Big data scientist named researcher of the yearProf Barry Smyth wins Science Foundation Ireland awardMon Nov 03 2014 - 21:44
Nanotech start-up secures €750,000 in seed fundingAdama Innovations gets second large-scale investment in 12 monthsMon Nov 03 2014 - 01:15
10 mysteries that refuse to yield their secrets to scienceScience has been very successful in explaining the physical world, but, as the following enigmas demonstrate, it doesn’t have the answers to everythingThu Oct 30 2014 - 09:41
Science and surgery combine in new lung cancer treatmentAward-winning duo team-up again to bring their individual expertise to new treatment for lung cancerMon Oct 27 2014 - 01:30
Satellite ‘sniffs’ hurtling comet to find out what it smells likeExperiment on board Rosetta satellite finds pungent ‘odours’ of bad eggs, vinegar and urineThu Oct 23 2014 - 20:10
Irish researchers help identify Motor Neurone Disease geneDiscovery advances knowledge of causes of disease which could provide drug targetThu Oct 23 2014 - 13:04
Scientists map DNA of 45,000-year-old man from thigh boneStudy on ‘high-quality’ genome from Siberian remains examine Neanderthal ancestryWed Oct 22 2014 - 19:22
State links research to private sector enterpriseFunding model brings companies and scientists togetherTue Oct 21 2014 - 01:00
Scientific research sector gets €245m boostFive centres to benefit in ‘game-changing’ move, says Minister for Jobs Richard BrutonTue Oct 21 2014 - 01:00
Vulture ‘restaurants’ needed to protect the speciesTCD zoologists urge human help for endangered birds to protect against habitat loss, poisoning and other threatsMon Oct 20 2014 - 19:30
Sensor may help detect Ebola virus earlyScientists have developed a device to work on minute traces of chemicalsMon Oct 20 2014 - 07:13
Irish third level institutions deliver value for money - studyGross income of 21 institutions in 2010/11 was €2.6 billion with national ouput of €10.5 billionFri Oct 17 2014 - 08:20
Gene stealing was the way to go for life on early earthIt was a bug eat bug world where you took what was needed to surviveThu Oct 16 2014 - 19:58
Hamilton lecture to focus on power of mathsLecture by mathematician Cédric Villani to discuss behaviour of mechanical systemsThu Oct 16 2014 - 00:01
Scientific research funding left unchanged in Budget 2015Science Foundation Ireland and Enterprise Ireland to have €260m to invest in 2015Wed Oct 15 2014 - 08:50
Mathematician reveals Dali used to paint by numbersUS professor speaks about the artist’s interests as part of Maths WeekTue Oct 14 2014 - 01:01
What now for Ireland’s EU Commissioner for research?Many departing commissioners look for a safe berth in Strasbourg by seeking election as an MEP, but Máire Geoghegan-Quinn has not seemed tempted by this optionMon Oct 13 2014 - 01:45
Address affects mental health all-Ireland report showsThis is not about socioeconomic status. It is a novel study related to living in a recognised area of deprivationFri Oct 10 2014 - 00:28
Dublin researchers win prize for blood test discoverySimple test can predict and help prevent heart failure in susceptible patientsThu Oct 09 2014 - 14:12
Rugby star lines out for Science WeekMore than 800 events scheduled to take place across the countryThu Oct 09 2014 - 00:34
Nasa invites public to sign up for free space ‘boarding pass’New Orion spacecraft will take names on microchips on first flight in DecemberWed Oct 08 2014 - 19:25
Cork scientists can show those who thrive on stress or buckleDiscovery at UCC could lead to new drugs to combat depressionMon Oct 06 2014 - 20:08
Women better at learning from driving mistakesAutomated system monitored driving and provided online feedbackMon Oct 06 2014 - 15:49
In the business of solving problemsScientists working towards a discovery or business people looking to make a million have similar skill setsMon Sept 15 2014 - 01:30
Future robots to teach maths and work in nursing homes‘Boris’ the mechanical hand might be able to load up a dishwasher by next AprilThu Sept 11 2014 - 19:07
