Editorial
- The Irish Scientist on the Web
Minister for Science, Technology & Commerce
Message from Mr Noel Treacy, T.D
Minister of Higher & Further
Education, Training and Employment
Message from Dr Sean
Farren, M.L.A.
People
- New Science Secretary elected at the RIA
- Newly elected Members of the RIA
- New President of
NUI, Galway
- Ferdinand von
Prondzynski: DCU's second
President plans to move institution to next level
- Professor Luke
ONeill*- Inflammatory Communications
Winners
- DCU President's Research Awards
- RDS/Irish Times Boyle Medallist: Tom Cotter - Apoptosis: the art of
cell death
- RIA/Irish Times Science Writing Competition: Gareth Brady - Hox genes: The
Molecular Architects
- RIA Medal for Pharmacology and Toxicology: Ciaran Reagan - Intoxicating Minds
UCD Merville Lay Seminar Winners:
- Oliver McCrohan - The evolution of a novel biocatalyst
- Orlaith Lawler -
Vascular homeostasis - a cholesterol balancing act?
- Stephen Wilson - How
to heal a broken heart
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Reports from State & Semi-State Bodies
Forf�s
- STI Awareness
- Science Foundation Ireland
(SFI) - The
National Foundation for Excellence in Scientific Research
Higher Education Authority
- Programme for Research in Third Level
Institutions
- Programme for Research
in Third Level Institutions 1999-2001 - Cycle 2
Department of Education (NI)
- Post-primary science in Northern Ireland:
strengths, areas for improvement,
& priorities for action
Department of Higher and Further Education,
Training and Employment
-
Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment
Department of Education and Science (RofI-)
- The Physical Sciences
Initiative
- Launch of Teachers Reference Handbooks
in Physics and Chemistry
Industrial Development Agency
-
Ireland - The E-Business Generation
Northern Ireland Science Park
- Northern Ireland
Science Park
Irish Council for Science, Technology &
Innovation
- Irish
Council for Science, Technology & Innovation
Enterprise Ireland
- Strategic Research Grants Scheme -
Enterprise Ireland
- The Valley
Experience
- Developing and
delivering leading edge technologies for industry
- TBR 21 - accessing a European
telecommunications market
- Informatics Programme
Materials Ireland
- Materials Ireland - a new model for a
new Millennium
BioResearch Ireland
- Biotechnology R&D -
securing economic rewards
National Council for Educational Awards
- Highlights
of the past year in the NCEA
The Health Research Board
- The Health Research Board
- supporting research for health
-
HRB Research Project Grants
- Virus vectors
for gene therapy & new virus vaccines
- New insights in
to the natural history of hepatitis C virus infection
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Standardisation of paediatric X-ray radiation
doses
-
Helicobacter pylori: camouflage & stealth
Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland
- The national survey of radon in
dwellings
Food Safety Authority of Ireland
- Rapid Alert System for Foodstuffs
National Standards Authority of Ireland
- National Standards Authority of Ireland
The Irish National Accreditation Board
- The Irish National Accreditation Board
State Laboratory
-
Date rape and forensic toxicology
The Forensic Science Laboratory
- The Forensic Science Laboratory
- DNA profiling in Ireland
Environmental Protection Agency
- Irelands Environment - A Millennium
Report
- National Waste Database Report, 1998
Irish Marine Institute
- Irish Marine Science and
Technology -
on the crest of a wave.
Patents Office
- PATENTS - the importance of
information!
The Veterinary Laboratory Service
- The Veterinary Laboratory Service
Geological Survey of Ireland
-
The subsurface geology of Dublin City and infrastruture development
- Landscapes from stone
- Baseline geochemical data for Northern
Ireland
National Botanic Gardens
- The National Herbarium
Ordnance Survey Ireland
- A major infrastructure
development for all users of databases
Central Fisheries Board
- Results from tagging of Blue Shark in
Irish Waters
Met �ireann
Modern Forecasting Technology in Met
Eireann
Coilte Research and development
- Planting trees by machine?
