Student assessment programme lays bare potential weaknessesAnalysis: Pisa study measures how Ireland’s pupils measure up against those in 44 countriesTue Apr 01 2014 - 16:10
Far better hi-tech access needed to improve pupil results, says unionSchools need much improved computer resources, says teachers’ unionTue Apr 01 2014 - 12:59
Irish secondary level students ‘mediocre’ in problem solvingMinister Ruairí Quinn admits there is ‘considerable room for improvement’Tue Apr 01 2014 - 11:42
Trinity changes direction to run open-door policy for industryThe hope is that jobs and greater funding will result from the new strategy for corporate tie-insMon Mar 31 2014 - 01:05
Corporate-backed research is ‘surprisingly valuable’A new study shows the benefits of corporate engagementMon Mar 31 2014 - 01:05
Powerful satellite to launch over Europe this weekSentinel 1A will offer unparalleled new view of what is happening on the ground and in the seasMon Mar 31 2014 - 01:00
Cancer discovery could cut need for radical surgeryAbout one in 1,000 women carries the genetic mutation known as BRCA1Fri Mar 28 2014 - 01:00
The smart city: plugging in to better urban livingThe Programmable City Project at NUI Maynooth aims to deliver services and information systems for the ‘smart city’Thu Mar 27 2014 - 01:00
Teachers ballot for industrial action over Junior CertASTI and TUI vote in favour of strike move in protest at plans for changes to examWed Mar 26 2014 - 19:20
Giant shrimp sheds new light on evolutionAncient shrimp-like creature that lived 500 million years ago not a predatorWed Mar 26 2014 - 18:39
A healthy approachSmart ingredients, added functionality and nutraceuticals are driving new processes and products in the agrifood industryWed Mar 26 2014 - 01:00
All the right ingredients for food researchA new collaborative drive between academics and companies is a welcome boost for agrifood sectorWed Mar 26 2014 - 01:00
Boston study shows benefits of smart city technologyNUI Maynooth conference hears developing smart cities could improve quality of life for urban dwellersTue Mar 25 2014 - 22:17
New ‘fingerprints’ go down to the wireDigital ‘nanoscale fingerprints’ to make life harder for forgersFri Mar 21 2014 - 01:00
Small earthquake felt off Co Wexford coastBritish Geological Survey seismogram shows tremor in Pembrokeshire at 8.45pmWed Mar 19 2014 - 14:28
Signal from ‘dawn of time’ helps explain the birth of the universeDiscovery of gravity waves described as ‘equal to the detection of the Higgs boson’Wed Mar 19 2014 - 01:00
How the Irish helped weave the webBack in the day, most websites were based in academic institutions or university departmentsMon Mar 17 2014 - 01:10
New award for Irish scientists in USProf Garret FitzGerald receives first St Patrick’s Day Science MedalFri Mar 14 2014 - 01:00
Process of school divestment begins with four schools next SeptemberObject is to provide parents with a choice of school patronageWed Mar 12 2014 - 15:53
Test to predict Alzheimer’s disease developedBlood test can predict with 90% accuracy if people are at risk of disease, say US scientistsTue Mar 11 2014 - 01:00
Nationwide lunchtime demonstration by teachers todayProtests outside schools add to pressure over introduction of new junior cycle reformTue Mar 11 2014 - 01:00
Students flock back to engineering and architectureCAO figures reveal interest in science has levelled off but agriculture newly popularSun Mar 09 2014 - 11:56
Scientists prove link between climate change and malariaThe idea that warmer air allows the parasite to survive at higher altitudes has been around for decadesThu Mar 06 2014 - 21:50
Foetus genes could offer key to controlling stem cellsResearchers at Trinity have been looking into kicking and punching motions of babies in the wombThu Mar 06 2014 - 16:40
Irish universities fail to make list of top 100 institutionsIreland has not managed to win a place on the list for the fourth yearThu Mar 06 2014 - 08:14
How a Middle Eastern treasure chest landed in DublinSophisticated studies of maths, astronomy and medicine were being conducted in the Middle East centuries before the Enlightenment – and one of the finest collections is at Dublin’s Chester Beatty LibraryThu Mar 06 2014 - 01:00
Drug-resistant MRSA strains on rise, says TCD professorSuper-bug strains becoming genetically ‘fitter’ with better survivabilityWed Mar 05 2014 - 15:40
WIT researchers discover ‘lost’ Einstein model of universeScientists uncovered misfiled papers while searching Jerusalem university’s online archiveWed Mar 05 2014 - 13:31
More maths teachers for higher level studentsTeachers upskill to meet rise in students opting for higher Leaving Cert mathsTue Mar 04 2014 - 01:00
New EI boss: my loyalties are with SMEsThe right kind of partnership can help create new jobs and services, says Enterprise Ireland’s new chiefMon Mar 03 2014 - 01:05
Apology over sea lice and salmon claimJournal apologises to Marine Institute for ‘inadequate editorial procedures’Fri Feb 28 2014 - 01:00
Ireland living through atypical patch of fine weatherEvelyn Cusack to give talk explaining the country’s weather patterns this eveningThu Feb 27 2014 - 11:53
Ask your staffEmployees are a rich source of innovative ideas, but the right structures need to be in place, writes Dick AhlstromThu Feb 27 2014 - 03:59
C-section babies more likely to become overweight in later lifeAnalysis found body mass index, was higher in adults born by CaesareanThu Feb 27 2014 - 01:09
Now open: the Boyle Medal for Scientific Excellence 2014The campaign starts here. The prize? Ireland’s premier scientific award, and €20,000Thu Feb 27 2014 - 01:00
NUI Maynooth researchers find worm that fights to deathThe nematode worm fights to kill off male rivals and see its own genes spread as far as possibleTue Feb 25 2014 - 07:14
Study examines paracetamol use in pregnancyResearch links use of painkiller to potential development of behavioural problemsTue Feb 25 2014 - 01:00
Meeting with a bang as fresh crater is formed on the moonSpace rock hits at 61,000km per hourMon Feb 24 2014 - 17:48
Taoiseach presents medals for major contribution to scientific researchGeographer and physicist honoured in Royal Academy Gold Medal awardsThu Feb 20 2014 - 22:17
Heavyweights successfully measure up the lightweightsScientists deliver new more accurate mass of the electronThu Feb 20 2014 - 16:45
Bees face extinction threat through disease transferDomesticated bees spreading pathogens to wild species including bumblebeesThu Feb 20 2014 - 16:34
Animated videos devised to help keep brain youngVideos contain in information about how to reduce memory loss and to recognise onset of dementiaTue Feb 18 2014 - 09:38
New medicine management system could reduce drug prescription errorsSystem devised by pharmacists at Trinity College DublinTue Feb 18 2014 - 01:00
Dogs put a bite on obsessive compulsive disorderCondition in canines very like the human version, providing a way to find new treatmentsMon Feb 17 2014 - 06:10
Love is . . . ‘almost like a psychological disorder’Love might be good for the heart, and even your mood, but it is in the brain where the drama really plays outThu Feb 13 2014 - 01:00
