J-Lo has a tiny Caribbean mite named in her honourActor’s songs and videos ’kept researchers in a good mood’ when writing paperTue Jul 22 2014 - 11:02
Things get curiouser and curiouser at Dublin science festivalThe second Festival of Curiosity will host events including talks, guided walks, performances and discussionsWed Jul 09 2014 - 12:00
Buzzing London hackathon brings the future to bookA weekend-long workshop event in London generated new ideas about using digital technology in new ways for publishingMon Jun 23 2014 - 01:15
They’re no suckers: why octopuses don’t get their tentacles in a twistThe octopus has a built-in non-stick mechanism that may have medical uses, according to researchers. Plus: When liquid meets solidThu May 22 2014 - 01:00
Chewing over the fat issueAn exhibition at Dublin’s Science Gallery wants to broaden our perceptions of fatTue May 20 2014 - 01:00
Audio: New exhibition puts fat on the menuListen up: Claire O'Connell on a new exhibition - Fat, it's delicious - at the Science Gallery DublinMon May 12 2014 - 17:00
Insects go to the caiman eyelids for a tearful mealWhy would insects ‘drink’ a caiman’s tears?Thu May 08 2014 - 01:00
It’s no joke: a group of scientists walk into a barThe Pint of Science festival will see researchers give informal talks and take part in panel discussions in Dublin pubsThu May 08 2014 - 01:00
Irish companies get to the point at ‘MedTech Idol’Irish start-ups made it to the finals of an international MedTech Idol competition in Dublin earlier this month – and one of them walked away with the top prizeMon Apr 28 2014 - 01:10
A design that casts broken arms in a better lightThe airy design makes it light, and the limb less prone to becoming itchy and smelly than with conventional castsThu Apr 24 2014 - 01:00
DNA tools getting to the root of diseaseAdvances in DNA genomics are helping researchers to understand conditions such as cancer and Alzheimer’sThu Apr 24 2014 - 01:00
Extracting the urine from a bearMonitoring urine samples to increase the chances of two giant pandas reproducing is no mean featThu Apr 10 2014 - 01:00
Strictly flies dancing: the six-legged moonwalk‘Moonwalking’ drosophila flies are shedding new light on how the brain controls backward gaitThu Apr 10 2014 - 01:00
Former winners of innovation awards: where are they now?With two weeks until the Irish Times InterTradeIreland awards, we see how two early winners have faredMon Mar 31 2014 - 01:10
Vote for your favourite Nasa spacesuit designThe public can choose between three designs for the protective outer layer of the new garbWed Mar 26 2014 - 16:45
Smell of success: the human nose beats expectationsThe findings of a new study debunk the belief that humans are terrible smellersWed Mar 26 2014 - 16:40
Irish researcher makes discovery about autismHow we integrate the inputs from our senses could provide new insights into autismTue Mar 18 2014 - 01:00
This time it’s personal: academics try improvInspired by actor Alan Alda’s success with US scientists, a UCD workshop helps researchers find new ways to talk about their workThu Mar 13 2014 - 01:00
Walk a crooked mile: the perils of using a phone while you strollAn Australian study has found that using a phone has an effect on gaitThu Jan 30 2014 - 01:00
Maths model for tweets throws up some surprisesUniversity of Limerick researchers used a mathematical model to look at how information gets retweetedThu Jan 30 2014 - 01:00
Sideways walking: it’s why line-dancing is good for youA sideways gait could be three times as expensive energetically as walking forward: good exercise, thenWed Jan 22 2014 - 15:46
Cats and people: we go way backA recent study claims to provide evidence for commensal relationships between people and cats from 5,300 years agoWed Jan 22 2014 - 15:45
Wild rovers celebrate 10 years of Mars explorationThe initial plan was for ‘Spirit’ and ‘Opportunity’ to spend just a few months trundling around the surface of Mars. But they kept on truckingThu Jan 09 2014 - 08:12
The naked mole rat: the best small rodent in the world with which to do researchIt might not be cute, but Science magazine recently named the toothy underground rodent its ‘Vertebrate of the Year’ for 2013Thu Jan 09 2014 - 01:00
When the experimenters become the experimentSome scientists get deeply, personally involved in their research, whether by zapping their muscles as they sleep, using lasers on their eyes or offering an arm to hungry mosquitoesThu Jan 02 2014 - 01:00
Weird science of the year: anyone for armpit cheese?Other out-there stories included a building powered by algae and ‘yawn contagion’ in dogsThu Dec 12 2013 - 01:00
New institute aims to boost digital learningIreland is caught behind the curve in digital learning, so can a new centre remedy the situation?Mon Dec 09 2013 - 01:04
Dust gets everywhere, even in the orbit of VenusResearchers have taken images of a dust ring, thought to be about 220 million kilometres in diameterThu Nov 28 2013 - 01:00
Cool observatory detects high-energy neutrinosDiscovery made at IceCube Neutrino ObservatoryThu Nov 28 2013 - 01:00
They love your guts: microbes and what your diet does to themStudies have uncovered links between particular foods and a healthy diversity in our intestinal ‘populations’Thu Nov 21 2013 - 01:00
A sound basis for boosting solar cell efficiencyResearchers have found that playing popular tunes near a particular type of solar cell could improve photovoltaic efficiencyThu Nov 14 2013 - 01:00
Olympic torch goes walkabout in spaceThe unlit torch arrived at the International Space Station last Thursday before returning to Earth this weekThu Nov 14 2013 - 01:00
Research funding over the horizonIrish researchers urged to claim their share of €70 billion in European funding up for grabs under the Horizon 2020 programmeMon Nov 11 2013 - 01:00
Buying precious time by giving heart and lungs a breakExtracorporeal life support technology in the Mater’s intensive care unit provides hope when conventional support has reached its limitsTue Nov 05 2013 - 01:00
Tough rodent can block the pain of a scorpion stingThe desert-dwelling grasshopper mouse can brush off the venom with apparent easeThu Oct 31 2013 - 01:00
Citizen scientists are finding new exoplanetsThe Planet Hunters initiative, where volunteers trawl through light curves from Kepler, has found numerous exoplanetsThu Oct 31 2013 - 01:00
Skull find prompts rethink on early hominid namesA 1.8-million-year-old skull found in Georgia suggests that there might not be as many groups of hominids as previously thoughtThu Oct 24 2013 - 01:00
Fancy a bit of physics? Just take the DartPassengers will get a dose of accessible science during their daily commute for the next eight weeksThu Oct 24 2013 - 01:00
