Test identified to predict onset of type 2 diabetesRESEARCHERS IN Britain have discovered a marker in the blood that can predict type 2 diabetes and also identify diabetics that…Sat Sept 18 2010 - 01:00
Super computer harnesses power of quantum mechanicsOPTICAL CHIP: THE WORLD of computing is about to change with a super-fast computer that works using lightFri Sept 17 2010 - 01:00
Earthquake may kill up to 500,000 peopleBRITISH SCIENCE FESTIVAL: PADANG IN western Sumatra and its 850,000 inhabitants sit on a coastline just 150km away from where…Fri Sept 17 2010 - 01:00
Early treatment key to extending lifeRHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: THOSE SHOWING signs of rheumatoid arthritis should seek treatment immediately and not delayThu Sept 16 2010 - 01:00
Health benefits for over-30s who stay on the ballRECREATIONAL FOOTBALL players tend to start hanging up their boots in their 30s, many believing the game is just too challenging…Wed Sept 15 2010 - 01:00
Scientist explains how Omega-3 could give you more than a natural highWE ARE told that Omega-3 is good for our health but a researcher has found it has another effect – boosting the impact of cannabis…Tue Sept 14 2010 - 01:00
Research findings may lead to new drugs for diabetesSCIENTISTS AT Trinity College Dublin have come up with a possible new way to treat the onset of type 2 diabetesMon Sept 13 2010 - 01:00
Alzheimer society warns against self-medicationTHE ALZHEIMER Society of Ireland has warned against any attempt to “self-medicate” against the onset of dementiaFri Sept 10 2010 - 01:00
Climate change lectureWE KNOW EARTH’S climate is changing, but who or what is causing it? The sun’s contribution comes up for discussion later this…Thu Sept 09 2010 - 01:00
Protection against research fraud urged by academyIRELAND MUST introduce procedures to protect against falsification and plagiarism of research findings, according to a discussion…Fri Sept 03 2010 - 01:00
Climate report should 'reassure'THE PUBLIC should be reassured by a report criticising the UN body charged with collecting scientific evidence about climate …Wed Sept 01 2010 - 01:00
Ireland can be big player in nanotech sectorA NEW report says Ireland could become an international player in nanotechnology research.Wed Sept 01 2010 - 01:00
Sweeping reforms urged in UN climate change bodyAN INTERNATIONAL scientific group has issued a highly critical report on the workings of the UN body charged with assembling …Tue Aug 31 2010 - 01:00
Evidence found of caveman feastHUMANS LEARNED how to party very early on in their historyTue Aug 31 2010 - 01:00
Gene linked to migraine identifiedAN INTERNATIONAL research effort has identified the first gene associated with migraine.Mon Aug 30 2010 - 01:00
We saw the impact of too little support for research in the flight of the scientific geese during the dire 1980sARE WE MAKING progress towards a knowledge economy? How do we know whether we are achieving this goal or whether our tax euro…Fri Aug 27 2010 - 01:00
Young scientists stay on winning streakSCIENCE: TWO FORMER BT Young Scientist winners from Cork have also proved to be winners in their Leaving resultsThu Aug 19 2010 - 01:00
Stem cell researchers may have found baldness cureRESEARCHERS WORKING at the forefront of stem cell technology may also unexpectedly have come up with a cure for baldness.Thu Aug 19 2010 - 01:00
How the fearsome 'terror bird' dealt with its victims six million years agoScientists have worked out how the wonderfully named ‘terror bird’, which died out some two million years ago, caught and chopped…Thu Aug 19 2010 - 01:00
40% of higher maths students take grindsMORE THAN 40 per cent of students taking higher-level maths took grinds to help them cope with the subject, according to a survey…Tue Aug 17 2010 - 01:00
The news-makers: Where are they now?Sarah Flannery : 1999's Young Scientist on an ever-upward trajectoryWed Aug 11 2010 - 01:00
Drop in temperature can raise risk of heart attackTHERE IS a strong connection between weather and health, according to a new study that shows that falling temperatures can increase…Wed Aug 11 2010 - 01:00
Resistance to antibiotics sparks global bacteria fearsCOMMON BACTERIA isolated in Britain and India have developed near total resistance to all forms of antibiotics.Wed Aug 11 2010 - 01:00
Don't blame climate change . . .Last winter’s weather might have been extreme but according to a new report it was within ‘normal variability’Thu Jul 29 2010 - 01:00
Irish researchers join international 'Cuda team'An Irish computer research team has been invited to collaborate on the development of Cuda, a new computer programming language…Thu Jul 29 2010 - 01:00
