Low vitamin levels could raise risk of spina bifidaWOMEN WITH low levels of a common B vitamin in early pregnancy have a significantly increased risk of delivering a child with…Tue Mar 03 2009 - 00:00
White-Page MomentIDEA DEVELOPMENT: A HARVARD professor who founded and sold a technology company, specialises in biomedical engineering and works…Mon Mar 02 2009 - 00:00
Morality 'a result of' natural selectionAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science: A KIND of primitive vigilantism is likely to have helped early humans evolve…Tue Feb 17 2009 - 00:00
Global rescue move under way to save 100,000 crop varietiesDOOMSDAY VAULT: A WORLDWIDE rescue operation is under way in a project that might some day help prevent starvation.Tue Feb 17 2009 - 00:00
As stars disappear, we will be left in the darkCOSMOLOGY: WE HAVE a miserable future ahead of us unfortunatelyTue Feb 17 2009 - 00:00
The push for biofuels adds to CO2 releaseTHE PUSH towards biofuels is accelerating carbon dioxide release, not reducing itMon Feb 16 2009 - 00:00
DNA sample may be enough to build an image of your faceFORENSIC SCIENCE is about to take a startling new turn – reconstructing facial features and skin tone simply by reading your …Mon Feb 16 2009 - 00:00
Genetic studies show our closest relatives are found in Galicia and the Basque regionANCESTRAL LINKS: WHAT DO pygmy shrews, badgers, mountain hares, pine martins and Irish people have in common? All probably originally…Mon Feb 16 2009 - 00:00
Sexual chemistry - scientists get to grips with kissingIF YOU thought that kissing was all about love and romance and intimacy, well, forget itSat Feb 14 2009 - 00:00
How learning to cook set humans apartEVOLUTION OF FOOD: TUCKING INTO a nice big fry-up represented something of a watershed for our early ancestorsSat Feb 14 2009 - 00:00
Level of climate change 'without precedent' - GoreFormer US vice president Al Gore exhorted scientists to "get involved" in warning the public about the dangers posed by climate…Sat Feb 14 2009 - 00:00
Did the earth move for you too, dear?Female elephants ready to mate call out for any nearby suitors, the low frequency sounds travelling through the air, but also…Sat Feb 14 2009 - 00:00
Benefits of synthetic biology discussedBIOTECHNOLOGY: THE TIME is coming when if a new drug, cheap fuels or novel materials are needed, synthetic biology will deliver…Sat Feb 14 2009 - 00:00
Pigeons, jay birds and baboons are not pigeon-brainedTHINK TWICE next time you dismissively shoo a pigeon out of your way. That bird is far brainier than you might imagineFri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
Lively gestures make for a brainy childGESTICULATE LIKE an Italian if you want your children to do well in schoolFri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
Neanderthals unlock secret of humanityOUR CLOSEST extinct relatives, the Neanderthals, have come to life in a remarkable way with the announcement that scientists …Fri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
Nobel Prize winning physicist to talk at UCDWRITING POETRY and the pursuit of theoretical physics are more similar than people imagineTue Feb 10 2009 - 00:00
Morphing cells into body partsScientists at NUI Galway have made it on to the front cover of a prestigious journal with their research into controlling ‘tissue…Thu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
Science - Dick AhlstromOpinion: Can we grow a smart economy and create wealth using our collective brain power rather than brawn?Mon Feb 02 2009 - 00:00
Blowin' in the windENERGY: THE FUTURE of energy is all electric, or at least it should be, according to an Irish-born Harvard professorMon Feb 02 2009 - 00:00
Bacteria clue to migration of humansRESEARCHERS have a new ally in tracing the migration routes followed by early humans – a common stomach bacteriumThu Jan 29 2009 - 00:00
A bright idea for light in AfricaA NEW LOW-COST source of power is just around the corner: electricity from dirtThu Jan 29 2009 - 00:00
Facing down the rising riversPredicting the future is notoriously difficult, but if the latest climate change projections are accurate, Ireland faces a greatly…Thu Jan 15 2009 - 00:00
End of an era at Synge Street as mentor of successful young scientists retiresTHE BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition finished up at the weekend, with the students packing up their projects and …Mon Jan 12 2009 - 00:00
Young Scientist winners' project proves they are the cream of the cropThis year's winners managed to combine a rural myth with clever thinking and some meticulous research to develop a cheap and …Sat Jan 10 2009 - 00:00
