HIV/Aids workers struggle with loss of colleagues in Ukraine crashProf Ceppie Merry of TCD describes colleague on flight as ‘visionary’ fighter against AidsFri Jul 18 2014 - 16:07
A taste of the clouds as Strange Weather hits Science GalleryNew exhibition to take innovative look at our love-hate relationship with the weatherThu Jul 17 2014 - 15:35
Teacher will have to study diplomacyTop of Jan O’Sullivan’s ‘to do’ list must be junior cycle reformSat Jul 12 2014 - 01:00
Flat out: being two-dimensional isn’t always a bad thingTrinity College Dublin is hosting a three-day meeting to discuss the possibilities for the latest in flat technology and its applications in medicine, electronics and many other areasThu Jul 10 2014 - 01:00
Location ‘dictates chances’ of radon related lung cancerReport finds people in Galway, Clare, Kerry at higher risk than those in Dublin or MidlandsWed Jul 09 2014 - 15:49
Littlest hedgehog fossil found in British ColumbiaSilvacola acares, or ‘tiny forest dweller’, measures just 5cmWed Jul 09 2014 - 08:00
Research grants worth €23m awarded to young scientistsFunding packages from Science Foundation Ireland range from €300,000 to €600,000Tue Jul 08 2014 - 12:54
Innovation Talk: Getting the measure of scientific achievementNo one is talking about how these institutions are actually in the business of education and not the business of businessMon Jul 07 2014 - 01:00
Be good to your skin, it’s the first line of defenceSkin cancer causes almost 160 deaths a year in Ireland, and can be much more difficult to treat than other cancers, so why do so many of us take risks with it?Thu Jul 03 2014 - 01:00
Eleven researchers in Irish universities named among world’s top 3,000Inclusion on the list means the person’s research is listed in the top 1 per cent for citationsTue Jul 01 2014 - 01:01
Research riches: what we get for our moneyWhat does the taxpayer get for funding research, you ask? Three researchers talk about their work on disease-resistant crops, better online video-streaming, and technology to aid faster wound-healingThu Jun 26 2014 - 01:00
A fresh approach to the business of tech transferA new tech transfer body, KTI, will use novel ideas for exploiting research, says its head, Dr Alison CampbellMon Jun 23 2014 - 01:00
Chimps take to crime rather than hunt for food, TCD study findsRwandan chimps raiding farms then retreating to safety of their rainforest preservesWed Jun 18 2014 - 01:00
The future belongs to inventors, and the rewards are hugeThe European Inventor Awards acknowledge the power of creativity and ingenuityMon Jun 16 2014 - 13:30
Obesity error rates high due to measurement method, say researchersSimple waist measure ‘exhibits high degrees of accuracy’Fri Jun 13 2014 - 01:00
Skull picked up in German antique shop crafted by Leonardo da VinciChemical tests on the materials used are consistent with artist’s involvementWed Jun 11 2014 - 18:44
Sherlock begins trade mission to SwitzerlandMinister to visit Cern facility outside GenevaWed Jun 11 2014 - 01:00
Man in the moon mystery solvedNo face looks out from the dark side because crust is too toughTue Jun 10 2014 - 22:31
Genetically modified mosquitoes could prevent one million deathsMosquito strain that produces mostly male offspring, leaving out the females responsible for spreading the diseaseTue Jun 10 2014 - 22:29
Layer by layer: how Siobhán McDonald paints like a geologistSiobhán McDonald was torn between careers in science and art, but her exhibition at UCD has enabled her to combine bothThu Jun 05 2014 - 01:00
Positive energy pulses through CernAt Cern in Switzerland, home to the Large Hadron Collider, the excitement is palpable – a sense of anticipation that something big is about to happenThu May 29 2014 - 01:00
Innovation Talk: Making the magic of Silicon Valley happen more quicklyThe Frontline report describes TTSI 1 as the ‘starting point’ for knowledge transfer, but if that is true what have we been doing for the past 15 or 20 years?Mon May 26 2014 - 01:00
Microbes from Earth pose risk to a pristine MarsBelfast expert helping Nasa to study possibility of bacteria contaminating the red planetFri May 23 2014 - 16:25
