Series Two
Series two began broadcasting on 6 November 2008. It featured researchers from UCD in five of its episodes.
| Summary | Broadcast date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Sensors and the World of Artificial Intelligence" | Irish scientists marry the technologies of nanoscience, sensors and the computing power of the internet. | 6 November 2008 | |
| "Crops of the Future" | Research has opened up new horizons for crop growers in areas such as human health, from "superbreads" to plants that could help in the production of a HIV/Aids vaccine. | 13 November 2008 | |
| "Climate Change" | The important work on mathematical models of our future climate. These are run on powerful computers operated by the UCD Meteorology and Climate Centre and the Irish Centre for High-End Computing. | 20 November 2008 | |
| "Ireland in Space" | Irish researchers are working on new materials for use in the European Space Agency's 2013 mission to Mercury, a device to measure radiation on satellites and a camera that can picture an event in space which happened billions of years ago. | 27 November 2008 | |
| "Aging" | Research is being acrried out at UCD, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin and Remedi, Galway into the earlier diagnosis and possible prevention of related diseases. It includes research to identify a protein which may help to arrest and even reverse the onset of Alzheimer's disease. | 4 December 2008 | |
| "The Nano Revolution" | Interviews with several pioneers in this area - Professor Mike Coey from TCD, UCD's Professor Ken Dawson and DIT's Dr Suresh Pillai, who has designed a nanoparticle which can be activated by fluorescent lighting designed to kill the MRSA hospital bug. | 11 December 2008 |
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