''The Investigators'' is an
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
scientific television series broadcast on
RTÉ One
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. The series examines some of the most interesting projects being worked on by leading Irish scientists across the globe and assesses what potential impact they may have in the future. The selection of projects is diverse, ranging from the identification of a protein which may help to arrest and even reverse the onset of
Alzheimer's disease to the design of a camera which can capture an extraterrestrial event that happened billions of years ago. Each programme focuses on a specific area of life such as
Ireland in Space, Ageing,
Sensors,
Climate Change
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, Crops of the Future and the
Nano Revolution. The series airs each Thursday at 23:05.
Synopsis
Series one
Series one was broadcast on RTÉ in seven parts from 8 November 2007.
Series two
Series two began broadcasting on 6 November 2008. It featured researchers from
UCD in five of its episodes.
"UCD Researchers featured on RTE series ‘The Investigators’"
UCD. Accessed 15 November 2008.
References
External links
* Official sites
Series 2
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2007 Irish television series debuts
Irish documentary television series
RTÉ original programming