New equipment will help scientists detect gravity wavesRipples set off by dying stars are notoriously difficult to spot by the time they reach usThu Sept 11 2014 - 16:01
Web support may reduce risk of suicide, self-harm and harm to othersHope is that those with hidden mental conditions will reach out for helpThu Sept 11 2014 - 01:00
Iceland’s Bardabunga volcano threatens to blow‘No sign’ of explosive release that could cloud the skies over Europe with ash happening yetWed Sept 10 2014 - 17:14
Hundreds of new discoveries at StonehengeSpecial lasers looked below neolithic site to reveal ancient sites and discoveriesWed Sept 10 2014 - 01:20
The science behind people who die of a broken heartNew research shows partners are at greater risk of bacterial infectionsTue Sept 09 2014 - 17:08
Smartphones to detect early stages of Parkinson’s diseaseNew app can spot signs of the disease with more than 90 per cent accuracyMon Sept 08 2014 - 16:13
Oversharing on social media? You don’t know the half of itAnalyisis of what we post show it can reveal more than we might thinkMon Sept 08 2014 - 15:38
Painless needles could slash vaccine costsTyndall makes small patches that have about 100 microscopic needles projecting down for implantation in the skinMon Sept 08 2014 - 01:10
Scientists identify list of wild plants needed to protect food cropsMost of these plans are in conflict zones in Middle EastMon Sept 08 2014 - 01:00
For bats, love is blind – and increasingly loudA recent study of bat mating behaviour addresses the question of whether female sexual preferences for high-pitched calls can be bad for the malesThu Sept 04 2014 - 01:00
Monkeys and bird brains prove power of animal learning curveBrazilian marmosets follow virtual teacher to unlock artificial fruitWed Sept 03 2014 - 08:37
Student videos about science can zoom in on NUIG €3,000 prizeWinning entries on subject of science will be placed on YouTubeTue Sept 02 2014 - 01:00
Scientists hopeful new drug can ‘knock out’ Ebola virusTests of ZMapp in 18 monkeys delivered 100% cure rate even with advanced symptomsFri Aug 29 2014 - 18:03
US scientists shine a light to alter dark memoriesIn optogenetic experiment on mice, researchers at MIT flip emotional recall of experiences from bad to good and vice versaThu Aug 28 2014 - 01:00
Energy-hungry childhood brain slows growthFive-year-old brain demands twice as much energy as an adult’sMon Aug 25 2014 - 19:07
Bypassing surgery for new cardiac treatmentCoronary artery bypasses without surgery would deliver huge savingsMon Aug 25 2014 - 01:25
Science graduates emerge into Ireland of little securityIt is no surprise that there is a slow, steady stream of young but experienced research scientists who end up leaving for the UK and US, where the notion of maintaining a career is not off the menuMon Aug 25 2014 - 01:00
Off switch for life-threatening toxin found by Irish researchersFungus toxin poses risk for cancer and transplant patients, killing 600,000 people per yearFri Aug 22 2014 - 20:39
Neanderthals and humans ‘co-existed for up to 5,400 years’‘Nature’ study examines decline of one population and rise of an other 40,000 years agoThu Aug 21 2014 - 13:45
What are they saying? Hours of ‘chimp chat’ uploaded onlineDutch academics want to encourage research into what animals say in recordingsTue Aug 19 2014 - 18:06
Space race: the satellite that’s catching up with a cometA space adventure to land on a comet, ‘one of the most extraordinary feats of space engineering ever achieved’, is close to happening after a 10-year missionThu Jul 31 2014 - 01:00
Genetics research to revolutionise medicine, says Nobel laureateIndividual blueprints to affect privacy and reproduction, says Aaron CiechanoverTue Jul 29 2014 - 01:00
How we allocate research funding matters tooResearch is hemmed in with a requirement that it make money and create companies and jobsMon Jul 28 2014 - 01:00
Trinity plays key role in global schizophrenia breakthroughFindings have potential to kickstart development of new treatmentsTue Jul 22 2014 - 04:30