COFORD
- Value maximisation of standing timber
Teagasc
- Teagasc Dairy Products Research Centre,
Moorepark
- Research for the prepared foods sector
- Emerging pathogens in the food chain
- Residues and food safety
- Calf immunity and health
- Improved potato varieties from Oak Park
- Application of sewage sludge on
farmland
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Reports from Scientific
& Technical Societies
The Institute of Biology of Ireland
- The
Institute of Biology of Ireland
The Institute of Physics in Ireland
- The Institute of Physics in Ireland
Association of Clinical Biochemists in Ireland
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Clinical Biochemistry - guaranteeing
professional standards in 2000 and beyond
The Institution of Engineers of Ireland
- The
Institution of Engineers of Ireland
Irish Research Scientists Association
- Achievements and questions in Irish
science policy
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Reports from Industrial
& Commercial Firms & Organisations
Adidas Ireland
The Magnus effect - how to take a perfect free kick
AGB Scientific Ltd
- So,
you think youre ready for work?
Analog Devices
- Camp Safe, the extra eye for parents!
Arthur Andersen
- Cluck-a-doodle-doo! hits the winning
frequency
- Vent-a-Loo
BioResearch Ireland
- Biotechnology R&D -
securing economic rewards
Biotrin International
- R&
D at Biotrin International
Elan Biotechnology Research
- Non-injected vaccine delivery: no more
Enterprise Oil (244)
Guinness Process Inovation
- Image
analysis in brewing
Intel Ireland
- Intel donations provide the spur to
sputter
- Investigations into Pascals Triangle
Loctite Ireland Ltd
- Versatile adhesives for Versatile Discs
Hyperion Ltd
- Training Courses for Research Managers
Irish Biolndustry Association
- Irish BioIndustry Association
The Irish Pharmaceutical & Chemical Manufacturers Federation
- The Irish Pharmaceutical & Chemical Manufacturers Federation
Merck Sharp & Dhome
- A global company
in a local community
Nortel
Networks
- Technology can be fun, exciting - and
challenging
Pfizer
Pharmaceuticals Production Corp
-
All aboard - the Pfizer Science Bus
- Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Roche
Ireland Ltd
- My work placement in Roche Ireland
Limited
Samton Ltd (236-7)
A mathematical solution to conflict
The geography and mathematics of Europe's urban
centres
Supernatural staring or scientific sight?
Scientific Systems Ltd
- Scientific Systems making way for Clean
Processing
Shaw
Scientific Ltd
- Honey bees: master chemists and
chemical engineers
SIFCO
Ireland
-
Platinum plating of gas turbine
components
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Reports from Academic,
Health and Cultural Institutions
Armagh Observatory
- Herbig-Haro
Objects
Ash Ireland
- Cool kids - or smart non-smokers
Cork University Hospital
- New
insights in to the natural history of hepatitis C virus infection
DisNet Ireland - a Disability Employment Initiative
- The virtual textbook
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
- Irish script on screen
- The Hawaiian Plume and the Earths mantle
Greenmount
College of Agriculture & Horticulture
- The Business Challenge
Mercers' Hospital
- The Mercers Institute for Research on
Ageing
National College of Ireland
- New research helps the visually impaired
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- The Institute of Biopharmaceutical
Sciences at RCSI - integrating clinical and basic sciences
- Sleeping may be bad for your health!
