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A Gas Man: John Tyndall
John Tyndall of Leighlinbridge Co Carlow, pictured above, was the first to explain why the sky is blue and to discover ‘greenhouse gases’ in the Earth’s atmosphere (Credit: Wikipedia) The first...
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DCU scientist comes up with a greener, cheaper way to make drugs
DCU researcher and ‘green chemist’ Dr Nick Gathergood, has developed a cheaper, greener way of producing new antibiotic drugs. LISTEN: Interview with Dr Nick Gathergood Broadcast on the weekly Science...
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When rocks start ‘talking’: The science of geo-chemical fingerprinting
Geochemistry can get rocks to ‘talk’ about how they were formed, and when (credit: http://www.crsbooks.net) We have all heard of DNA fingerprinting, where the DNA in a person’s blood is identified, for...
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The Process Scientist: Brian Moran, Pfizer Grangecastle
Brian Moran holds a doctorate from DCU and now works as a process scientist with Pfizer at Grangecastle in Dublin (Credit: Brian Moran) Whether it’s for heart disease, or depression, the drugs that...
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The Laboratory Lover: Aine Moynagh
Aine Moynagh, pictured here, with the ruins of Pompeii in the background, on a work trip with her pharmaceutical company, Rottapharm Madaus (Credit: Aine Moynagh) Ah, the laboratory; the whiff of...
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Quantum teleportation; self-healing metals; and the wonders of the eye
‘Beam me up Scotty’ becomes reality'; the rise of the self-repairing machines, and the eye; the most complex organ. Click below to hear a discussion of these topics on The Morning Show with Declan...
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Creative thoughts linked to movement; Cynics earn less; Large Hadron fires up...
Many people get creative ideas while out walking, and science may have found an answer why (Credit: Rackett Hall Country House) It is hard to force creativity, just ask any writer that suffered...
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