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Science Spin January 2009
In this issue, we have a special supplement describing the careers of a number of scientists working in Ireland. Seán Duke reports on a technology called 'power on a chip' that promises huge energy savings in the microprocessing industry. In an issue strong on marine science, Tom Kennedy describes the ...
Science Spin November 2008
In this issue, Claire Riordan reports on harvesting molecules from the sea; and Sean Duke reports on how progress is being made on an all-island offshore map. From Clare Island, off the coast of Co Mayo, Anthony King describes what life was like in this former Gaelic stronghold. We take ...
Science Spin September 2008
In this issue, Dr Veronica Miller takes a look at the physical differences that have been found by scientists between male and female brains, and why that is important in areas such as susceptibility to disease? Some results from the latest surveys of Clare Island, one of the most intensively ...
Science Spin July 2008
In this issue, Marie-Catherine Mousseau describes the history of gold mining in Ireland, and the prospects for gold mining here following the discovery of 'recoverable' gold in county Tyrone. Meanwhile, Lenny Antonelli reports on the national biodiversity programme, which aims to find many useful new compounds in the large Irish ...
Science Spin May 2008
In this issue, Sean Duke reports on the plans to extract sand and gravel from nearshore locations in the Irish Sea, thereby cutting down on carbon emissions and costs. Now that summer is here, David Kavanagh writes that advice on getting dehydrated should be taken with a pinch of salt. ...
Science Spin March 2008
Included in this issue: Tom Kennedy reports that Ireland is well suited to extract heat from hot springs located underground. Tony McGennis, a maths teacher from Dublin, gives his perspective on the 2008 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition; biologist Paul Whelan describes the science of phenology, which seeks to ...
Science Spin January 2008
In this first issue of '08, we have an extensive report from Marie-Catherine Mousseau on some interesting people that have chosen to make science their career, and some of the options available to students looking to study science at third-level. Anthony King takes a look at the ten species of ...
Science Spin November 2007
In this issue, we report on how the Red Squirrel is coming under pressure from the Grey Squirrel (introduced in 1911); how a community of huge Fin Whales has appeared somewhat mysteriously in Irish offshore waters; on the disturbing trend of falling biodiversity among plant and animal species in the ...
Science Spin September 2007
In this issue, we learn that many Irish people prefer Americans over Africans, young people over old, while teachers prefer other teachers to their students. Dr Andy Wheeler describes investigations of a huge underwater canyon, twice as deep as the Grand Canyon, situated in deep waters 400km off Mizen Head. ...
Science Spin July 2007
In this issue, Marie-Catherine Mousseau explains that studies of meteorites can provide us with clues about our own origins. Eoin Gill describes the brilliant scientific mind of Leonardo da Vinci, which is clear from his drawings and notes on the subject, some of which are currently on display in Dublin's ...
Science Spin May 2007
In this issue, John Moore writes that the discovery of new planets brings us closer to finding that we humans might not be the only inhabitants of the Universe. Clodagh O'Brien describes a parasite that causes pregnant women to have a higher propensity to have sons. Elsewhere, we report on ...
Science Spin March 2007
In the future will we live in some strange computer determined reality, or will computers be built into our own reality? It's a profound question and Marie-Catherine Mousseau provides some answers in a piece that investigates the lastest research into the use of tiny, intelligent devices. The vast majority of ...
Science Spin January 2007
In this issue we present some spectacular recent findings from Irish bogs, take a look at some of the lastest research into brain disorders, and investigate the science behind why people want to dance. We also have eight pages of the latest from the world of Earth Science in Ireland, ...
Science Spin November 2006
The numbers taking science at secondary school are dropping and this is a worry to the educational authorities, as well as Irish industry. In this issue, Danielle Barron examines the issues involved. There are also features on the evolution of birds from dinosaurs, the shaking of Irish groundwater by distant ...
