A major study involving over 100 people in the early stages of the most common cause of blindness has shown an improvement in the vision of those taking a dietary supplement of carotenoids.

The electrochemist and lecturer is one of only three Irish-based researchers overall to be awarded an ERC starting grant in 2017.

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A University of Limerick (UL) researcher has been given €1.5m for pioneering work on generating clean energy through photosynthesis — the only Irish scientist granted by the European Research Council (ERC) in the physical science field this year.

The Earth is at serious risk of an asteroid strike, according to a leading Irish astrophysicist.

In this week’s Q&A, Kehlan talks with Professor Valeria Nicolosi from Trinity College Dublin. Prof Nicolosi and her team have recently been awarded €2.5m by the European Research Council to further the development of a high-technology miniature battery that can be easily hidden, including under the skin.

Eight Irish scientists have been awarded a prestigious European Research Council Starting Grant, worth up to €2m each, towards ambitious high-risk, high-gain projects, or “blue sky research”.

A stronger voice may emerge for people with disabilities on legal reforms in areas such as sexual consent, criminal responsibility or medical treatment from a new research project.

The poor state of EU-Irish relations burst into the open with Commission president José Manuel Barroso’s ‘moment of truth’ in the midst of the EU summit.

A team of European astrophysicists has been given almost €14m to map the black hole at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way.

Researchers gather in Athlone, Co Westmeath, today to figure out how best to tap €1bn of European funding.

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Scottish scientists are to mimic black holes in the laboratory as part of a €3m project looking at how matter and energy interact.

AN individual’s DNA can help predict how long they will live early on in life, research suggests.

RESEARCHERS are being offered almost €7 billion to invent ways for Europe to escape its economic mire and create jobs and to build a better life for the future.

AN ACADEMIC at University College Cork has been awarded €1m to study two major events in human prehistory.

THE economic downturn is forcing small businesses and scientists to join forces like never before and search for the products of the future.

A high-level expert group chaired by Dr William Harris, director general of Science Foundation Ireland, has called for the establishment of a European Research Council (ERC) to address weaknesses in European investment in Frontiers Research.