Irish Women of the World: Health adviser Liz Shanahan and other science success storiesAt the coalface of groundbreaking scientific and health research all over the world are these eight pioneering womenTue Mar 08 2016 - 08:21
Extreme weather will be the 'new normal', Irish scientists warnIreland can expect hotter and drier summers, and stormier and wetter winters, climate researchers sayMon Mar 07 2016 - 15:33
Dick Ahlstrom: Caretaker ministers must not deflect higher educationStaffing numbers are down while students numbers are up, and intervention is neededMon Mar 07 2016 - 07:00
Irish group aims to join space race with small satelliteUCD workshop seeks to win support and funding for projectMon Mar 07 2016 - 01:01
Gold found but no rush expected to surveyed Irish riversGeological study finds higher than anticipated metal levels in Wicklow’s Goldmines riverThu Mar 03 2016 - 01:00
Museum fossil sheds new light on feather-covered dinosaurThe meat eater was fluffy but ferocious, study showsTue Mar 01 2016 - 16:00
‘Leonardo da Vinci’s art was better than photographs’Ten of the artist’s drawings are coming to the National GalleryThu Feb 25 2016 - 06:00
Dublin’s Exploration Station nearly 30 years in makingHigh-tech scientific exhibits set to prove huge draw for families, tourists and schoolsWed Feb 24 2016 - 01:00
National Children’s Science Centre due to open in 2018Planetarium is centrepiece of multimillion-euro plan for ‘Exploration Station’Wed Feb 24 2016 - 01:00
Substance may be used to kill drugs resistant bacteriaTrinity College Dublin researchers deliver structural blueprint for globomycinThu Feb 18 2016 - 19:00
Irish/US underwater solar cell breaks voltage recordResearch involving Cork and Belfast close to ‘holy grail’ of splitting water using solar energyThu Feb 18 2016 - 18:02
Want to have a say in European health policy? Take our surveyEach Thursday for five weeks, a series of surveys on irishtimes.com will give you a chance to help direct health policyThu Feb 18 2016 - 06:00
Irish engineers develop low-cost cookstove for developing countriesDevelopers at Trinity hope crowdfunding could help bring stove to rural MalawiWed Feb 17 2016 - 18:18
Leonardo da Vinci works to go on show at National GalleryTen drawings are first belonging to Royal Collection to be put on display outside BritainWed Feb 17 2016 - 16:58
Atmosphere on ‘super Earth’ analysed for first timeNew approach to Hubble data reveals inhospitable nature of distant exoplanetTue Feb 16 2016 - 19:14
Risk of developing TB down to specific genes, new Irish study findsTrinity and St James’s researchers describe tuberculosis ‘paradigm shift’ in journalTue Feb 16 2016 - 17:00
Irish cosmic school contributes to Japanese X-ray satelliteDublin Institute for Advanced Studies helped define programme for Astro-H observatoryTue Feb 16 2016 - 15:53
Humans might be able to regrow their teeth like sharksNew research looks into ways of reactivating tooth growing genesMon Feb 15 2016 - 15:08
Greater participation in science projects is crucialUnderfunding of third-level will keep us on the sidelines of international scienceMon Feb 15 2016 - 07:00
Existence of Einstein’s gravitational waves confirmedMost scientists agree LIGO consortium almost certain to get physics Nobel Prize for effortsThu Feb 11 2016 - 16:52
Gravitational waves: What’s all the fuss and why should I care?Landmark discovery of ripples in space and time hypothesised by Einstein a century agoThu Feb 11 2016 - 16:24
Lofar telescope is a ‘major step forward for Irish astronomy’The Irish node of Lofar, the world’s largest radio telescope – a tool that can be used around the clock and in any weather – will be up and running this yearThu Feb 11 2016 - 06:00
How to distort space-time? It’s gravitational, babyDiscovery of hard-to-detect waves rolling across universe would be most momentousThu Feb 11 2016 - 01:00
Agricultural greenhouse emissions ‘may be underestimated’Under-reporting due to way data assembled, says botanist Dr Jesko Zimmermann of TCDWed Feb 10 2016 - 22:04
Scientists discover stem cell that grows into replacement tissueScientists in Cork have grown aorta and used it as replacement tissue in rodentTue Feb 09 2016 - 13:18
