Editorial
Editorial
- Geraldine Van Esbeck
Message from Minister
Message
from Ms. Mary Harney, TD, An Tánaiste and
Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment
History of Science
Ireland's
greatest entrepreneur, or – how our most eminent scientist was
enabled to devote his life to science
Reports from State
& Semi-State Bodies
Bord Iascaigh Mhara
Protecting
spawning cod in the Irish Sea through the use of inclined separator
panels in Nephrops trawls
Coupled
biological-physical modelling in fisheries and aquaculture
Can
dredge caught razor clams (Ensis spp.) depurate successfully?
CALMAST
–
Centre for the Advancement of Learning of Maths, Science and
Technology
COFORD
Assessing
carbon stocks and fluxes during forest development – the CARBiFOR
Project
Comhar – the National Sustainable Development Partnership
Are
we basket cases? – the versatile willow of Ireland
The
consequences of the plastic bag levy on the non-grocery retail sector
Dental Health Foundation
Diet
and regular soft drinks; do they cause physical damage to our teeth?
Department of Agriculture
Searching
genomes for new antimicrobials: an immunogenomics approach
Department of Agriculture & Rural Development for Northern
Ireland
Animal
virus research
Department of Education & Science
Revised
Junior Certificate Science Syllabus introduced
Department of Education, Northern Ireland
Challenges
in science teaching in Northern Ireland schools
Enterprise Ireland
Materials
Ireland – turning research into reality
Commercialisation
Fund
Informatics
Research Initiative
Materials
Ireland Polymer Research Centre
New
inkjet printer allows digital decoration of ceramics and glass
Environmental Protection Agency
Towards
Setting Guideline Values for the Protection of Groundwater in Ireland
– Interim Report
Lichens
as pollution monitors
Food Safety Authority of Ireland
Acrylamide
– a new food safety issue
Forensic Science Laboratory
Has
Crack Cocaine hit Irish Streets?
Forfás
Science,
Technology and Innovation Awareness Programme
The
Irish Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (ICSTI)
The
European Research and Innovation Area
Ireland
joins the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
Further Education & Training Awards Council
FETAC's
Strategic Plan – a milestone in Further Education
Geological Survey of Northern Ireland
Regional
Guide to the Geology of Northern Ireland
Higher Education Authority
Irish
research landscape transformed
InterTradeIreland
Opening
the Island for trade….
expertiseireland.com
– the gateway to the island's knowledge base
Irish Blood Transfusion Service
An
investigation into people's attitudes towards donating blood
Marine Institute
Marine
Institute building marine RTDI infrastructure
Commercial
Fisheries Research – the blue whiting fishery, biology and dynamics
Materials Ireland
Materials
Ireland – turning research into reality
Materials
Ireland Polymer Research Centre
New
inkjet printer allows digital decoration of ceramics and glass
Met Éireann
The
TUCSON Automatic Weather Station
How
can we balance our carbon emissions?
National Centre for Technology in Education
Government
initiative continues to raise levels of ICT use in schools
National Safety Council
What's
the point?
Northern Ireland Science Park
The
Northern Ireland Science Park
Patents Office
Patent
Specification – a full disclosure
Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland
Radioactivity
monitoring for foodstuffs
Relay – the national food research dissemination project
'One-stop-shop'
for food research
safefood – The Food Safety Promotion Board
An
important link in the food safety chain
Science Foundation Ireland
Science
Foundation Ireland – progress in 2003
State Laboratory
Detection
of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
Teagasc
Development
of functional foods enriched in the health promoting fatty acid
Conjugated Linoleic Acid
Improved
milk powder for chocolate
The
use of Transglutaminase in food products
What
drives food research?
An
alternative to antibiotics for eliminating hospital superbugs
SFI
Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre
Reports from Academic
& Cultural Institutions
Armagh Observatory
A
novel approach to the Public Understanding of Science
ASH Ireland
Smoking
– information affects practice?