Let’s wet its head: the elephant baby boomThe new addition due any day now at Dublin Zoo is testament to a successful breeding programme, which included investment in the facility’s elephant enclosureThu May 22 2014 - 14:19
Tinkerbell and cuddly bears top new species listDespite 18,000 discoveries in past year, species going extinct at faster rateThu May 22 2014 - 05:55
What’s all the talk about melting ice and rising sea levels?Flow of ice into seas is speeding up due to climate change, three new studies showTue May 20 2014 - 18:24
Elephant cam keeps pregnant mother on screen in Dublin ZooConstant monitoring to help keep mother and baby safe and comfortableTue May 20 2014 - 16:15
Fresh UK guidelines caution on sugarWorld Health Organisation say an adult should limit sugar intake from processed sources to six teaspoons equivalent per dayFri May 16 2014 - 01:00
Cave divers find one of oldest human skeletons in N AmericaDNA from bones of teenage girl 40m below sea level answers questions on colonisationThu May 15 2014 - 19:00
Fat chance of ignoring this: maligned matter is key to lifeScience Gallery exhibition highlights why we need fat and how we can benefit from itThu May 15 2014 - 14:03
‘We are on the wrong track with artificial intelligence’According to Freeman Dyson, ‘the man who replaced Einstein at Princeton’, computer scientists should use analogue rather than digital machines to imitate the human brainThu May 15 2014 - 01:00
As if there weren’t enough lizards in the world...New horned lizard Phrynosoma sherbrookei discovered in MexicoWed May 14 2014 - 17:01
Giraffe the latest addition to baby boom at Dublin ZooBirth follows arrival of monkeys, and three elephant calves are due in monthsWed May 14 2014 - 11:17
Gene study explores polar bears’ weight-gain secretStudy looks at how genes keep polar bears fit despite half its entire bulk being 50 per cent fatThu May 08 2014 - 17:00
Innovation Talk: ‘Technology buildings’ a blast from the pastHow very 1980s of the IDA to become a speculative commercial property investor, building an empty warehouse in the hopes of finding a tenant or a purchaserMon May 05 2014 - 01:00
World first for Irish graphene researchersTCD scientists crack problem of producing ‘wonder material’ in large amounts using nothing more complex than a domestic blenderMon Apr 21 2014 - 01:00
New Earth? Similar-sized planet found in ‘habitable’ zoneKepler-186f has possible water and was discovered 490 light years awayThu Apr 17 2014 - 19:00
Bedroom turf wars reveal secrets of relationshipsSleeping positions in bed provide a measure of how you get alongWed Apr 16 2014 - 15:37
Irish and UK scientists use stem cells to grow red blood cells‘Natural’ cells would bring benefits to patientsTue Apr 15 2014 - 01:00
Focusing on world’s best researchers – good for scientists, good for councilThe new president of the European Research Council wants people to take risks and to be ambitiousMon Apr 14 2014 - 01:05
Science friction: imagining the futurePatrick Freyne imagines the kind of space-age future he would like to live in. Spoilsport Science Editor Dick Ahlstrom tells him which of his dreams might become reality. Illustrations by Matthew GriffinSat Apr 12 2014 - 01:00
Boiling oceans and red-hot skies triggered by early asteroidScientists model Earth’s collision with object up to 58km acrossFri Apr 11 2014 - 12:12
Solar-powered aircraft to attempt round the world flightCraft will fly day and night only using solar electricity and batteries to keep it in the airWed Apr 09 2014 - 18:18
Planned €7.5m cancer research group ‘patient focused’Joint research initiative will attract private sector supportTue Apr 08 2014 - 01:00
Advanced speed camera measures how fast universe is expandingMost accurate measure shows expansion clocked at 68km per secondTue Apr 08 2014 - 01:00
Groups join on cancer researchIrish Cancer Society and Science Foundation Ireland to work with private sector partnersMon Apr 07 2014 - 07:00
Ocean hidden under surface of moon orbiting SaturnScientists measure the tiny gravitation pull exerted on satellite to predict what lies beneath the moon’s frozen surfaceFri Apr 04 2014 - 16:56
Potential remedy for most common cause of blindness‘We probably have skipped over years of drug development. It is very exciting’Thu Apr 03 2014 - 00:34
