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Pointing the way
Students like science - they're just reluctant to take it on at
third-level because they find it difficult.
Dick Ahlstrom reports on a new study's findings p
Nobel prize hopeful to give Dublin lecture
In ground-breaking work, Lene Hau made light slow down to a cycling speed. Dick Ahlstrom reports p
Using ecstasy to keep little bundles apart
Hollow tubes of carbon just 10 atoms across represent one of the new frontiers of physics. It is a mysterious realm, however, where the laws of nature don't quite behave as normal and where physics joins with chemistry to produce new substances with special properties. p
For the love of science, women in particular are losing out
Under the Microscope: The phrase "cash-rich, time-poor" is often heard now. It describes a phenomenon previously unknown in Ireland, where the opposite situation - "cash-poor, time-rich" was the norm, writes Prof William Reville p
