Political preference 'all in the genes'Your choice of political party isn't about the policies, it is about your genesSat Feb 16 2013 - 00:00
Chimps astound with memory skillsThe animated baboon King Louis in Jungle Book wanted to be like a human, but the traffic isn’t all one way amongst the primates…Fri Feb 15 2013 - 00:00
Asteroid close but still a missA wayward asteroid will skim past Earth this evening, closer than some of our orbiting satellites.Fri Feb 15 2013 - 00:00
Link found between speech and birdsongLanguage is deeply rooted in human biology, according to research comparing human genes with those of songbirds.Fri Feb 15 2013 - 00:00
Asteroid safely passes by the EarthA wayward asteroid has safely passed Earth this evening, making its closest approach some 28,000km above earth.Fri Feb 15 2013 - 00:00
Robots sustain solar system learningRobots and orbiting satellites are what sustain efforts to learn more about our solar system.Fri Feb 15 2013 - 00:00
Chimps beat us in short-term memory testsChimps are often viewed as a lesser version of a human, with limited mental abilities that can’t match oursFri Feb 15 2013 - 00:00
Researchers try to fix broken tomatoWhat do you do when your tomato breaks? You fix it of course.Thu Feb 14 2013 - 00:00
UCC team discovers tummy bug clueResearchers in Cork have made important discoveries about how the immune system works during gastro-intestinal infections.Tue Feb 12 2013 - 00:00
Exhibition will explain oscillation in a heartbeatGood vibrations are promised this morning as the latest exhibition at the Science Gallery in Trinity College Dublin opensFri Feb 08 2013 - 00:00
New Science Gallery exhibition opensTake some spinning discs, add a chamber that approximates living inside someone’s mouth and toss in a couple of beating pig hearts…Thu Feb 07 2013 - 00:00
Sharp rise in demand for DNA tests on meatCompanies providing DNA testing services have reported a sharp increase in trade since the horse meat controversy began, with…Wed Feb 06 2013 - 00:00
Free screening for giantism gene in NorthA free genetic screening programme has opened for those originally from east Tyrone and south Derry in the search for a gene …Tue Feb 05 2013 - 00:00
New way to identify mutations of flu virusIrish scientists have developed a “family tree” for the influenza virus, something that will help rapid identification of new…Tue Feb 05 2013 - 00:00
Are earthworms driving climate change?Scientists have unearthed an unexpected contributor to global climate change, the earthwormMon Feb 04 2013 - 00:00
Pollen analysis takes flightFaster analysis of what’s in the air is important for hay fever and asthma sufferersMon Feb 04 2013 - 00:00
Geniuses have become 'extinct'Situation vacant: A genius. Age or sex not important and any scientific discipline acceptedWed Jan 30 2013 - 00:00
TCD, UCD in study of super carbonTwo Irish universities are involved in a €1 billion initiative to study a unique form of carbon called grapheneTue Jan 29 2013 - 00:00
TCD, UCD receive funding to study grapheneArtificial retinas, lightweight aircraft and “roll-up” computer screens are technologies that could arise from a €1 billion EU…Mon Jan 28 2013 - 00:00
€60m science funding announcedScientific research awards worth a combined €60 million which will support 85 projects and the work of up to 250 scientists have…Fri Jan 25 2013 - 00:00
Two Irish-based scientists claim major research awardsTwo Irish-based scientists have won big research awards from the European Research Council.Thu Jan 24 2013 - 00:00
Controversial bird flu study resumedInfluenza scientists around the world have resumed studies into how to make a deadly bird flu virus even more dangerous by helping…Thu Jan 24 2013 - 00:00
Scientists successfully use DNA to store and retrieve dataBiological rather than electronic storage may become the next big thing in computer scienceThu Jan 24 2013 - 00:00
Doomsayers are doomed to fail about the end of innovationThere has been an interesting if pessimistic international discussion under way over the past few months about whether innovation…Mon Jan 21 2013 - 00:00
DNA profiling leaves no room for beefsANALYSIS: Advanced genetic technologies are making it increasingly difficult for food producers to misrepresent their products…Thu Jan 17 2013 - 00:00
Smoke clearing on what science head expects from researchersScience Foundation Ireland director’s plans are now better understood by the research communityMon Jan 14 2013 - 00:00
