Discovered by a farmer in the 1990s, the giant amphibian is related to salamanders and frogs but its large size and tusk-like fangs suggest that it lived a life more akin to crocodiles. A new species of amphibian has been ...

Molecules in the lesser-researched ‘dark genome’ of human DNA could be instrumental for cancer cell growth, new research finds. Scientists from University College Dublin, with partners in the University of Bern, have published research that shows that cancer-promoting cell mutations, ...

BearingPoint’s Michael O’Dwyer spoke to SiliconRepublic.com about the M&A landscape in Ireland. He advises companies to be ‘clear on their goals’ before contemplating a bid. “Ireland has a vibrant mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market.” This is according to BearingPoint Ireland ...

The UK fintech’s European expansion will be led by Céline Singleton, who described Dublin as ‘a great operating hub for tech companies’. The UK-headquartered fintech Paysend announced today (28 April) that it has opened an office in Dublin to enable ...

University of Limerick’s Dr Maria Doyle demystifies bioinformatics for SiliconRepublic.com and explains some of the many applications for this multidisciplinary field. Bioinformatics, Dr Maria Doyle explains, “combines biology, computer science and statistics to analyse and interpret biological data”. “It involves ...