- Physical consequences of depression
- Emerging body applications of MRI
Royal Dublin Society
- Apoptosis:
the art of cell death
- Science education in crisis
Royal Irish Academy
- Intoxicating Minds
- New Science Secretary elected at the RIA
- Newly elected Members of the RIA
St Jame's Hospital
- Helicobacter pylori: camouflage & stealth
- The Mercers Institute for Research on
Ageing
St vincent's University Hospital
-
The adult human liver - uncharted immunological territory, hidden
immunological treasure
- The Education and Research Centre at St
Vincent's University Hospital
Teachers' Union of Ireland
Remedial education in Irish second level schools - a survey
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Reports from Institutes
of Technology
Athlone
- Centre for Biopolymer and Biomolecular
Research
- No sense in dying
Carlow
- Agrochemicals: effects on crops and
microorganisms
- Biological solutions for chemical
pollutants
- Flavour of the month
- Liquid biofuels from renewable
feedstocks
Cork
-
New toxic syndromes caused by harmful
algae
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Intel donations provide the spur to
sputter
-
Surfaces get the point
-
Photovoltaic and thermal hybrid solar
collector development
-
Machine Learning technologies for
software engineering and Internet applications
Dublin
- Serving the needs of Irish society,
industry and commerce during three centuries
- Facility for Optical
Characterisation
Dundalk
- Supporting knowledge-based enterprise in the North-East Region
- Entrepreneurship at Dundalk Institute of Technology
- Research strategy and expertise at Dundalk
Institute of Technology
- Finite Element Modelling of an ISO tank
container
-
Global remote switching Control Technology
- Enginering Design Skillnet�
- Improving the reliability of software
through fault analysis
Dun Laoghaire
-
IT's different at Dun Laoghaire
Galway-Mayo
- Reproduction and growth of a population
of the common megrim
-
Mathematical modelling at GMIT
- E-Commerce Research at GMIT
Letterkenny
- Determination of fermentable sugars in
Irish wheat flour and malted barley
- CORBA - the optimal E-Commerce
solution?!?
Limerick
- CICN - Centre for Industrial Control
Networks
- Software comprehension of familiar
systems
- A Post Implementation Review framework
for evaluation of information technology investment
- The strategic adoption of manufacturing
systems technology into the Irish construction industry
Sligo
-
Pharmaceutical Science at IT Sligo
- Research to protect and enhance our environment
Tallaght
- Bringing R&D into the
mainstream ofInstitute of Technology activities - accessible funding programmes play a key
role
- Development of artefact, software and associated
methodology for the verification of co-ordinate measurements
- Commercialisation of research and
enterprise development in IT Tallaght
Tralee
-
Vital support for science teaching from
Institute of Technology, Tralee
- Electrochemical sensors for monitoring
fish and meat quality
Waterford
-
Promoting the health and social care
needs of carers - an exploratory study
-
Research in optical fibre interferometry
at WIT
-
Surface and interfacial chemistry at WIT
-
Polymer coated ATR-FTIR analysis
of chlorinated hydrocarbons
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Reports from Universities
Dublin City University
- All aboard - the Pfizer Science Bus
- Nurse education and nursing research at
DCU
- DCU Presidents Research Awards
- Ferdinand von
Prondzynski: DCU's second
President plans to move institution to next level
- Physics research at DCU
- National Centre for Plasma Science and
Technology
- National Centre for Sensor Research
- Laser produced plasmas - x-sighting
lights?
- Plasma: at the cutting edge of
industry, research and teaching
- The Training TRIP
- RINCE: Pioneering future
telecommunications systems research
-
Towards object-based interaction in
visual media
- Finding the bottlenecks in e-commerce
systems
- Vascular biology/tissue engineering
- Virtual colonoscopy for the detection
of colorectal cancer
- Computer aided engineering at DCU
- Irish script on screen
- Modelling immune-response to viral
invasion
- Bithbhraitheoir� saora don timpeallacht
- Molecular dynamics studies using NMR
spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations
- Quality control in computational
methods
National University of Ireland, Galway
- Nonlinear Analysis at NUI, Galway
- New President of NUI, Galway
- Physics and Biology - the new frontier
- Transfer of laser technology to
industry: an innovative cross-border programme
-
Behind the blue curtain: unfolding the story of Nitrogen
- A worms eye view - ploughing the
seafloor
- Fabulous fossil frogs
- Respirable ash in volcanic eruptions
- The CHAINFEED project
- Virtual Factory
- Automated Performance Measurement (APM)
- Bacterial communities - pollution
preventers and fuel producers
- Skin exposure assessment in the
workplace environment
- Turning up the heat in apoptosis
research
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
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Well worth a visit
-
The Space Technology Group at Maynooth
-
Topology, quantum theory and relativity
-
Minimal surfaces and monopoles
-
Mathematics and error correction
-
Laying foundations for measuring user interface
efficacy
-
Metal-containing anti-microbial drugs
-
Immunological and biotechnological
approaches to vaccine design
- Medical Mycology at NUI Maynooth
- Earth Sciences and the 21st Century -
the way forward
The Queen’s University of Belfast
- The Queens University of Belfast
-
Science
extravaganza at Queens
-
Engineering excellence at Queens,
Belfast
-
Medical and Dental excellence at Queens
Belfast
-
New technologies for health service
delivery
-
Designing for a high-tech future
-
Milk and eggs - healthier eating?
