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Science for society – the seedbed of Irish innovation

Top-notch scientific research can translate directly into innovative solutions for some of the most fundamental issues affecting society

Signing the way for science in deaf education

Research Lives: Dr Elizabeth Mathews, assistant professor at DCU School of Inclusive and Special Education

Ireland was caught off guard by the latest full-blown Covid wave

One in every 25 people is infected, though the true proportion is probably higher

Inflammatory bowel disease – the immune and gut bug connections

Research Lives: Prof Subrata Ghosh, deputy director of the APC Microbiome Ireland UCC

Pace of tech innovation in Ireland fantastic, say Stripe founders

Collison brothers indicate ‘massive optimism for technology and science sector’ in State

Tech advances enable scientists to be more thorough

Super resolution imaging paves way for breakthroughs in treatments for many diseases

How research makes a difference within and beyond the busy walls of a maternity hospital

Doctors who combine clinical and research work

Relevium: Making a joint effort to tackle knee osteoarthritis

The biopharma start-up has developed Hydrobloc, a cutting edge treatment for OA

Hopes rise that rules on outdoor gatherings will be relaxed in February

Large assemblies to include Ireland’s opening Six Nations match at the Aviva

Eight researchers receive ERC ‘starting grants’ totalling €12m

Six of eight grants awarded to women, with five grantees previously supported by IRC

Mining into pretty useful mineral ores

Research Lives: Dr Aileen Doran, postdoctoral researcher, Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences

Finding the treatments of the future for pain relief

Digital pain management programmes could tackle shortage of pain psychologists

Through mapping Ireland’s terrain, one company seeks to reduce carbon levels

Terrain-AI was granted €5m from Microsoft and SFI to gather insights on land usage

Graduates lack ‘basic skills’ such as writing without spelling or grammatical errors

Key skills such as teamwork neglected by Leaving Cert, says employers’ group

Tyndall National Institute researcher gets Institute of Physics medal

Brian Corbett is awarded Katharine Burr Blodgett Prize for work on photonic devices

Big Life Fix seeks participants for new series

Show’s inventors created a ‘dinocart’ for six-year-old who had his legs amputated

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