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The medal celebrates the work of an Irish scientist or engineer living and working in the US New award for Irish scientists in US

Prof Garret FitzGerald receives first St Patrick’s Day Science Medal

Quickie stem cells? Not so fast

It seems that elephants, indeed, never forget

This time it’s personal: academics try improv

Inspired by actor Alan Alda’s success with US scientists, a UCD workshop helps researchers find new ways to talk about their work

Test to predict Alzheimer’s disease developed Former US president Ronald Reagan who died in 2004 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 93. Photograph: AP Photo

Blood test can predict with 90% accuracy if people are at risk of disease, say US scientists

Irish skies lit up by ‘extremely bright’ fireball A fireball which burned up over Russia last February generated shockwaves which circled the globe twice. Photograph: www.chelyabinsk.ru/Reuters
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Many reports of Saturday night meteor, Astronomy Ireland says

Scientists prove link between climate change and malaria The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine began the research into malaria and climate change 20 years ago. Photograph: PA

The idea that warmer air allows the parasite to survive at higher altitudes has been around for decades

Foetus genes could offer key to controlling stem cells Studying genes switched on as babies start to kick, scientists believe they may learn how to control stem cells to turn them into replacement bone tissue. Photograph: Getty

Researchers at Trinity have been looking into kicking and punching motions of babies in the womb

How a Middle Eastern treasure chest landed in Dublin Veins in the Body: Treatise on Human Anatomy, by Mansur ibn Ilyas, with Persian text, circa 1450, Iran. Photograph: Copyright Trustees of Chester Beatty Library, Dublin

Sophisticated studies of maths, astronomy and medicine were being conducted in the Middle East centuries before the Enlightenment – and one of the finest collections is at Dublin’s Chester Beatty Library

The coming storm: disturbing projections of future climate A storm approaching Ireland. Photograph: Eumetsat
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That’s Maths: While computer simulations are uncertain, they are the best means we have of anticipating future conditions

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Supplements in diet may do more bad than good Supplements in diet may do more bad than good

Recent Swedish research suggests that antioxidant dietary supplements may actually increase cancer risk in certain people

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The coming storm: disturbing projections of future climate The coming storm: disturbing projections of future climate

That’s Maths: While computer simulations are uncertain, they are the best means we have of anticipating future conditions

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