Girls scoop all four top Young Scientist awardsThe girls have knocked the boys off their long-standing perch as top dogs at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition…Sat Jan 12 2013 - 00:00
Finding patterns in complex cyclesIreland’s greatest mathematician, William Rowan Hamilton, has an important part to play in the Young Scientist project submitted…Fri Jan 11 2013 - 00:00
Look Ma, no gears - and a very speedy way to improve your IQA young scientist from Mayo may have developed the next new thing in automotive technology.Fri Jan 11 2013 - 00:00
Plant germination project takes coveted Young Scientist prizeA research project on plant germination has captured the top prize in the BT Young Scientist and Technology ExhibitionFri Jan 11 2013 - 00:00
Gaming can trigger 'frightening dreams'Gaming can trigger frightening dreams and can disrupt sleep patterns, three young scientist exhibitors have warned.Thu Jan 10 2013 - 00:00
It's a bug's life for young Cork scientistsChoose your seat carefully the next time you’re in a cafe or pub equipped with ceiling-mounted air conditioning unitsThu Jan 10 2013 - 00:00
The maths behind musical abilityIf you are good at maths are you good at music? Apparently so, according to research conducted by Daniel Ryan, a fifth-year student…Thu Jan 10 2013 - 00:00
Student app to detect heart murmurMany of us could have undiagnosed heart conditions, heart murmurs of various kinds that could put us at riskThu Jan 10 2013 - 00:00
Young scientist show kicks off at RDSThree days of judging is now under way in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition at the RDS, with the Young Scientist…Wed Jan 09 2013 - 00:00
Gutsy line-up for BT young scientist showThe 49th annual BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibitions gets under way this morning with almost 2,000 students descending…Wed Jan 09 2013 - 00:00
Technology shown to change livesTechnology can change lives, no matter whether it is advanced technology or the most rudimentary you can findWed Jan 09 2013 - 00:00
Researchers' disquiet likely to remain until funding plan publishedBACKGROUND: The science community should have nothing to fear from the research prioritisation process, according to Minister…Mon Jan 07 2013 - 00:00
State funds for science to be based on meritNo scientific discipline will be excluded when the Government introduces its new research funding programme early in the new …Mon Jan 07 2013 - 00:00
New research strategy prompts uneaseIrish Research Council’s Prof Orla Feely believes Government push for return on investment can be metMon Jan 07 2013 - 00:00
Hard or soft? It's melon entry, my dear WatsonDon’t you just hate it when you buy what looks like a perfectly good melon only to find it is as hard as a sliothar or soft as…Thu Jan 03 2013 - 00:00
We haven't a breeze about the boson, but what matter?What were the top science stories this year? Missing ice, a missing boson, a visit to Mars and the biggest science party ever…Sat Dec 29 2012 - 00:00
Dublin to get annual science festivalDublin is to host an annual three-day science event, the Festival of Curiosity, with the first set to take place next July.Thu Dec 20 2012 - 00:00
Constructing a case for the return of building toysInnovation talk: Do children receive alphabet building blocks for Christmas any more? Or how about Meccano sets?Mon Dec 17 2012 - 00:00
State bent on deforming science foundationINNOVATION TALK: The Government is causing serious and possibly irreparable damage to Ireland’s national capacity to conduct…Mon Dec 10 2012 - 00:00
'Toolbox' helps new approach to compositesCompanies building aircraft bodies and computer casings can now test their composite materials designs to destruction without…Thu Dec 06 2012 - 00:00
Drilling for life in an Antarctic abyssThe secrets hidden in one of the most remote environments on the planet are about to be revealedThu Dec 06 2012 - 00:00
Nesting city birds show it's not ifs but buttsCommon wild birds such as urban house sparrows and finches have found a new use for an annoying source of litterWed Dec 05 2012 - 00:00
Many weather stations record coolest autumn in 20 yearsThis autumn was cold, sunny and surprisingly dryTue Dec 04 2012 - 00:00
New study removes all doubt about accelerating rate of ice meltdownThree of the planet’s four great continental ice sheets are melting at an accelerating rateFri Nov 30 2012 - 00:00
