• Orchids in peril

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• Tallaght team closing in on deadly strain of of killer bugs

  A team of Tallaght IT researchers is on the trail of a deadly bug that can kill people suffering from cystic f ibrosis, writes Dick Ahlstrom. p
  

• Digital tools creating a revolution in music education

  Software that can print a musical score from a piece of music or picks apart the sounds on a CD is being developed at DIT. Yvonne Cunningham reports. p
  

• Time out to relieve the gloom with some posers and conundrums

  Under the Microscope/Prof William Reville: This week for your amusement I offer you some puzzles and a quiz. p
  

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