‘Start’ competition introduces pupils to the scientific way of problem solving‘It’s to challenge primary school students to create or simulate randomised controlled trials’Tue Feb 28 2017 - 15:49
Heal the world: ‘Seeing your research having impact is a dream come true’Professor Abhay Pandit is researching improvements in wound managementThu Feb 23 2017 - 01:00
Irish chemist to receive highest honour from RIAProf Dervilla Donnelly to be awarded medal for outstanding contributions to scholarshipThu Feb 23 2017 - 00:00
Can robots create art? Looking at a world in which Humans Need Not ApplyThe “Humans Need Not Apply” exhibition, which looks at machine learning, opens this week in Science Gallery DublinThu Feb 09 2017 - 01:00
Science Lives: ‘I didn’t have a telescope as a kid, but I did like looking at stars’Prof Turlough Downes, astrophysicist and associate professor in the school of mathematical sciences at Dublin City UniversityThu Jan 26 2017 - 01:00
‘Our climate is changing at a faster pace than ever before in geological history’Research Lives: Prof Jennifer McElwain, UCD School of Biology and Environmental ScienceThu Jan 12 2017 - 01:00
The importance of keeping a close eye on the ArcticMargaret McCaul is a researcher in DCU whose work often takes her out to seaThu Dec 29 2016 - 01:00
‘As people use the internet more and more we need to keep a step ahead’Niamh Kavanagh, a second-year PhD student at Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, and the Irish Photonics Integration CentreThu Dec 22 2016 - 00:00
Science books: from sneezing in space to the ‘sweet spot’ of stressCurl up with a good book or three this ChristmasThu Dec 08 2016 - 01:00
Science journalism award commemorates Mary MulvihillCalling aspiring science journalists, studying at third level, interested in role of womenThu Nov 24 2016 - 01:00
Science Week: from the internet’s effect on fashion to the workings of loveEvents around the country from November 13th will celebrate the science of the everydayThu Nov 10 2016 - 01:00
Bacteria and bugs in guts and gallbladdersDr Crystal Johnson, post-doctoral fellow, Teagasc and APC Microbiome Institute, CorkThu Oct 27 2016 - 00:00
Researchers taking a closer look at our exposure to persistent organic pollutantsNUI Galway study seeks to establish pathways through which people are exposedThu Oct 13 2016 - 00:00
An Irish immunologist joins Newton and Boyle as jolly good fellowsProf Luke O’Neill has been made a fellow of the Royal Society for his innovative work on the human immune systemThu Oct 06 2016 - 06:00
The science podcasts for all kinds of audiencesListening to documentaries is an entertaining way to learn about a new subjectThu Sept 29 2016 - 01:00
Putting folic acid in food is a tricky areaResearch Lives: Dr Mary Rose Sweeney, senior lecturer and associate dean for research in the faculty of science & health at Dublin City UniversityThu Sept 22 2016 - 06:00
The Irish man who uses the sun to make drinking water saferResearch Lives: Even Irish sunlight can be used to kill bacteria in water in glass or plastic bottles, says Prof Kevin McGuiganThu Sept 08 2016 - 01:00
Lies, damned lies and statistics? A statistician respondsDr Norma Bargary of the University of Limerick on the difference between good and bad statisticsThu Aug 25 2016 - 01:00
‘Bone is such a complex and fascinating material’Research Lives: Prof Laoise McNamara, professor of biomedical engineering at NUI Galway, explains her work on bonesMon Aug 15 2016 - 17:45
The summer of science: keep kids busy with dinosaurs, robots and space mailAre the kids getting bored? Here’s a handful of ways to keep their minds nourishedThu Jul 28 2016 - 01:00
Festival of Curiosity: everything from Lego workshops to a ‘yawn chorus’The Dublin festival, now in its fourth year, has something for all agesThu Jul 14 2016 - 01:00
Research lives: In the vanguard of the computing revolutionProf JC Desplat, director ofthe Irish Centre for High-End Computing, on the practical applications of his workThu Jun 30 2016 - 06:00
Research Lives: Dr Suzanne Little, Dublin City University lecturer and researcher in the Insight Centre for Data AnalyticsWe ‘teach’ computers how to look for things in picturesThu Jun 23 2016 - 01:00
CoderDojo event attracts more than 10,000 to Dublin’s RDSRubik’s Cube-solving robot among 700 projects on display at Coolest Projects AwardsMon Jun 20 2016 - 01:00
