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Cornelius Lanczos: Inspired by Hamilton’s quaternions

That’s Maths: Influential Hungarian took up position in Dias in 1954

Bayer reaches agreement in 125,000 US cancer lawsuits

Pharmaceutical giant reportedly agrees deal to end inherited costly legal battle

Opioid executive admits to ‘no morals’ ahead of prison term

Insys founder and executives devised scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe dangerous painkiller

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma files for bankruptcy

Move comes after weeks of negotiations to try to reach a settlement over potentially extensive legal liabilities

US opioid ruling redraws the lines for Big Pharma

About 400,000 people are thought to have died in US opioid epidemic

Ripple effect from Oklahoma opioid judgment deeply felt

Big decisions for drug firms to make ahead of decisive Ohio trial of almost 2,000 actions

Purdue Pharma offers up to $12 bn to settle opioid claims

Maker of Oxycontin accused of fuelling US opioid epidemic

Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay €515m for ‘fuelling opioid epidemic’

Fine substantially less than investors expected, driving up J&J’s shares

Ireland among six countries which have seen big rise in opioid-related deaths

Heroin is the most common illicit opioid, while prescription drugs have caused a widely publicised health crisis in the US

Brexit ‘bad cop’, opioid fallout and the screen of all screens

Planet Business: Awkward conversations continue in Paris

Closing the gap between prime numbers

The Twin Prime Conjecture remains unproven. The quest to close the gap is ongoing

Fintan O’Toole: The Mexico wall is Trump’s opium for a drug-saturated people

The biggest drug problem in the US is not heroin or crystal meth, but painkillers

’I was nervous entering college. It had to be a new chapter for me’

From entering first year to life beyond, four succesful graduates tell their stories of third-level education

Is America’s opioid epidemic coming to Europe?

Policymakers warned of threat after opiate addiction kills more than half a million in US

Leading innovation in US universities

Philosophy and sociology helped former Christian Brother to the top of tech tree in US

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