Series One Archive
Programme 1: Cancer
Ireland has one of the highest incidences of cancer in the Western World. Each year approximately over 20,000 new cases are diagnosed.
Programme 2: Climate Change
How will climate change affect Ireland specifically? Dr. John Sweeney's climate modelling system is designed to answer that question.
Programme 3: The Brain
Clinical psychiatrist, Michael Gill, has made some significant advances in the area of genetics and the link to disorders like schizophrenia and Alzheimer's.
Programme 4: MAL
Could the discovery of one protein possibly save millions of lives? Professor Luke O'Neill's discovery of MAL has the potential to do just that.
Programme 5: Wave Energy
A number of Irish investigators are working on different options for renewable energy using powerful natural resources.
Programme 6: Functional Food
Liam Donnelly of Teagasc outlines what the term really means and some of the projects that Irish researchers are involved in.
Programme 7: Genetics
The discovery of the structure of DNA revolutionised the field in the 1960s and the search for further information on our genome began apace.
