Researchers have new evidence that suggest Neanderthals died out much earlier than previously thought, and possibly before modern humans arrived.

A team of researchers say they have discovered a way to predict whether or not an expectant mother will develop a condition known as preeclampsia, which can threaten the lives of both the woman and her unborn child but often cannot be detected until late in a pregnancy.

Researchers say they have found the world's oldest leather shoe in the mountains of Armenia, dating back 5,500 years ago.

Researchers at University College Cork have used bioengineering to produce a new generation of natural antibiotics that target harmful micro-organisms such as MRSA and the food-borne pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes.

Science is as much a part of culture as literature or music so science too features in the plans for Cork 2005, European Capital of Culture. As part of the celebrations, columnist on this page, Prof William Reville has lined up a full year of science lectures at University College Cork.