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- Focus on entrepreneurship at European science forum in Dublin
Thu, May 24, 2012IF YOU have an invention and want to sell it to the world make plans to attend the Euroscience Open Forum in Dublin this July. - Seeing the light - without wiresThu, May 17, 2012 SMALL PRINT: IT SOUNDS LIKE something out of science fiction, but researchers in the US have developed a “solar” implant for the eye. While there’s a way to go yet, the hope is that it might eventually help people with vision loss due to certain forms of degeneration of the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye.
- The mystery of the Antarctic octopus
Thu, May 10, 2012 SMALL PRINT: WHAT’S in an octopus? Not just brains to burn, but also significant new clues that could justify concerns about climate change. - How love is blind for spermThu, May 10, 2012HOW DO SPERM swim? A new study highlights that the journey of human sperm toward the egg may not be straightforward.
- How to get a head in evolution
Thu, May 3, 2012 SMALL PRINT: THE PLOVER bird gets a good meal while cleaning the crocodile’s teeth, and we all know the mutual benefits of the relationship between the flower and the honey bee. However, another striking example of symbiosis was outlined by US marine biologist Dr Tierney Thys on a visit to Ireland last week. - Worm turns up trumps for allergy sufferers
Thu, May 3, 2012A LOWLY parasitic worm could help slow the rising number of people suffering from allergic and auto-immune conditions. It could also help reduce the impact of asthma, an increasingly common condition that affects up to 470,000 people here. - Unravelling mummies' secretsThu, Apr 26, 2012Modern scanning and imaging techniques are allowing scientists to peek behind the mummy’s shroud and learn what life was like for the rich and privileged of ancient Egypt, writes ANTHONY KING
- Prize lecture details announcedThu, Apr 26, 2012 SMALL PRINT: EXCELLENCE IN nanotechnology research is to the fore once again as nominations open for the RDS/Intel Prize Lecture for Nanoscience.
- Picking up half a million penguins - from space
Thu, Apr 19, 2012 SMALL PRINT: COUNTING PENGUINS can be a tricky business, but a study out this week shows how it can be done from space. - Antibiotic resistance is nothing newThu, Apr 19, 2012 SMALL PRINT: TODAY WE think of antibiotic resistance in bacteria as a result of overusing certain drugs to treat infections. But a new study highlights that it may have been around for quite a while.
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