Balbriggan pair named Young Scientists of the YearMaria Louise Fufezan and Diana Bura claim first place for research into soil fertilityFri Jan 08 2016 - 20:31
Young Scientist: Five projects you should see on FridayThe happiest counties and the danger of high heels - projects to look out for at the RDSFri Jan 08 2016 - 07:47
Young Scientist Project shows crows are no mere birdbrainsTransition year student finds crows can learn complex behaviour from each otherFri Jan 08 2016 - 01:00
Young Scientist: Machine vision to aid self-driving carsTeen builds robot from off-the-shelf devices and writes software needed to link themThu Jan 07 2016 - 18:26
Very Young Scientists: Why are soapy suds always white?RDS Primary Science Fair runs parallel to BT Young Scientist and Technology ExhibitionThu Jan 07 2016 - 15:50
Onions to that: Pair find baking soda mix to dry your eyesYoung Scientist projects look at teary eyes and the impact of mobile use on studentsThu Jan 07 2016 - 15:45
Young Scientist: Most women do not like beardsProject by Roscommon students finds majority of women are not in favour of scruffThu Jan 07 2016 - 11:41
Young Scientist 2016: Five projects you should seeSome highlights to look out for if you’re planning a visit to the RDSThu Jan 07 2016 - 09:15
Young Scientist: Students tackle flooding and migrant crisisPresident says pupils’ research is important at a ‘national and an international level’Thu Jan 07 2016 - 01:00
Young Scientist: Brothers bring separate projects to competitionOne project focuses on electronic sensors, the other at whether seaweed works as a biofuelWed Jan 06 2016 - 13:27
Young Scientist: winning formula of experiments and discoveryRDS hosts 550 projects on everything from the great pyramids to ‘smart nappies’Wed Jan 06 2016 - 09:31
Water, water everywhere but why did we build on flood plains?Planning could have given those living along the Shannon 10 days’ warningTue Jan 05 2016 - 21:45
Five great things that happened during 2015Science never ceases to discover new thingsMon Jan 04 2016 - 05:00
Dogged research may pay off for young Wicklow scientists at BT ExhibitionBallerina’s en pointe pain, insulating fungus and varying bladder wrack among projects on display at the RDSMon Jan 04 2016 - 01:00
Primary school students get to grips with appliance of scienceLargest ever science fair for young children takes place in both Dublin and LimerickMon Jan 04 2016 - 01:00
Santa Claus is a master of the multiverseHow does Santa Claus deliver toys to roughly 132 million homes in only 31 hours of darkness? Well, it certainly isn’t magic. The real answer lies in quantum mechanicsThu Dec 24 2015 - 05:00
The battle to control flooding on the River ShannonAs communities continue to struggle after Storm Desmond, experts look for answersSat Dec 19 2015 - 08:19
Science agency unveils plan to open large research centresFunding body’s financial resources to remain at €157m – unaltered from 2015 budgetTue Dec 15 2015 - 19:02
Science strategy with 2020 time frame overtly enterprise friendlyProgramme has its own action plan with 93 actions that must be achieved by government before 2020Mon Dec 14 2015 - 09:00
Curb your CO2: how to track your carbon footprintAn online carbon footprint calculator can tell if you’re a big clodhopper or dainty ballerinaThu Dec 10 2015 - 23:00
Biodiversity progress not enough to rescue species - reportResearch shows natural habitats in Ireland under pressure due to changing land useThu Dec 10 2015 - 01:01
Science strategy promises more fundingPlan will boost employment and support national research, says TaoiseachWed Dec 09 2015 - 01:01
Positive but wary response to strategy from science communityScientists deal in facts and evidence: it’s a case of ‘show me the money’Tue Dec 08 2015 - 22:19
Trauma, roast guinea pig and future of farms on Science Gallery 2016 menuTrinity venue will also run project on design and violence in link up with New York’s MOMATue Dec 08 2015 - 14:29
Government plans for €5bn spend on scientific researchProgramme aims to increase numbers working in R&D by 15,000 over five yearsTue Dec 08 2015 - 01:02
