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Fossils survive volcanic eruption to tell us about volcano origins

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The most recent eruption on the Canary Islands – at El Hierro in 2011 – produced spectacularly enigmatic white “floating rocks” that originated from the layers of oceanic sedimentary rock … Read the rest

LERO wins €400,000 research contract with ESA

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Lero – the Irish Software Research Centre (Lero) has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the implementation of a research programme worth €400,000. The 18 month programme, … Read the rest

Irish Equine Technology Start-Up Secures €550,000 in Seed Funding

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Equilume, the University College Dublin (UCD) equine technology spin-out company, has announced that it has secured €550,000 in seed funding.

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Cork Young Scientists are Persons of Month

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Scientific hat-trick winners Sophie Healy-Thow 17 yrs, 16-year-olds Ciara Judge and Emer Hickey have been chosen Cork Persons of the Month.  Their names now also go forward, with the other … Read the rest

Congratulations to UCD Professor Barry Smyth – SFI Researcher of the Year 2014

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Athlone, 3rd November – Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English TD, this evening announced Prof Barry Smyth as the Science Foundation Ireland Researcher of the Year 2014 at the SFI … Read the rest

Irish Scientists Help to Discover New Gene involved in Motor Neuron Disease

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In a ground breaking paper just published in the international journal Neuron, an international consortium involving scientists and clinicians from Trinity College Dublin, led by their long term collaborator … Read the rest

€245m to be invested in 5 new world-class SFI Research Centres

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  • €155m in funding from the Department of Jobs through SFI will be provided for five World-Class SFI Research Centres
  • €90m co-investment by industry partners, bringing the total investment to €245m
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Irish students win global science competition

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Three Irish students have won a global science research competition at the GoogleScience Fair 2014 in San Francisco. Ciara Judge, Emer Hickey and Sophie Healy-Thow from Kinsale Community School, Cork were named the … Read the rest

NUI Galway formalise research collaboration with Mayo Clinic in US

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NUI Galway has signed an agreement to formalise collaborative ties with the Mayo Clinic Centre for Regenerative Medicine in the US. The agreement follows many years of close cooperation, and paves

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New insights into spread and survival of blood cancer cells

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Researchers at the National University of Ireland Galway have identified an enzyme that has a key role in the spread and survival of blood cancer cells. The discovery, which focussed … Read the rest