- Fingerprinting
- Enhancement of atomic processes by
invisible resonances
- Wicklow gold older than the hills
- Foresight Business Process Centre
- QUESTORs Applied Technology Unit
Trinity College Dublin
-
Hox genes: The Molecular Architects
- Professor Luke
ONeill*- Inflammatory Communications
- Research and Innovation Services
- Trinity Centre for High Performance
Computing
- The Institute for Information Technology
and Advanced Computation - initial multidisciplinary research programme
- Trinity College Enterprise Centre Pearse
Street to provide launch pad for campus companies
- Research in the Department of Computer
Science, TCD
- Current trends in molecular
nanotechnology
- Materials
Ireland Polymer Research Centre, Physics Department, TCD
- The TCD Nanotechnology Group
- Mathematics at Trinity College Dublin
- Particle physics at the energy frontier
- Can jets from young stars drive
molecular outflows?
- Critical phenomena
- Allegro Technologies Limited
- Physics and Chemistry of Advanced
Materials:
- PubCrawler - keeping scientists up to
date
- Future liquid crystal displays and
electronic material technologies
- Cyclic, fatigue and impact loading
tests
- Postgraduate research in Mechanical and
Manufacturing Engineering at TCD
- Technological spillovers in Irish
manufacturing industry
- Psychology at Trinity
- Trinity College Centre for the
Environment - the challenge of the future
- DNA - from evolution to food safety
- Biochemistry: the chemistry of life
- Drug design at Trinity College
-
The Pharmaceutical Technology Centre, Pharmaceutics Department, TCD
- Role of vitamins in inflammatory bowel
disease
- Regular exercise stops stress raising
blood pressure
- The Mercers Institute for Research on
Ageing
- Dublin
Dental Hospital & School of Dental Science TCD
University College Cork
- Apoptosis:
the art of cell death
- UCCs new
Biosciences Research Institute
- Faculty of Food
Science and Technology, UCC
- NMRC - Irelands
Information & Communications Technologies Research Centre
- Plant
Science at the National University of Ireland, Cork (NUIC)
- Bakers
Yeast - good for more than baking bread
- Supercritical Fluid Laboratory: a Centre of Excellence
for Supercritical Fluid Science and Green Chemistry at UCC
- Innovative
research in environmental biotechnology and biomedicine
- The
distance between the Moon and Earth in the geological past - investigating models of lunar
recession
- Operator algebras and quantum groups
University College Dublin
- University College Dublin
- Centre for the Study of Developmental
Disabilities
- Medical information at the doctors
fingertips
- Conway Institute of Biomolecular and
Biomedical Research
-
The Dublin Molecular Medicine Centre
- Intoxicating Minds
-
The adult human liver - uncharted immunological territory, hidden
immunological treasure
- The Education and Research Centre at St
Vincents University Hospital
- Irish Centre for Colloid Science
& Biomaterials (ICCS&B)
- The evolution of a novel biocatalyst
- Vascular homeostasis - a cholesterol
balancing act?
- How to heal a broken heart
- Defective fat oxidation and cot death
- Exploring visual attention using
eye-tracking technology
-
Biobusiness: molecules, minds and
markets
- Biotechnology opportunities to improve
reproduction in animals
- Biotechnology and the regulation of
reproduction in cows
- Assessment of stress and welfare in
dairy cows
- Bioavailability of natural organic
minerals and trace elements
- Food Science at University College
Dublin
-
Environmental Resource Management at UCD
- Soil: a system central to our understanding of
global change
- Homes for the 21st Century - the costs
and benefits of comfortable housing for Ireland
- Forensic Medicine - its role in Irish
road safety
- AMT Ireland - workplace ergonomics
- Audio Visual Centre, University College
Dublin
- The DSP Research Group at UCD
- Brain & language at the Cognitive & Computational Neuroscience Centre, UCD
- The art of science draws attention to
Cell Media
- Mathematics and Mathematical Physics at
UCD
- Atomic processes in laser produced
plasmas
- VERITAS, the truth is out there!