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Lighting
up the Lithosphere
Irish
Script on Screen
String
Theory at the School of Theoretical Physics
Irish Council for Bioethics
Irish
Council for Bioethics
Media Lab Europe
Media
Lab Europe – The European Research Partner of the MIT Media Lab
Royal Dublin Society
Lectures
at the Royal Dublin Society
Royal Irish Academy
New
Members of the Academy
Tipperary Institute
Tipperary
Institute establishes a Centre for Sustainable Energy Development
Reports from Scientific,
Technical and Commercial Bodies
Association
of Clinical Biochemists in Ireland
Institute
of Chemistry of Ireland
Institute
of Physics in Ireland
The
physics of dancing pendulums
Irish Business & Employers' Confederation
Boolean
Logic – the brains behind electronics
Irish Research Scientists' Association
10th
anniversary of the Irish Research Scientists' Association –
Historical perspective
Oldbury Publishing Limited
The
graphical, technological and user-friendly advancement of the internet
browser: XWEBS
An
investigation into the effects of music tempo on reaction times
Chaotic
fluids – an examination of phase transitions in Taylor-Couette flow
A
study of Radon and its isotopes in drinking water
Shaw Scientific Limited
The
physics of music
TG4
Cé
chomh eifeachtach a bhfuil fograíocht fothairseachúla agus socrú
tairgí
Reports from Hospitals
Beaumont Hospital
From
molecule to man
Cork University Hospital
SFI
Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre
St James's Hospital
Activity
levels in children and their impact on cardiovascular risk factors
St Vincent's University Hospital
Searching
genomes for new antimicrobials: an immunogenomics approach
Biomedical
Research at St. Vincent's University Hospital – a path to better
patient care
Reports from Institutes
of Technology
Athlone
Endocrine
Disrupters research Group at AIT
EDC
trace analysis: what to look for, what not to miss!
Determining
the difference – CBBR
Carlow
Democracy
is not always the best method or rule!
Innovations
in new Irish Sign Language Identification System (ISLIS)
Bioinformatics
at Institute of Technology Carlow
Chinese-Irish
collaborative project in biotechnology at IT Carlow
Cork
Are
you interested in starting up your own business? The Genesis
Enterprise Programme may be just what you are looking for
Adaptive
Wireless Systems Research at Cork Institute of Technology
A
really soft touch
An
alternative to antibiotics for eliminating hospital superbugs
Dublin
Mathematical
Sciences at DIT
Cervical
Cancer Research
Clinical
Measurement Science postgraduate research
Ocular
Science Research
Dundalk
Supporting
Creative/Digital Media in the North East
Supporting
New Innovation in the Creative Industry Sector
Music
Technology at Dundalk IT
Software
Technology Research Centre (SToRC)
Galway-Mayo
Beach
seining in the greater Galway Bay area
Otoliths
in fish stock identification
Commercial
Fisheries Research – the blue whiting fishery, biology and dynamics
The
potential of baby milk as a food for copepods
Monitoring
intertidal community change in a warming world
Population
genetics of zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha, Pallas)
A
novel molecular approach to the study of a mussel hybrid zone on the
West Coast of Ireland
Allozyme
markers in genetic stock identification of Blue Whiting and Haddock
New
cost effective corrosion protection for metal finishing industries
Letterkenny
Teaching
activities in a programmed world
Steganography
XML
– The Rejuvenator!
Limerick
Intelligent
automotive networks for distributed real-time control
Extending
UML for real-time industrial automation applications
Novel
Electro-codeposition of engineering metals and electropolymers for
high Wear applications (NEW)
Representational
systems and software development
Tallaght
IT
Tallaght Electrochemical Technology Research Centre (ETRC) –
employing modern electro- chemistry in material science
Synthetic
organic chemistry research at IT Tallaght
Research
within the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IT Tallaght
Finite
Element Analysis and Modal Analysis of engineering products during
dynamic impact loading
Managing
mobile components
EnCoMpaSS,
e-learning Content Management Services for SMEs
Antimicrobial
peptides – alternative to antibiotics?
Waterford
CALMAST
– Centre for the Advancement of Learning of Maths, Science and
Technology
Department
of Nursing and Health Sciences
Department
of Chemical and Life Sciences
Department
of Physical and Quantitative Sciences
Reports from Universities
Dublin City University
Government
initiative continues to raise levels of ICT use in schools
IBM/DCU
Irish Science Olympiad 2002-03
European
Union Science Olympiad (EUSO)
Irish
International Science Olympiads Medal Winners
Children
making sense of science!
The
Irish Nursing Minimum Data Set – investigating the nursing
contribution to health care
Insulin
signalling and glucose transport in Type 2 diabetes
The
pharmaceutical industry – dead in the water
Building
new bridges for more effective communication: from Dublin to Belfast
(via Italy and Osaka)
Research
in the School of Computing
ZnO-based
material systems for ICT applications
Plasma
surface interaction
PlasMAC
– Plasma Formation Measurement and Control
National University of Ireland, Galway
The
Environmental Change Institute
Environmental
fingerprinting using seaweed
Martin
Ryan Institute – Harmful algal blooms
Sulfamate
esters – a renaissance in interest
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Faculty
of Engineering
Faculty
of Science, NUI Maynooth
The Open University in Ireland
Health
matters with The Open University
Queen's University Belfast
Fresh
initiatives at Queen's University
Erasmus
Intensive Programme in Belfast
Green
Toolbox for industry
Medical,
Dental and Nursing & Midwifery excellence at Queen's Belfast
Medical
Polymers Research Initiative
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Dublin
Molecular Medicine Centre
Ireland's
newest School of Pharmacy
From
molecule to man
International
expertise gathers at RCSI
Centre
for Human Proteomics
Trinity College Dublin
Processing
and characterisation of pharmaceutical solids
Materials
Ireland Polymer Research Centre
Research
and Innovation Services at Trinity College Dublin
Transport
Studies and Research Group, Trinity College Dublin
Research
in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at TCD
Dublin
Molecular Medicine Centre
A
Celebration of the DNA Double Helix at 50
Activity
levels in children and their impact on cardiovascular risk factors
Cell
death – the key to life
Trinity
College Institute of Neuroscience
Spinal
cord regeneration: lessons from fish
Immunosuppressive
effects of drug abuse: focus on MDMA 'Ecstasy'
University College Cork
Monitoring
intertidal community change in a warming world
Trinity
College Institute of Neuroscience
The
BioSciences Institute
NMRC:
Ireland's premier ICT research institute
Molecular
Laser Spectroscopy at UCC
Photonic
Systems Research at UCC
Future
directions and new emphasis in photonics – NUI–UCC
Nonlinear
dynamics of semiconductor lasers
SFI
Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre
Bacterial-host
interactions: the fight for survival!