Kinsale boys named top young scientistsA PROJECT to develop a simple method for detecting infection in dairy cows has won top prize in the 2009 BT Young Scientist and…Sat Jan 10 2009 - 00:00
Students show no fear of great unsolved problemsPURE MATHEMATICS: COMPLEX ISN’T a big enough word when it comes to some of the maths projects on display at the BT Young Scientist…Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
Girl's drink-drive study helps breathe new life into scienceA YOUNG scientist from Co Kerry believes she has discovered a flaw in drink-driving breathalyser results.Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
Wound dressing warns of infectionMEDICAL PRODUCTS: THREE STUDENTS from Belfast have developed a potentially life-saving medical dressing that warns hospital …Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
Exhibition throws up the unexpectedYOUNG SCIENTISTS: BEN McREDMOND adopted the old idea that if you want something done right then do it yourselfThu Jan 08 2009 - 00:00
Maths by magic and an eight-foot robot at RDSSTUDENT SCIENTISTS from across Ireland descend on the RDS in Dublin this morning as the 2009 BT Young Scientist and Technology…Wed Jan 07 2009 - 00:00
Delving behind abstract formulae to show how science helps everyday Irish lifeBOOK OF THE DAY: Transformations: How Research is Changing IrelandFri Jan 02 2009 - 00:00
Young scientists get ready for exhibitionARE YOU damaging your dog with kindness? Or feeding your feline into an early grave? Many of us are, according to a project that…Sat Dec 27 2008 - 00:00
Queen's and TCD in €1.4m cancer research projectQUEEN'S UNIVERSITY Belfast and Trinity College Dublin have joined in a research initiative to develop new treatments for the …Tue Dec 23 2008 - 00:00
Engineering honour for IrishwomanA UCD electronic engineer has become the first Irishwoman to receive the accolade of Fellow of the international body, the Institute…Thu Dec 11 2008 - 00:00
Celebrations on New Year's Eve to go into extra timeIF YOU'RE the type of person for whom every second counts, you're in for a bonus at the end of the year.Thu Dec 11 2008 - 00:00
Dolphins go sponging for foodBIRDS DO IT, great apes do it and of course humansThu Dec 11 2008 - 00:00
Dublin's bid to become city of science in 2012 praisedDUBLIN'S SUCCESSFUL bid to become European City of Science 2012 was "fabulously executed", according to the chairwoman of the…Tue Dec 09 2008 - 00:00
Chemical in 'dirty dozen' list for posing health riskCHEMICAL DANGERS: THE WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) includes dioxins among a group known as the “dirty dozen”, chemicals highly…Mon Dec 08 2008 - 00:00
Scientists learn how to read our mindsResearch into brain imaging helped an Irish woman based at University College London to win the Royal Society's €37,500 Franklin…Thu Dec 04 2008 - 00:00
Ireland could be energy independent in under a decade - expertIRELAND COULD become energy independent in less than a decade using nothing more than wind and hydro powerWed Dec 03 2008 - 00:00
Lifeblood of research is funds, TCD event showsTHE CAMERA never lies, and it showed clearly that Minister for Education Batt O'Keeffe was under pressure.Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Call for industry boost for graduatesAny cut in State support for scientific research could damage the country's growing reputation in this area - and damage our …Thu Nov 27 2008 - 00:00
Bright sparks drive new discoveriesAn interactive driving simulator as well as an opportunity to find out your blood pressure and body mass index feature in the…Thu Nov 27 2008 - 00:00
Dublin to host Europe's Olympics of scienceDUBLIN HAS beaten international competitors for the right to host the prestigious European City of Science meeting in July 2012…Tue Nov 25 2008 - 00:00
Scientists hope to discover secret world inside atomsSCIENCE HAS struggled for centuries to explain the universe and its hidden structureTue Nov 25 2008 - 00:00
Conference told Ireland could be radiowave research leaderIRELAND COULD become a European leader in radiowave and wireless research, according to the head of the Commission for Communications…Wed Nov 19 2008 - 00:00
Artificial leaf could power the future, conference toldAN "ARTIFICIAL leaf" could one day be used to provide near limitless low-cost energy using water as a fuel.Tue Nov 18 2008 - 00:00
Societies have taken different views of what is written in the starsSCIENCE WEEK IRELAND: HUMANS HAVE studied the same night sky for thousands of years yet there was seldom agreement on what was…Sat Nov 15 2008 - 00:00