- The Fault Analysis Group, UCD
University of Limerick
- Towards an understanding of the
stability of materials
- Research in the College of Science,
University of Limerick
- Mathematics in application: to
forecasting short-term demand for electricity
- Mimicking the immune response
- Ion implantation of biomaterials
- Development of bio-feedback as
a tool in athletic performance
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Predicting falls in the elderly using
accelerometers
-
Computational Fluid Dynamics
(CFD) of
blood flow through a graft/artery junction
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The effect of mobile phone use on
driving performance
-
Functional
foods/nutraceuticals
-
Why cars and cameras look the way they
do
-
Sticking bits of wood together
-
Aluminium alloy research at UL
-
Irelands first aerobatic aircraft
designed by UL
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Interaction design at the University of
Limerick
-
Soft Computing and Re-Engineering Group
-
Wavelength router based on
semiconductor optical amplifier photonic switches
-
Communication protocol engineering
enables new fieldbus solutions in the automation environment
- Software process improvement in small indigenous software development companies
University of Ulster
- Commercialising the University
- University of Ulster - Regional
Development Office
- Personalisation: you can bank on it!
- Centre for Sustainable Technologies
-
The Northern Ireland Centre for Diet & Health (NICHE)
- Biotechnology research at the
University of Ulster
- Unravelling diabetes
- The Northern Ireland Centre for Energy Research and Technology
- Six million for fire safety engineering & technology transfer
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Youth Science and Schools
Colaiste Ris,Dun Dealgan, Co Louth - The geography and mathematics of Europe's urban
centres
Loreto College, St Stephen's Green, Dublin -
A mathematical solution to conflict
St Kilian's Community School, Bray-
Investigations into Pascals Triangle
St Malachy's College, Belfast - Supernatural staring
or scientific sight?
St Patrick's College, Maghera, Co. Derry
-
Cluck-a-doodle-doo! hits the winning
frequency
Crana College, Buncrana, Co. Donegal -
Vent-a-Loo
Presentation Secondary School, Loughboy, Co. Kilkenny
-
To eat or not to eat - ask your teeth?
Colaiste Choilm, Ballincollig, Co. Cork -
Honey bees: master chemists and
chemical engineers
Mount Mercy College, Cork
-
We accept, but can we improve?
Colaiste Bhride, Carnew, Co. Wicklow -
Does whiter than white mean greener
than green?
Our Lady's College, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth - Mop it up! Part 2
Our Lady's College, Greenhills, Drogheda, Co. Louth -
Tuin na Gaeilge
Holy Rosary College, Mountbellew, Co. Galway - Remedial education in Irish second level schools - a survey
Scoil Mhuire Gan Sm�l, Blarney, Co Cork - The Magnus effect - how to take a perfect free kick
Loreto College, Coleraine, Co. Derry - Shake rattle and roll - the physics of forced oscillations
Dominican College, Wicklow -
Pegzmate
Gortnor Abbey, Crossmolina, Co. Mayo- The
Rochford hybrid electric car
Confey College, Leixlip, Co. Kildare - Aeroblade
- a unique wind rotor
Abbey Grammar School, Newry, Co. Down
- Camp Safe, the extra eye for parents!
Abbey Grammar School, Newry, Co. Down
-
Automatic Fireguard
St Kieran's
Secondary School, Kilkenny -
Artificial life
St Oliver's
Community College, Rathmullen, Drogheda, Co. Louth -
A.I. - future or fable?
Thornhill College, Derry - Home-grown
energy: an investigation of the use of wood as an alternative to fossil fuels
Loreto Secondary School, Wexford - Dont turn it off,
turn it down
Margaret Aylward Community College, Whitehall, Dublin - Cool kids - or smart non-smokers
Templelogue College, Dublin - The virtual textbook
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