€3.8bn allocated to smart economy agendaENTERPRISE AND INNOVATION: THE CAPITAL budget will see €2Tue Jul 27 2010 - 01:00
€3.1bn for upgrading of schoolsEDUCATION: CAPITAL SPENDING on education will exceed €4 billion in the years to 2016, with the great majority of this moving…Tue Jul 27 2010 - 01:00
Why marmots love global warmingClimate change has sparked something of a baby boom for yellow-bellied marmots in Colorado and the animals are growing bigger…Thu Jul 22 2010 - 01:00
Rediscovery helps point way to Higgs bosonUCD scientists use software developed in Ireland to ‘rediscover’ sub-atomic particles first seen 25 years agoThu Jul 22 2010 - 01:00
Warning for Europe's leaders as Dublin takes up baton for 2012EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS have been warned they must make determined efforts to sustain investment in research in order to help Europe…Thu Jul 08 2010 - 01:00
Climate change clues unearthed in GreenlandCLUES TELLING us what to expect from climate change are easily found, both in the fossil record of plants but also in the genes…Thu Jul 08 2010 - 01:00
Watching the comet chaserLaunched six years ago with the goal of visiting a comet and dropping a lander on its surface, the Rosetta satellite is finally…Thu Jul 08 2010 - 01:00
How we belly-laughed our way up evolutionary chainSO WHAT did the first Assyrian say to the second Assyrian?Wed Jul 07 2010 - 01:00
Who we think we are is question of brain mechanicsOUR BRAIN operates like a machine and its components can be studied and analysed like the parts of a carWed Jul 07 2010 - 01:00
Scientists 'exaggerated' claims about regenerative medicineSCIENTISTS HAVE exaggerated claims about the potential benefits likely to come from regenerative medicine and the use of stem…Wed Jul 07 2010 - 01:00
Data shows water's key role in plant CO2 uptakeCLIMATE MODELS will have to be changed after research into the uptake of carbon dioxide by plants was publishedTue Jul 06 2010 - 01:00
Sounds of the city: urban noise hits right noteTWO COMPOSERS have found a way to take the discordant “soundscape” of a city and turn it into a form of musicTue Jul 06 2010 - 01:00
Echoes of the Big Bang: Telescope captures 'oldest light' in the cosmosTHE EUROPEAN Space Agency (ESA) has released the first whole-universe image captured by the Planck satelliteTue Jul 06 2010 - 01:00
Healthcare 'must be tailored to gender'PEOPLE ARE receiving inadequate healthcare and experience bad health outcomes because factors relating to gender are not being…Mon Jul 05 2010 - 01:00
Science ambassadors pull in to Turin on promotional busTHE HEAT has been taking its toll on the six participants on board Ireland’s big purple science bus, which pulled into Turin, …Mon Jul 05 2010 - 01:00
It's official - some bumblebees get a buzz from long workdayBUMBLEBEES WORKING in the far north are not shy of a bit of work, clocking in tough 16-hour days as they take advantage of constant…Tue Jun 29 2010 - 01:00
€10m research fund for scientists to open after delaySCIENTISTS WHO want to turn their research discoveries into businesses can start applying for Enterprise Ireland (EI) support…Thu Jun 24 2010 - 01:00
Interest in science below EU averageWHILE A majority of Irish people believe science can improve our lives, we have a lower level of interest in scientific issues…Tue Jun 22 2010 - 01:00
Tibetan gene find may help patients in intensive careSCIENTISTS HAVE discovered a gene that helps Tibetans to tolerate the low oxygen levels they experience in the HimalayasWed Jun 09 2010 - 01:00
Cancer vaccine uses immune system to attack tumour cellsTHE US-BASED researchers who developed a vaccine against breast cancer have shown that it works against hidden, undetected tumours…Tue Jun 01 2010 - 01:00
Children's intake of calcium not high enough, warns dairy bodyTHE DIETS of Irish children and teens do not include enough calcium, leaving them deficient in this and other nutrients, according…Tue Jun 01 2010 - 01:00
All that has been achieved to date is now being put at risk of collapse because of moneySCIENCE: The smart economy that the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise tell us about daily is on the verge …Fri May 28 2010 - 01:00
RCSI team in breast cancer advanceA RESEARCH team in Dublin has made important advances in the diagnosis of breast cancer and in monitoring patients during treatment…Tue May 25 2010 - 01:00
Scientific showman out to dazzle the world with geneticsWhen J Craig Venter announced the creation of a synthetic cell this week he was accused of playing GodSat May 22 2010 - 01:00
Prehistoric parachuting birds were mere featherweights when it came to flyingTHE EARLIEST feathered dinosaurs were either “parachuters” or gliders, but they could not fly, according to new researchFri May 14 2010 - 01:00
