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Wireless lab launched at NovaUCD
February 03, 2010
An innovation network for Ireland's wireless technology community has been launched at UCD's enterprise incubator, NovaUCD.WirelessLAB has bet set up to foster innovation in Ireland's wireless technology sector, and to double employment on the island over the next five years.The wireless lab's network members list is impressive, and already includes ...
Cork-based student teachers 'exploring electronics'
February 03, 2010
A course that supports teachers that wish to introduce 'practical' electronics to their second level students has just been completed by a group of 43 postgraduate Diploma in Education students based in Cork.This is the fourth year of a training programme, which is the result of a co-operation between UCC ...
Ancient Egyptians had clogged arteries too
February 03, 2010
Clogged arteries result from physical inactivity, consumption of high cholesterol foods, as well as smoking and drinking, according to current medical wisdom. All things that are associated with our modern 21st century lifestyles.However, the assumption that clogged arteries are a by-product of modern living has been shattered with news that ...
Dinosaur feather colours identified by UCD researcher
February 01, 2010
The colour of dinosaur feathers - something that was the source of scientific speculation only up to now - has been confirmed by Paddy Orr, UCD School of Geological Sciences, working with scientific colleagues in Britain and China.Reporting in the journal Nature, the international team found that the theropod dinosaur, ...
Glycobiology book launched at NUIG
February 01, 2010
The science of glycobiology, where scientists replace proteins in microbes with sugars, which, in turn confers new disease fighting properties on these microbes, has become increasingly important in recent years.Ireland has developed a growing reputation for expertise in glycobiology. This is of critical strategic importance to the Irish economy as ...
Was 'fraudster' the father of epigenetics
January 08, 2010
Was Paul Kammerer a fraud?The Austrian zoologist was a controversial figure in the 1920s with his claim that acquired traits could be inherited, and when scientists eagerly seized on evidence to suggest that he was a fraud, he committed suicide.Some of Kammerer's experimental results were obtained by forcing midwife toads, ...
Indonesian 'hobbit' remains not human
January 08, 2010
The remains of a so-called hominid, or human-like, species with a brain similar to the size of a chimp, but standing only about 3ft 6 inches tall has been shown to represent a distinct species, as its characteristics are well outside the normal range for humans.When the remains of small-brained, ...
Dog's origins in China
January 08, 2010
Dogs we know originated from Wolves. However, the question of where in the world exactly did dogs first emerge was unknown, until that question was recently answered by scientists based in Sweden and China reporting in Molecular Biology and Evolution.The dog, genetic studies found, originated in China, south of the ...
