Science Spin January 2010

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Where do eels go when they are at sea, and why are their numbers in decline? Christopher Moriarty explains how a project to tag eels may help to solve these mysteries. Ireland has gone from a marine surveying 'no mark' to a world power in the space of a decade. Seán Duke looks back on a historic decade when we began to unlock the secrets of Ireland's vast offshore territory. New deposits of zinc ore are likely to be found in Ireland, according to a report by Tom Kennedy. Elsewhere, researchers in Cork are detecting sub clinical seizures in premature babies that can lead to serious health problems, writes Tom Kennedy. In our Choosing Science Supplement, produced to co-incide with the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2010, we profile the work of some successful Irish-based scientists.

Features in this issue

• Preventing brain injury in newborns [MEDICAL SCIENCE ]
• Meet the 'spaced out' mathematician [CAREERS ]
• Where have all the eels gone? [MARINE BIOLOGY ]
• Bright outlook for Irish zinc and lead [MINING ]
• Ireland emerges as marine surveying 'superpower' [MARINE SURVEYING ]

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