William Reville

William Reville

William Reville is Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry and Public Awareness of Science Officer at University College Cork, and the Science Today columnist for The Irish Times, a column he started in January 1995. He published a collection of his columns as a book in 1999 - Science Today: Understanding the Natural World (Irish Times Books) - and he prepared a wall-poster entitled Super Irish Scientists (published by The Irish Times and sponsored by Barry's Tea), distributed to all secondary schools. He constructed and edits the UCC Understanding Science web site . He was appointed Chairman of The Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland in January 2012.

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