University College Dublin
Assessing
carbon stocks and fluxes during forest development – the CARBiFOR
Project
Dublin
Molecular Medicine Centre
Trinity
College Institute of Neuroscience
How
crossing the Irish sea proved a faultless move
Developing
new targets for antibodies
Searching
genomes for new antimicrobials: an immunogenomics approach
Biomedical
Research at St. Vincent's University Hospital – a path to better
patient care
Keeping
abreast with tumour markers
NovaUCD
– The Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at University
College Dublin
University of Limerick
Novel
Electro-codeposition of engineering metals and electropolymers for
high Wear applications (NEW)
Science
can be real good fun
Lucent
Science Teacher Initiative
Mathematics
Learning Centre at UL
Numerical
analysis and computation at UL
Making
light work of decontaminating water supplies
Online
intelligent colour and temperature measurements used to control the
process of cooking food
Development
of a handheld intelligent food safety control instrument using
electronic nose sensors fabricated from nano-technology materials
Development
of a personal gamma-radiation sensor using thin/thick film
technologies
How
to choose your competition horse
Does
farm grassland fertility depend on fertiliser inputs?
Structural
dissection of bacterial virulence
The
Bio-computing and Developmental Systems (BDS) Group at the UL
The
Materials and Surface Science Institute
New
inkjet printer allows digital decoration of ceramics and glass
Design
and test integration for next generation microelectronic circuits
Development
of wireless technologies to enhance sporting performance
Robots
and the deep blue yonder
Software
Quality Research Laboratory at UL
Free/Open
Source Software research at UL
Mars
Analog Research Station (MARS)
Standardised
architecture for European Space Agency spacecraft
University of Ulster
Steganography
The
Engineering Composites Research Centre (ECRE)
Linking
research with teaching – E-Learning within the School of Biological
& Environmental Sciences
The
Health Sciences Research Unit of Assessment
Centre
of Excellence in Functional Genomics and Proteomics
Targeting
diabetes
The
Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health (NICHE)
Integrating
Coastal Research at the University of Ulster
Where
will the next earthquake occur?
Centre
for Sustainable Technologies
Research
within the Faculty of Informatics
Nanotechnology
Research at the University of Ulster
ISEL:
Bio-Inspired Intelligent Systems Engineering
Youth Science
The
graphical, technological and user-friendly advancement of the internet
browser: XWEBS
An
investigation into the effects of music tempo on reaction times
Chaotic
fluids – an examination of phase transitions in Taylor-Couette flow
A
study of Radon and its isotopes in drinking water
Boolean
Logic – the brains behind electronics
The
physics of dancing pendulums
The
physics of music
Lichens
as pollution monitors
An
investigation into people's attitudes towards donating blood
Diet
and regular soft drinks; do they cause physical damage to our teeth?
Are
we basket cases? – the versatile willow of Ireland
The
consequences of the plastic bag levy on the non-grocery retail sector
What's
the point?
How
can we balance our carbon emissions?
Smoking
– information affects practice?
Cé
chomh eifeachtach a bhfuil fograíocht fothairseachúla agus socrú
tairgí
Schools
Christian
Brothers' School, Ennistymon, Co. Clare
Clifden
Community School, Co. Galway
Coláiste
Choilm, Cork
Crescent
College Comprehensive, Limerick
Jesus
& Mary Secondary School, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo
Loreto
College, Coleraine, Co. Derry
Loreto
College, St Stephen's Green, Dublin
Meánscoil
Feirste, Co. Antrim
Midleton
College, Cork
Mount
Mellick Community School, Co. Laois
Mount
Mercy College, Cork
Moyne
Community School, Longford
St
Finian's College, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
St
Patrick's College, Maghera, Co. Derry
St
Peter's College Secondary School, Wexford
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