Category Archives: News

World leading academic joins University College Cork

Posted: 24th December 2018 Author: Vi Doan

University College Cork (UCC) has appointed Professor Séamus Davis to spearhead a pioneering research programme to study Quantum Materials for Quantum Technology, in a joint appointment with the University of Oxford. The appointment of Professor Davis is supported in Ireland through a Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Professorship and an SFI Infrastructure Award, and in the UK […]

NUI Galway Start-up Selected to Participate in New Global Pre-accelerator Programme

Posted: 22nd December 2018 Author: Vi Doan

NUI Galway start-up NUA Surgical has been selected to take part in the inaugural LaunchPad Lift Powered by Techstars programme. LaunchPad Lift identifies top-performing university start-ups from across the LaunchPad global network of 20 universities, and pairs them with resources and opportunities to help their ventures succeed. LaunchPad Lift will help bridge the gap between the […]

€8 million research project to improve electric vehicle battery technology led by UL

Posted: 20th December 2018 Author: Vi Doan

Researchers at UL’s Bernal Institute are leading an €8 million EU funded research project, called Si-DRIVE to develop battery technology for higher performance electric vehicles (EVs). EVs currently make up less than 2% of the European fleet despite gradual gains in the market share. However, European policy demands that by 2030 40% of all new […]

Trinity to Become a Smoke-Free Campus

Posted: 19th December 2018 Author: Vi Doan

By: Eleanor O’Mahony from The University Times The College Board today approved the introduction of a smoke-free campus, after a successful two-year pilot, years of campaigning and a Trinity College Dublin Students Union (TCDSU) vote this year that showed students were overwhelmingly in favour of the move. There are now just three smoking zones on […]

UCD Ranked No. 1 in Ireland for Graduate Employability

Posted: 18th December 2018 Author: Vi Doan

For the second year in a row, University College Dublin is ranked number one in Ireland for graduate employability by QS World University Rankings, climbing one place from 75th to 74th in the world. According to QS, “UCD leads the national table by virtue of the work it has done to forge work-placement partnerships and researcher partnerships […]

RCSI Research Reveals that one in Four Suicide Attempts are Associated with Perceptual Difficulties such as ‘Hearing Voices’

Posted: 12th December 2018 Author: Vi Doan

Researchers at RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) have revealed that one quarter of suicide attempts are associated with dysfunction in how the brain interprets basic perceptual information, such as what we see, hear and think. The research shows that this dysfunction can predict suicidal behaviour, and offers new prospects for treatment and suicide […]

Investors Set to Build 145 Student Beds in Cork

Posted: 11th December 2018 Author: Vi Doan

Round Hill and NBKC have joined forces to deliver more than 1,200 student beds across Cork, Dublin and Galway By Fiona Reddan for the Irish Times Round Hill Capital and NBK Capital are set to build 145 student beds on a one acre site they have acquired at Farranlea Road, Cork, as part of broader […]

New Research Documentary from IDS-TILDA Focuses on Positive Ageing

Posted: 7th December 2018 Author: Vi Doan

Based on 10 years of findings from the Intellectual Disability Supplement to The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA), a new research documentary: ‘Ageing with PrIDe’ was launched at a gala screening in the the Samuel Beckett Theatre on Monday,December 3rd. The documentary captures a day in the life of Mei Lin Yap, a woman with Trinity, […]

New Medical Valve Will Make Treatment of Bladder Problems Safe and Prevent Painful Injuries

Posted: 6th December 2018 Author: Vi Doan

Medical device company – Class Medical – a University of Limerick spinout company have secured seed funding of €550,000 from investors including iHPSU match funding from Enterprise Ireland. Class Medical’s initial product offering is a patent protected device that eliminates the risk and complications associated with the treatment of painful urinary problems. Transurethral catheterisation (TUC) […]

UCD Professors Ranked Among World’s Most Influential Researchers

Posted: 5th December 2018 Author: Vi Doan

Four UCD researchers are among the top 1% of the most cited researchers in the world, according to the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2018, compiled by Clarivate Analytics. Working in the areas of food engineering, bionanotechnology and food chemistry, the researchers included in the listing are: Professor Colm O’Donnell, UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering. Professor Da-Wen Sun, […]

Study Reveals High Levels of Stress Across Tallaght Community

Posted: 4th December 2018 Author: Vi Doan

A new report, co-authored by Trinity academics, highlights increased levels of public satisfaction with the services at Tallaght University Hospital but that a lack of mental health services is leading to increasing levels of stress and psychological ill health—particularly in deprived areas. Commissioned by the Meath Foundation and presented at the annual Meath Research Symposium […]

Irish Team to Investigate Metatastic Breast Cancer

Posted: 3rd December 2018 Author: Vi Doan

Dublin-based scientists have been awarded funding to investigate how breast cancer tumours spread to the brain. Almost 2,800 women are newly diagnosed with breast cancer every year in Ireland, and while survival rates have increased, if the breast tumours begin to spread to other parts of the body, which is known as secondary or metastatic […]

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