Wanted: volunteers to give dementia a run for its moneyA study seeks volunteers over 50 with mild memory problems to search for possible links between exercise and dementia preventionThu Jun 09 2016 - 01:00
Research Lives: ‘It’s a golden era of astronomy’Dr Niall Smith of Cork Institute of Technology and Blackrock Castle Observatory talks about his career – and love of ELOThu May 26 2016 - 01:00
Bloomin’ algae and blood vessels: researchers tell it straight at DCUFor the competition Tell it Straight, researchers must explain their work simply and quicklyThu May 12 2016 - 01:00
NuWave Sensors tracks indoor air quality for asthmaticsIrish start-up helps asthma and allergy sufferers identify triggers in environmentTue May 03 2016 - 06:00
Start competition lets pupils create clinical trialsStudents offer ideas for a contest for primary schools run by HRB-TMRNTue May 03 2016 - 06:00
If you want lizards to come calling, put out a welcome matAccess Science: A nationwide survey will draw together information on common lizards and slow wormsThu Apr 28 2016 - 01:00
Unleash your creative side at Dublin MakerThe Dublin event exhibits everything from smart dollhouses to 3D-printed prosthetic limbsThu Apr 14 2016 - 01:00
Plants get by with a little help from their microbial friendsRelationships with microbes from the soil help plants to survive stresses in their environment and thriveThu Apr 07 2016 - 06:00
Want feedback about what you eat? Log your diet onlineAccess Science: FoodBook24 is testing a tool that will track eating habits, which should fuel deeper nutritional researchThu Mar 31 2016 - 01:00
Swift action needed to help urban birds in declineAccess Science: Birdwatch Ireland wants the public to keep eyes peeled for various species to help inform conservation workThu Mar 24 2016 - 01:00
Immune detective uses genetics to unravel rare disease mysteriesDan Kastner has been finding clues about ‘danger signals’ that ramp up inflammationWed Mar 23 2016 - 11:50
BioInnovate programme puts fresh eyes on medtech innovationNew approach can lead to fresh perspectives and innovations in model based on Stanford programmeMon Mar 14 2016 - 06:00
Virtual reality for chickens: welcome to the future of foodFrom cow sensors to lab burgers, it’s all on the menu at a Science Gallery exhibitionThu Mar 10 2016 - 06:00
Northern Irish festival enlists young people for UV experimentThis year’s NI Science Festival focuses on how science affects everyday livesThu Feb 11 2016 - 06:00
A time travel project for Irish children using MinecraftMindRising 2016 wants young people to develop digital stories about Ireland’s past and futureThu Feb 11 2016 - 06:00
Geneticists expect major breakthroughs in 2016Gene-editing advances may lead to increased understanding of brains and gutsThu Jan 28 2016 - 01:00
Act now for a healthier climateClimate change will raise many new health issues globally, so what can we do to prepare?Tue Jan 19 2016 - 01:00
Excursions to Jupiter, Mars and beyond in 2016It’s shaping up to be an exciting year for space explorationThu Jan 14 2016 - 06:00
BT young scientists get innovative in the health sectorTesticular cancer, tremor gloves and sleep patterns under the spotlightTue Jan 05 2016 - 01:00
A glimpse of big-hearted Pluto and other big science moments of 2015In July, a visual feast poured back from a Nasa probe’s fly-by of PlutoThu Dec 31 2015 - 01:00
Weird science: Things that make you go ‘huh?’The Ig Nobel Prizes are home to some unique studies, from the power of a pash to how long it takes various species to peeThu Dec 24 2015 - 06:00
Keep the Christmas dinner safe from merry microbesCampylobacter is the bacterium that causes the most food poisoning in Ireland – and it loves turkey and other poultryThu Dec 17 2015 - 06:00
Water, torture and weirdness: great science books for curious mindsStocking fillers for science loversThu Dec 10 2015 - 06:00
Scientific talent in Ireland needs to be backed by investmentGlobal biopharma giant AbbVie is backing two new multimillion projects hereMon Dec 07 2015 - 05:00
Prize parasites: how an Irish man won the NobelInterview: William C Campbell’s work to fight disease using parasites won him the Nobel Prize, making him just the second Irish man to do so in his categoryThu Dec 03 2015 - 06:00
Irish female botanists who blossomed against the oddsTrailblazers are to be remembered in a public talkThu Nov 26 2015 - 06:00