Robot cockroach could be used in rescue missionsUS scientists built ‘insect’ that can compress its normal height by half and move at paceMon Feb 08 2016 - 20:00
Fusion is in fashion, and nuclear is going greenClimate change means that governments are searcing for alternatives to fossil fuels againSat Feb 06 2016 - 01:00
Ravens will move food if spying is possibility, study showsBirds share human capacity to predict others’ behaviour even if competitor is hiddenWed Feb 03 2016 - 21:31
First known fatal fight between female orangutans witnessedMale primates recruited to assist each female during what proves a fight to the deathWed Feb 03 2016 - 18:58
Climate change the chief culprit for stormy winter weatherResearch suggests pressing need for sharper insight into changing wind and rain patternsTue Feb 02 2016 - 11:06
Lack of legislation could allow gene-editing go uncheckedEthical minefield of genome research has been avoided by governments, lecturer saysMon Feb 01 2016 - 18:57
Spoonfuls of market research help the medicine go downA Cork-based company has moved to meet big-pharma demand for taste-testing of medicines by consumersMon Feb 01 2016 - 10:00
The research into Ireland’s greatest challengesJane Ohlmeyer, as chairwoman of the Irish Research Council, will oversee its vital new role in support of scientific researchThu Jan 28 2016 - 06:00
Computer edges top board gamer in victory for artificial intelligenceProgramme written to master Go, described as most complex game played by humansWed Jan 27 2016 - 18:00
Extra-terrestrials ‘likely to have existed’ but gone extinctLife probably developed elsewhere but disappeared due to planetary instability, scientists sayTue Jan 26 2016 - 17:14
Auction of Wright brothers’ papers reveals spat over flightAviators battled with the Smithsonian Institution for 17 years over prized distinctionMon Jan 25 2016 - 19:00
Genetically modified monkeys may shed light on autismPrimates mimic behavioural changes in humans diagnosed with the complex diseaseMon Jan 25 2016 - 18:22
Trinity engineering students take the fast lane to innovate at FerrariNew intern exchange programme has begun with iconic Italian motor companyMon Jan 25 2016 - 08:00
Boot camp can help young scientists kick on to marketBT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in January was 52nd eventMon Jan 25 2016 - 07:30
Celestial treat on way as five planets set to loom into viewMercury to lead line – then Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter visible with ‘naked eye’Fri Jan 22 2016 - 08:01
Maynooth University team makes diabetes treatment breakthroughResearchers working on compound that mimics the anti-diabetic effects of vigorous exerciseThu Jan 21 2016 - 11:40
2015 smashes record for hottest year, scientists sayEarth’s average temperature has risen by about 1 degree since late 19th centuryWed Jan 20 2016 - 18:44
Trinity scientists reveal secrets of bodies in YorkIrish-based geneticists analyse remains at possible Roman cemetery for gladiatorsTue Jan 19 2016 - 16:24
Research board unveils strategy on societal health issuesHRB to invest €250 million over five years to improve delivery of healthcare to publicTue Jan 19 2016 - 01:00
Antibiotic resistance in the pipelineAntibiotic-resistant bacteria are being found in sewage from our hospitals and homes that is ending up in the natural environmentThu Jan 14 2016 - 06:00
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in sewersPeople flushing unused drugs down toilet contributes to problem, scientists sayThu Jan 14 2016 - 01:00
Comet 67P: Dirty space snowball reveals its icy heartResearchers running Rosetta spacecraft find exposed patches of pure water ice on surfaceWed Jan 13 2016 - 18:00
Adapt research centre nets €50m from State and private sectorCentre for digital content technology secures award via Science Foundation IrelandWed Jan 13 2016 - 06:00
Radio astronomy facility costing €1.4m to be built in BirrProject one of 21 investments in advanced scientific research funded by SFI programmeTue Jan 12 2016 - 17:49
UL launches plan to become research powerhouseUL to open up commercial and entrepreneurship training for all staff and studentsTue Jan 12 2016 - 17:30
