USA: The University of Illinois stakes claim to 23 Nobel Prize winners and tech prowess that contributed to the creation of YouTube, Netscape, Java, and Yelp.

Rory McIlroy made an interesting revelation when giving his reaction to US Open contender Jason Day’s ongoing problems with vertigo.

My husband and I recently got divorced, following six years in which we didn’t have sex. I then met a boyfriend from my youth and we had the best sex ever. 

Children of working mothers are more likely to be overweight or obese, according to a new study.

A new Irish company has developed a way to prevent elderly people from injuring themselves while falling in hospital settings, potentially saving the State almost €20m a year.

A new study claims hurricanes with female names are deadlier than those with male names as people are less afraid of them.

Deirdre McCloskey has been a lot of things in her life — a Marxist, an anarchist, a contemporary of Milton Friedman and a man called Donald.

According to Tuesday’s Irish Examiner a simple admission of error may cut medical legal bills by €400m per annum.

Government plans set to be announced next week could save the State €400m a year in legal cases against the HSE.

IRISH academics are bottom of the class when it comes to attracting investment from big business, a worldwide study of universities shows.

It took 45 seconds, but it was enough. Newborn Prince George, carried from the hospital to the royal car, appeared in a cotton swaddle with the tiny birds on it. Mums-to-be around the world wanted to know: Who are you wearing?

Mohamed Al Fayed's 16-year association with Fulham came to an end last night after the Egyptian agreed a deal for the sale of the club to Shahid Khan.

A camera with a bug’s eye view of the world that copies nature’s design for insects has been developed by scientists.

Eat 600 calories two days a week and lose weight. Is this a fad or cutting-edge approach, asks Helen O’Callaghan

AN electronic “stick-on tattoo” has been developed that can be worn almost invisibly while measuring valuable information from the heart, brain and muscles.

SCIENTISTS excavating a creek bed in Texas found tools and other artifacts dating back 15,500 years, making it the oldest settlement site ever found in North America.

A second hydrogen explosion in three days rocked a Japanese nuclear reactor today and fuel rods were left dangerously exposed at another unit as authorities worked to avert any catastrophic release of radiation in the tsunami zone.

The fuel rods in one of Japan’s damaged nuclear reactors have been temporarily fully exposed from their coolant, raising the risk of overheating and a meltdown.

AS a young Irish student continues to fight for her life in a US hospital, a man appeared in Cook County Criminal Court yesterday charged with aggravated battery and armed robbery.

A YOUNG Irish woman is in a critical condition in a US hospital after she was subjected to a violent beating with a baseball bat during a robbery in the early hours of Friday.

The joy of being a parent fades after the child reaches the age of two, researchers said today.

The man who gunned down five people at Northern Illinois University (NIU) in a suicidal rampage became erratic after halting his medication, authorities said today.

AMERICAN scientists are alarmed over the extensive decline in the numbers of the humble bumblebee.

GLOBAL food markets and prices will get another boost when the half of China’s population left behind in the current boom catches up, said Professor Robert Thompson, University of Illinois, at the 16th International Farm Management Congress taking place in Cork this week.

Kidnap victim Shawn Hornbeck appeared poised and stoic in his first major television interview after his four-year abduction.

AMERICANS are spending more on petrol because they are getting fatter, according to a new study.

THE mysterious half-smile that has intrigued viewers of the Mona Lisa for centuries isn’t really that difficult to interpret, Dutch researchers said yesterday.

GOVERNMENT chief scientific adviser Dr Barry McSweeney is under intense pressure to step aside this weekend as controversy surrounding a dubious PhD he received in the US continues.

A SENIOR US academic and an FBI consultant have separately rubbished claims by the Government’s chief science adviser that a renowned US degree mill was legitimate when he received a PhD there.

Climate change is likely to cause a hunger crisis far worse than most estimates predict, experts said today.

US Government officials claim three Chicago hospitals exaggerated the seriousness of the conditions of some patients so they could get liver transplants sooner.

Scientists in the US have identified a host of health-giving chemicals that fight heart disease and cancer in honey.