
New test detects disease rapidly - DCUResearchers at Dublin City University have developed a new rapid test for cystic fibrosis, the most common life-threatening inherited…Thu Nov 30 2000 - 00:00
Tropical tune has whales swimming to the same beatThe humpback whales off eastern Australia have become involved in a bit of plagiarism, stealing songs from visiting whales and…Thu Nov 30 2000 - 00:00
Starry duo in shiny displayVenus, the Evening Star, will be particularly bright over the next month in the south-west sky and tonight it puts on an attractive…Wed Nov 29 2000 - 00:00
Diabetes cure for rodents gives hopeKorean and Canadian researchers have cured diabetes in rats and mice in a procedure that holds promise as a treatment for humans…Fri Nov 24 2000 - 00:00
Dismay at official backing for GM crop trialsThe Government's interdepartmental committee on biotechnology favours developing the controversial technology here and recommends…Wed Nov 22 2000 - 00:00
Genetic make-up gives clues on pastThe genetic make-up of modern humans can tell us a great deal about ancient humans and where they came fromThu Nov 16 2000 - 00:00
Researchers develop robot arm controlled by thoughtResearchers in the US have developed a robot arm controlled by the power of thoughtThu Nov 16 2000 - 00:00