A chemistry set can be bang on for a potential innovatorExperimenting with a chemistry set could have a long-term effectMon Dec 07 2015 - 07:00
Quitting smoking might be down to genes, researchers findGroup at Zhejiang University of Hangzhu in China identify gene that may be linked to quittingTue Dec 01 2015 - 18:13
Smart money on a bigger male brain? Dangerous talk indeedMajor study of 1,400 male and female brains fails to find evidence of ‘sexual dimorphism’Mon Nov 30 2015 - 20:00
New MRSA antibiotic may in future replace obsolete drugsNo new antibiotic form released since before 1980s and many bacteria resistant to older drugsMon Nov 30 2015 - 15:58
Q&A: Paris climate change conference explainedGoal is to achieve universal agreement on climate change signed by all the nationsMon Nov 30 2015 - 01:00
Mother Nature: inspiration of songwriters that keeps on givingBenefit of ecosystems worth some €566m to tunesmiths over 12 years - Dr Luca CosciemeThu Nov 26 2015 - 17:00
Government should spend more on medical research - charity groupHSE should appoint ‘research tsar’, says Medical Research Charities GroupThu Nov 26 2015 - 14:09
Einstein for dummies: space, time and whole lot moreIt has been 100 years since the publication of his General Theory of Relativity, which revolutionised our understanding of the cosmosThu Nov 26 2015 - 06:00
Cern begins month of experiments on Big Bang aftermathLarge Hadron Collider to conduct first lead-lead collisions at close to light speedWed Nov 25 2015 - 17:50
Mars is to lose a moon but gain a distinctive ringResearchers say the larger of the planet’s two moons, Phobos, will disintegrate in orbitWed Nov 25 2015 - 13:19
2015 likely to be the warmest year ever recordedNew records for strongest tropical storms, warmest ocean temperatures and driest yearWed Nov 25 2015 - 10:25
Irish botanists discover previously unknown tree species in HondurasRare plant found by Trinity team in rain forest already on endangered listTue Nov 24 2015 - 18:09
US company signs option with DCU on cancer treatmentBecause the technology is not ‘100% validated’, Vaccinogen has taken a two-year option on DiCastMon Nov 23 2015 - 08:00
New exhibition seeks to explain trauma through artTrauma: Built to Break is on display at the Science Gallery in Dublin from FridayThu Nov 19 2015 - 17:00
Hive talkin’: Bee genes could be key to honeybee survivalThe public’s assistance could be vital to researchers and beekeepers in their work to protect the native honeybee by building resistance to the Varroa miteThu Nov 19 2015 - 06:00
Energy plan includes electricity interconnectors linking Ireland to FranceEuropean Commission announces 195 projects as part of ‘Energy Union’ effortWed Nov 18 2015 - 21:16
Ireland’s first same-sex marriage to take place this morningRichard Dowling and Cormac Gollogly keen to become first same-sex marriage on booksTue Nov 17 2015 - 07:00
Walk like a dinosaur in wellies for scienceUCC will have a stand at Cork City Hall on Saturday and SundaySat Nov 14 2015 - 01:01
Study suggests reason for your apathy at workResearchers find the apathetic have less efficient brain structure than the motivatedFri Nov 13 2015 - 01:00
Philae scientists reveal reasons for bumpy landing on cometRosetta flight controllers release video showing failed touchdown on Comet 67PThu Nov 12 2015 - 16:45
Science Week shows reveal digestive system journeyIt Takes Guts offers a step-by-step explanation of what happens to the food we eatThu Nov 12 2015 - 16:13
Peanuts can be explosive and other amazing food factsHow much do you know about food we commonly eat?Thu Nov 12 2015 - 13:47
Researchers use beeswax to trace earliest beekeepersInternational team found ‘bee products were exploited’ at least from 9,000 years agoWed Nov 11 2015 - 19:00
Don’t believe in dragons? Just check the science behind themScientific Sue presents show explaining how dragons work during Science Week 2015Wed Nov 11 2015 - 15:18
Comic book creation: Irish man breathes life into Spider-ManBallycotton-based artist Will Sliney responsible for art work on Amazing web crawlerTue Nov 10 2015 - 17:36
