Science Spin October 2006

In this issue of Science Spin, Tom Kennedy examines the important issue of nuclear energy, which is making a strong comeback in Europe, as he heard at an important science forum in Munich recently. Seán Duke describes how researchers at UCD are fighting infectious disease, using a wide variety of techniques across a wide-range of disciplines. We have some truly amazing bio-medical images from the Wellcome Trust library exhibition. Earth Science features strongly as usual in Science Spin, and this month we have a description of how the mourne granites formed, as well as a piece on how plants emerged from the primordial swamp, using the fossil record as a timeline.

Features in this issue

• The future is nuclear [Energy ]