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Claire O'Connell

Claire O'Connell

Claire O’Connell is a scientist-turned-writer. She has a Ph.D. from University College Dublin, and during her scientific career she variously peered at plants, brains, insects and even the inner workings of mammary gland cells. She holds a Masters in Science Communication from Dublin City University. She has been contributing to The Irish Times since 2005 and writes mainly about health, science and innovation.

Old idea is revived to help fight bad bacteria in the gut

Microbiology professor Anders Hakansson. Photographer: Douglas Levere
The substance in breast milk that helps stop the MRSA superbug

Researchers have found that a protein complex found in breast milk can make resilient MRSA sensitive to antibiotics

A tiny 80mg device the size of a house fly called a RoboBee which has a pair of buzzing fly-like wings that flap 120 times a second
Powering up the tethered RoboBee

A team at Harvard have designed an insect-scale robot that can fly and move like its creature counterpart

Herding expertise to create a dairy food valley in Cork

Cork is already a hotspot for food-related research and industry. But could it become a ‘food valley’ for even more high-tech inno(...)

Blocking the immune system aims to improve kidney transplants success rate

Opsona Therapeutics tests immune-dampening to ward of dangerous inflamation after transplants. Claire O’Connell finds out about t(...)

Athletes using breath analysis in a sports- performance laboratory in Italy. Researchers in DCU have developed a device that could identify diseases simply by a patient blowing into them.Photograph: Tullio M Puglia/Getty Images
Taking a breath for better health

A DCU research team is developing a system that could diagnose a disease simply by patients blowing into a device

More power to your batteries

Researchers in Ireland are looking at early-stage innovations that could keep mobile electronic devices going for longer

Paul Kenny: “If you work hard and do good work, then it seems that you are limited only by your own imagination. ”
Dubliner getting ahead with neuroscience in Florida

Paul Kenny is building a reputation for his work on drug addiction and schizophrenia

Technology to deliver ‘reality check’ on fitness levels

Fitness is becoming even more high tech as companies invest in new systems to measure your health

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