European space officials have postponed the launch of a three-year mission to study planets in other solar systems less than an hour before it was due to blast off.

New research has asked whether a public health campaign may be needed to inform women that deferring childbirth until after the age of 30 may increase the chances of birth interventions such as Caesarian section delivery.

A major one-day conference on the Labour movement and the struggle for independence takes place in University College Cork on Saturday. Here Luke Dineen looks at the labour movement in Cork.

A €750,000 Small Business Innovation Research fund was announced by Enterprise Ireland this week in a competitive call to state agencies, county councils and local authorities seeking solutions to a diverse range of public challenges.

Ireland has enjoyed the greatest improvement in cancer survival rates among seven countries, according to a major study that looked at the outcomes for seven different types of cancer.

Ireland’s first esports research lab has opened at the University of Limerick.

Irish neuroscientists researching a novel approach to brain repair for Parkinson's disease have got significant funding from the Michael J. Fox Foundation.

The centres will focus on integrated photonics, marine renewable energy, gut health and the microbiome, data analytics, advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing and advanced materials.

Research has discovered three people a week, on average, sustain a life-changing spinal cord injury (SCI) in Ireland, the result of either accidental injury or degenerative disease.

The research shows that a nutrient-rich diet plays a key role in protecting our brain health and reducing the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

Researchers at Cork’s Tyndall National Institute have developed a groundbreaking handheld device that allows early stage detection of heart disease by GPs.

The charity says it is on track to spend €30m on cancer research in the decade up to 2020 but it would like to be able to invest more money in this area.

The negative impact on Ireland's small business sector from ongoing Brexit uncertainty is rapidly rising with more than a third of SMEs saying they have either cancelled or postponed investment plans.

UCC researchers are seeking 40 families from all over Munster to sign up for an international study into how the way food arrives into the home can influence the sustainability of a household.

This is the time of year when the media is full of tips on how to get through the grim weeks ahead. But we are ignoring the mental health benefits of a good wallow. The wallowing-mud in this case is ‘words that annoy’.

Ten Cork-based researchers who work on topics as varied as gut health, stress, obesity and depression have been ranked among the top 1% of the most influential in the world.

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have discovered why the body’s immune surveillance systems are stymied by excess fat — obesity.

Irish people are the most confident in Europe when it comes to our careers, with more than two-thirds of us feeling successful, according to a new study.

Our lack of knowledge when it came to recognizing counties along with eating potatoes with everything has been revealed thanks to new research.

One in 10 adults would consider taking anabolic steroids, according to new research.

A leading expert in the health research landscape said she quit her governance position at a perinatal research centre because the university where it is based failed to challenge Science Foundation Ireland’s decision not to fund it.

A radical new radiotherapy trial could significantly cut the number of visits for men with prostate cancer, researchers said.

Plants feed us. Without them we’re goners. Through thousands of years of genetic modification by selective breeding, humans have developed the crops that keep us alive, writes John Herlihy.

I’ve spent more than a decade researching controversial, sensitive topics. But in many ways, my research on the sex industry has been the most difficult. This is in large part due to the contentious nature of debates on how to organise it, writes Erin Sanders-McDonagh.

Teachers and parents will get to play a part in global research led by Dublin City University (DCU) to help combat school bullying.

Details will be revealed in Dublin today on one of the most ambitious deep-ocean research projects ever carried out in Europe.

New research conducted by scientists at University College Cork has revealed the wing colours of some of the oldest ancestors of modern butterflies and moths.

Mobile devices and video games may soon be powered by residue from forests, science researchers at the University of Limerick have discovered.

There has been an 80% jump over the last four years in the number of drug users in treatment who are using cocaine, according to new research.

A new wireless IT system which can withstand earthquakes and hurricanes has won a top award.

“Quality over quantity” is a key factor in University College Cork setting research income targets lower than current levels in its plans for the next five years.

Innovative research into irritable bowel syndrome, a condition which causes agonising pain to thousands of sufferers, will be presented at a prestigious international conference in Cork this week.

Better treatments for flu and other viral diseases could result from international research involving Irish scientists.

A new report details the number of pubs, hotels and restaurants in Ireland and every constituency within.

In the US, just 5% of patents ever result in a marketable product, and this rate holds true worldwide, because the funding isn’t there, says Edward Jung.

Ireland has the worst record in Europe for fraudsters trying to con international students with accommodation scams, EU-funded research shows, writes Niall Murray.