Ancient parrot species found near North SeaIRISH-BASED researchers have discovered the oldest known parrot fossil – a wing bone from a bird that lived 55 million years …Thu May 15 2008 - 01:00
Nuclear plant in Ireland would provide energy security, says expertBEING ABLE to produce its own nuclear energy might serve Ireland in a number of waysTue May 13 2008 - 01:00
Quantum leap into the realm of plain EnglishSTIRRING UP A CLOUD of atoms that are almost - but not quite - frozen solid may help to deliver the most powerful computers yet…Thu May 08 2008 - 01:00
Developers circle key DIT city centre sitesREDEVELOPMENT SITES: With the DIT moving to Grangegorman, there is keen interest in its property holdings, including 11 city…Wed Apr 30 2008 - 01:00
Science and fashion make an exhibition of themselvesFASHION AND science meet in a very strange space from tomorrow when the latest exhibition opens at the Science Gallery in Trinity…Fri Apr 25 2008 - 01:00
Disappearing biodiversity a 'huge' threat to medical scienceCLIMATE CHANGE is driving many species of plants, amphibians and other creatures to extinction, and there will be consequences…Thu Apr 24 2008 - 01:00
Bird experts in a flap over singing sentriesA BIRD species in Africa has learned a new trick - posting sentries who watch for predators while the others in the group eat…Fri Apr 18 2008 - 01:00
Going nuclear is back on the energy agendaINTEREST IN NUCLEAR power is undergoing something of a resurgenceThu Apr 17 2008 - 01:00
DIT announces radical policy change on patentsIRELAND'S LARGEST third-level institution has announced a radical policy change on ownership of research discoveriesWed Apr 16 2008 - 01:00
Computers could soon issue warnings of bad postureTHERE YOU are, hunched over a keyboard when your computer lets out a warning chirp and flashes a message: "You're slouching, …Wed Apr 16 2008 - 01:00
TCD develops early Alzheimer's testA RESEARCH group at Trinity College Dublin has developed an important new test that can help provide early diagnosis of Alzheimer…Tue Apr 15 2008 - 01:00
Cost-effectiveness urged if Ireland is to competeIRELAND MUST become more cost-effective if it is to compete successfully against emerging knowledge economies such as China and…Tue Apr 15 2008 - 01:00
Drug may have 'dirty bomb' and cancer treatment usesSCIENTISTS IN the US have successfully tested a drug that can protect cells against damage caused by nuclear radiationFri Apr 11 2008 - 01:00
Competition strips away the scientific jargonIT WILL BE research student against research student when the third annual Science Speak takes place at the Royal Dublin Society…Thu Apr 10 2008 - 01:00
Star gazers: �100,000 scholarship programme for Irish students of space studies announcedA NEW €100,000 scholarship programme will fund Irish students who wish to pursue space-related studiesWed Apr 09 2008 - 01:00
New hope for Parkinson's sufferersORDINARY ADULT skin cells have successfully been used to improve Parkinson's disease symptoms in a rat model, providing fresh…Tue Apr 08 2008 - 01:00
Ancient US excrement indicates earlier raceUS: SCIENTISTS MAY have discovered the oldest evidence yet of human habitation in the New WorldFri Apr 04 2008 - 01:00
Genetic factors can leave smokers at greater lung-cancer risk, say studiesNEW RESEARCH shows that genetic factors can leave a smoker at much greater risk of developing lung cancerThu Apr 03 2008 - 01:00
The wide appliance of sensor scienceThe latest research on sensors crosses the scientific divides, and offers a staggering array of practical applicationsThu Apr 03 2008 - 01:00
Forget about the big one: small asteroid could inflict great damageSOME ASTRONOMERS worry about "the big one", a civilisation-destroying impact between the earth and a kilometre-wide asteroidWed Apr 02 2008 - 01:00
Rooting out answers to growthThe work of an Irish scientist reveals how growing plant roots are encouraged to find their way around obstacles and spread into…Thu Mar 27 2008 - 00:00
Amazon frog turns prince for diabeticsSecretions isolated from the skin of a frog from the River Amazon have the potential to deliver completely new treatments for…Thu Mar 20 2008 - 00:00
A small rising star?SCIENCE: Ireland has been described as a 'small rising star' in international technological standingMon Mar 10 2008 - 00:00
The science of east versus westChina is poised to become the world's next superpower, leading the way in science and technologyMon Mar 10 2008 - 00:00
