• How garbage could fuel our buses

  A Cork scientist argues we should power public transport with biogas from municipal waste, writes Dick Ahlstrom . p
  

• Green, green, grass of home best for energy

  Going green is no simple matter when it comes to energy crops. Should we grow sugarbeet and wheat for ethanol production or rape seed for biodiesel? There are also the options of elephant grass and coppice willow for biomass in power plants. p
  

• Why better pay would be best incentive for students

  Under the Microscope / Prof William Reville: There is international concern over the decline in uptake of school science subjects by young people. This concern has prompted the commissioning of many studies and reports, eg, the Report of the Task Force on the Physical Sciences here in Ireland in 2002. p
  

• Putting lectures on the web

  The recent series of science lectures organised by the Faculty of Science at University College Cork is now on the internet. p
  

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