The body needs vitamin K for blood clotting, helping wounds to heal

The study found that low physical activity, opioid use, and smoking had the biggest impact on lifespan, and were associated with around a 30-45% higher risk of death

Scientists have found seabirds are some of the biggest casualties of marine heatwaves

Researchers observed two more black holes that are on the smaller side and existed 1 billion and 1.1 billion years after the Big Bang

Study involving 14 astronauts who spent months aboard the International Space Station found that gene expression in these cells, also called leukocytes, quickly decreased when they reached space and returned to normal not long after returning to Earth

The State exams continued this Monday morning with Leaving Cert maths and Junior Cycle science

Eukaryotes have a complex cell structure that includes mitochondria – known as the powerhouse of the cell, and a nucleus that acts as the control and information centre

Newly gathered evidence suggests the European ancestors were making and controlling fire for activities such as cooking, heating and to defend their home

'The presence of antibiotics in rivers is important and concerning because of increasing worries about antibiotic resistance in humans and animals'

Type 1 diabetes occurs when the body’s immune system attacks the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas, leading to high blood sugar levels

Academics in China and the US conducted an “umbrella review” on the health impacts of sugar intake

Belatedly, we learn that the late Stephen Hawking thought he got some bits of his groundbreaking book wrong. Whoops.

Kinsale Community School has won the National VEX Robotics Competition for the fifth time

A team at Maynooth University were announced as winners of the first Organisation Innovation Challenge, a joint initiative between Science Foundation Ireland and the Department of Defence

It is the first time any species of false widow spider to prey on shrews anywhere in the world

While Alzheimer’s affects the formation of new brain cells in the hippocampus during the early stages of the disease, previous research has only been able to study neurogenesis in its later stages through post-mortem examinations

BT Young Scientist Exhibition is a valuable event

The findings suggest that glaciers are projected to lose 26% to 41% of their total mass by 2100, based on temperature rises of 1.5C to 4C respectively

If early test flights of the projectMoon craft are successful, Rhiannon Adam and the rest of the space explorers could be the first group of private citizens to venture beyond low-Earth orbit

The find shows the dramatic moment almost 350 million years ago when over 200 sea urchins died together on the seafloor

The researchers believe that blocking the proline in the cancer-associated fibroblasts could be key to treating breast cancer in the future.

Jesuit priest Brother Guy Consolmagno returns to Ireland with a message for our astronomers 

Carvalho said that the single most important protective measure to prevent major glacier retreat worldwide would be to drastically reduce carbon emissions

When the biggest stars reach the end of their lives, they often go out with a bang, in an outburst called a supernova

The device is able to produce images from inside the tissue with “unprecedented speed”, the team said.

For the study, experts looked at DNA methylation, which acts as an extra layer of information on top of DNA

The orbit of the stars brings them together about once every eight years, and like the rings of a tree’s trunk, the dust loops mark the passage of time

David Moore of Astronomy Ireland said the Draconids are particularly interesting because they often display more 'unexpected and unpredictable outbursts'

Shackleton and his crew set out to achieve the first land crossing of Antarctica but Endurance did not reach land and became trapped in dense pack ice, forcing the 28 men on board to eventually abandon ship

The medicine prize kicks off a week of Nobel Prize announcements.

The research, published in Frontiers In Psychology, looked at 478 studies published in the past two decades and concluded that context was crucial to how beneficial screen use could be

Scientists say abnormalities in rats linked with 'blue light' suggests that our children's use of phones and other devices at bedtime could have similar ill-effects on them too

The countdown was scrubbed after Kennedy Space Center technicians made several failed attempts to fix a "large" leak of supercooled liquid hydrogen propellant being pumped into the rocket's core-stage fuel tanks, agency officials said

There’s a moment in the 1993 film Jurassic Park where the sceptical expert Ian Malcolm tells genetic engineers: “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.

The infrared images were artificially colored in blue, white, green, yellow and orange, according to the U.S.-French research team, to make the features stand out

Times change and certain innovative discoveries end up being dangerous for our health

Irish scientists are hopeful the images will spur a renewed interest and help motivate a funding boost for research in the country

The study sets out that water helped more than 80% of mineral species to form

The people of Northern Ireland are left without any clear voice just as Westminster moves to unilaterally alter the NI protocol against the majority’s expressed wishes

'Silent Spring' is as relevant as ever. And, sixty years on, we can't plead ignorance: We simply have no more excuses not to protect our precious environment

We found that the prevalence of headache disorders remains high worldwide and the burden of different types may impact many

The team, which includes a dinosaur specialist who advised on the film Jurassic Park have named the new species Tyrannosaurus imperator and Tyrannosaurus regina

‘Precision ALS’ project will use data analysis to improve understanding of how lifestyle and the environment impact the development of the disease

The researchers found that the “maximum” benefit for protection against early death as well as some of these major diseases was seen when people participated in 30 to 60 minutes of muscle-strengthening activity every week