More than 200 scientists in Ireland are to receive a total of almost €50 million in funding for new research
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- Irish Tech Company Launches Augmented Reality Hand-washing App In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, an Irish tech company has launched a hand-washing app to ensure health professionals, workers and the general public are correctly washing their hands to...
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- Major Infant Health Collaboration Announced by APC Microbiome Ireland With DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences A €6.3 million, four-year new joint research project aims to develop microbiome-based solutions to establish a healthy microbiome in early life to facilitate the long-term health of individuals. DuPont Nutrition...
The gene mutation that causes Huntington’s disease appears in every cell in the body, yet kills only two types of
An Irish amateur astronomer has achieved yet another first by discovering a previously unknown supernova from his back garden in
Irish scientists have registered a world first in the production of a substance called graphene, an advanced material that looks set
New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that increasing coffee consumption by
There are five healthy behaviours that appear to significantly reduce the risk of dementia, according to a 35-year study that
Man or woman? Male or female? In humans and other mammals, the difference between sexes depends on one single element
Treating food products with select bacteriophages—viruses that target and kill bacteria—could significantly reduce concentrations of E. coli, a new study shows.
Astronomers have for the first time discovered a rocky, Earth-sized exoplanet that might hold liquid water—a necessary ingredient for life
Warmer breeding seasons due to climate change may make life easier for a tiny British bird, the long-tailed tit. Like
Swiss drug-maker Novartis is transforming its business by exchanging certain assets with GlaxoSmithKline and divesting its animal health business to
Clare-based food diagnostics firm AltraTech has secured significant financial backing after developing a single-use test kit that can identify the
New research suggests that genes evolve more rapidly in vertebrate species that have germ plasm as a part of their
Physicist Dr Dennis Jennings has become the first Irish person to be inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame. Dr Jennings has
OxyMem has won the overall ‘Innovation of the Year’ Award at The Irish Times InterTradeIreland Innovation Awards 2014, which were
The Innovation Academy, UCD has announced that it has appointed Dr Johnny Ryan as executive director. In his new role
An Israeli startup has said it was working to develop a bio-organic system that can recharge a smartphone battery in
The next time you feel a sneeze coming on, raise your elbow to cover up that multiphase turbulent buoyant cloud
Early stage medical treatments and devices – invented at the Mayo Clinic in the US – are to be developed
President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins today visited the Royal Society and attended an event to celebrate the scientific links
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