Expert convinced of energy potentialAN IRISH expert remains absolutely convinced that energy derived from the waves around our coastline will be providing power …Thu Mar 06 2008 - 00:00
Why this could be the worst extinction eventIs the world already tumbling into a massive extinction event with thousands of species disappearing from the planet? Some scientists…Thu Mar 06 2008 - 00:00
New findings offer hope in treating cancer by gene switch controlA RESEARCH project led by an Irish scientist has revealed possible ways to switch genes on and offThu Mar 06 2008 - 00:00
Researchers find diabetes link to coeliac diseaseRESEARCHERS AT Trinity College Dublin have identified a genetic link between coeliac disease and juvenile diabetesWed Mar 05 2008 - 00:00
We have ways of dealing with stressThe body has evolved a number of ways to protect itself when under stressThu Feb 21 2008 - 00:00
Would you have Dolly for dinner?If people shy away from genetically modified corn or cotton, imagine how they would feel dining on animal clonesFri Feb 15 2008 - 00:00
What price for a longer life?Manipulating DNA and even starving our bodies are touted as offering a longer life, but what are the legal, social and ethical…Mon Feb 11 2008 - 00:00
The bad press of scientistsSCIENCE: Scientists can get a bad press and they don't do too well in movie portrayals eitherMon Feb 11 2008 - 00:00
Year of astronomy opens up new vistaThings will be looking up for astronomers next year given 2009's designation as the United Nations International Year of Astronomy…Thu Jan 17 2008 - 00:00
Future on iceBIO DIVERSITY: A 'doomsday vault' has been built inside the arctic circle to safeguard 4Mon Jan 14 2008 - 00:00
Tackling carbon emissionsSCIENCE: We don't want solar panels cluttering up our Costa holiday destinations or our green mountainsidesMon Jan 14 2008 - 00:00
Take control of your lawn with a laserGreat outdoors: If you hate to mow the lawn then visit Joey Crofts' stand at the RDSFri Jan 11 2008 - 00:00
A refreshing approach to sports drinks - and how plants' sun protection puts us in shadeExperiments: Two rugby players have come up with an answer to an age-old problem - how to avoid warm drinking water when on …Fri Jan 11 2008 - 00:00
Sea may hold secret to hospital infection cureHumans may have an unexpected ally in the fight against the hospital superbug MRSA: the common sea sponge may harbour organisms…Fri Jan 11 2008 - 00:00
Working out what not to wearWe are what we eat, we are told, but now it seems we also are what we wearThu Jan 10 2008 - 00:00
Students provide plentiful supply of clever ideasClever ideas are in plentiful supply at the 2008 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition now under way at the RDS in Dublin…Thu Jan 10 2008 - 00:00
'Close' does not go close for CiaraCiara Ottewill is a stickler for accuracy, so she is unhappy with the typical "close" approximations used for the value of numbers…Thu Jan 10 2008 - 00:00
Young scientists converge on RDSMore than 1,100 student researchers will descend on the RDS in Dublin this morning as the annual BT Young Scientist and Technology…Wed Jan 09 2008 - 00:00
Switching off diseasesA new research centre has been formed to search for switches that scientists believe could help turn disease into health.Thu Dec 20 2007 - 00:00
Ahern launches campaign to win 'European City of Science' for 2012The Government has agreed to back a bid to make Dublin the "European City of Science" in 2012Tue Dec 11 2007 - 00:00
Discovery finally puts end to stem cell debateSTEM CELL BREAKTHROUGHS: Advances in stem cell research easily rank as the most innovative scientific discoveries of 2007Mon Dec 10 2007 - 00:00
Scientists cure blood disease in mouse using reprogrammed cellsThe great promise of medical treatments involving stem cells has been demonstrated in research where a blood disease has been…Fri Dec 07 2007 - 00:00
Bug helps monitor pregnancy of elephantA blood-sucking insect has been pressed into service to monitor the pregnancy of an Asian elephant in Dublin ZooThu Dec 06 2007 - 00:00
Disease cure hopes rise with stem cell advanceThe great promise inherent in stem cell research has taken a huge leap forward with the announcement that stem cells have been…Wed Nov 21 2007 - 00:00
Stem cell advance offers Irish researchers an opportunityNews that researchers in Japan and the US have successfully reprogrammed ordinary skin cells to become stem cells opens up huge…Wed Nov 21 2007 - 00:00
Audience hears of poteen's hidden benefitsA little bit of poteen is good for what ails you, but not, unfortunately, if you drink itFri Nov 16 2007 - 00:00
