''The Investigators'' is an Irish scientific television series broadcast on

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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

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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

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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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