A Southampton University scientist has helped to develop a new method of understanding the complex world of turbulence which could save billions in global energy costs.

MONDAY’S child is fair of face, Tuesday’s child is full of grace and Wednesday’s child drew the short straw, and is destined to be sad.

SJ WATSON, has always written, but he was good at science as well. So he decided that science would be his career, and writing his hobby.

AN instant online test to detect food allergies in children, which is 96% accurate and dramatically cuts waiting times for results, has been developed by researchers at University College Cork.

By Lesley RichardsonA TEENAGER saved from a sex attack by her “nosey” mother after she was groomed online warned others today about the dangers of the web.

THE European Union’s food safety watchdog has said a scientific report found only limited evidence linking the use of certain food additives to hyperactivity in children.

A Court of Appeal judgment spelled doom for cockroaches across the world today.

PEOPLE with severe asthma have been given new hope with the launch of a drug to target the cause of their attacks.

For the first time, Olympians competing in Athens this summer will be tested for the banned substance Human Growth Hormone (HGH).

THE country’s €90m Irish salmon farming industry yesterday urged the government to fully implement EU regulations on food labelling following a radioactive waste scare in the Irish Sea.

SUPERMARKET giants Marks & Spencer yesterday said it would continue to stock salmon found to have very low levels of radioactive waste in their Irish stores.

The discovery of traces of radioactive waste in supermarket salmon justifies Ireland’s legal bid to close down Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant, it was claimed tonight.

A team of British scientists has launched an investigation into why peanuts put some people in peril.