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Research attempted to make a link between a particular autistic behaviour – unusual gaze pattern – and the way that a child’s brain develops in the first few years of its life. Research reveals possible new way to diagnose autism early

Method based on the way the brain processes visual information

Ancient Celtic Knots inspire scientific breakthrough
  • Science
  • Jeff Harte
  • May 21, 2013, 18:39

Minute knots and chains have industrial and medical uses

Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands Scientist invokes the Depp claws in naming ancient fossil

'Edwards Scissorhands' character inspired name for crustacean

The angle at the apex of the wake of a boat is fixed at about 40 degrees, irrespective of a boat’s speed. This pattern is called a Kelvin wake. Photograph: Getty Images The science behind the ripples and wakes in water
  • Science
  • PeterLynch
  • May 16, 2013, 02:00

Irish mathematicians contributed much to the study of waves

Patient participation is required at levels substantially above where they are today in clinical trials in Ireland. Photograph:Getty Images Tried and tested method that ain’t broke but needs fixing
  • Science
  • Graham Love
  • May 16, 2013, 02:00

Clinical trials are the best method we have for assessing medicines and treatments. So why is clinical-trial activity in Ireland and Europe in decline?

Amino acids have been detected in outer space and in meteorites that have landed on Earth. Photograph: PA Amino acids and the beginning of life

Amino acids have been detected in space and in meteorites that landed on Earth

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Handout photo issued by Cell Press showing how scientists have succeeded in obtaining stem cells from human embryos cloned from skin. Photograph: Eric Baker/OHSU/PA Wire Cloning breakthrough holds out promise of personalised medicine

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Research attempted to make a link between a particular autistic behaviour – unusual gaze pattern – and the way that a child’s brain develops in the first few years of its life. Research reveals possible new way to diagnose autism early
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