Scientists comment on Storm Bert.    Dr Jennifer Keenahan, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University College Dublin, said: “Storm Bert … read more

This editorial from academics in Australia and Sweden looked at the opposition from countries as part of the World Trade … read more

This study looked at the prevalence of diabetes worldwide, showing that 800 million people are living with diabetes. More than … read more

This study looked at rates of depressive symptoms across a range of countries (including Ireland) to assess whether there was … read more

Scientists comment on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded for computational protein design and protein structure prediction.    Dr Meilan … read more

Scientists comment on the Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded for discoveries and inventions in machine learning.   Dr Deepak Padmanabhan, … read more

Scientists react to the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded for microRNA discovery and its role in gene expression.  … read more

This study, published in the Lancet Public Health aimed to look at how much lower lung cancer rates would be in in … read more

This study looked at the burden of stroke on society, which is the incidence, death rate and the number of … read more

Irish scientists comment on a proposed ban on disposable vapes.    Dr Jason Power, University of Limerick, said: “From a … read more

A Danish study looked at more than 16,000 men and 22,000 women, and found that exposure to air and noise … read more

The Education Minister is proposing secondary schools ban the use of mobile phones by students during the school day.   Dr Keith … read more

A modelling study published in The Lancet Public Health looked at how deaths from heat and from cold will increase at various … read more

A Japanese study looked at people who had received video game consoles as part of a lottery run by stores … read more

As Ireland’s biggest festival gets underway tonight, the HSE are warning revellers to keep vigilant, with new synthetic drugs raising … read more

The World Health Organisation have declared a global public heath emergency in response to the new outbreak of the Mpox … read more

A study published in BMC Medicine looks at short term vegan diets and biological ageing.    Prof Helen Roche, Full Professor of … read more

A study published in Nature looks at the collapse of AI models when trained on recursively generated data.   Dr Deepak Padmanabhan, … read more

Scientists comment on the global IT outage.    Dr Deepak Padmanabhan, Senior Lecturer, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer … read more

Scientists comment on a herpesvirus outbreak at Dublin Zoo.    Prof Julian Chantrey, Professor of Veterinary Pathology, University of Liverpool, … read more