The inaugural issue of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) Magazine distributed by the Financial Times worldwide highlighted Ireland and UCC as a hub for innovation, new ideas, start-ups and creativity. The GEN initiative is a new voice for promoting entrepreneurial growth and support start-ups around the world and featured a foreword by U.S. President Barack Obama. With […]
Why on the rollercoaster of life are some people more resilient to the negative effects of stress than others? Now University College Cork neuroscientists show that certain receptors in the brain play an important role in determining how we respond to different types of stress. Their research is being published today in the prestigious international […]
A project using smart technology to help the plight of the humble honey bee has won a global competition for UCC students against challengers from MIT/Boston University (2nd) and TU Delft (3rd). The UCC students created an energy-neutral smart beehive for the IEEE /IBM Smarter Planet Challenge 2014. The competition organisers asked students worldwide […]
A European consortium of clinicians and scientists has launched a major EU-funded collaboration project focused on the prevention of heart disease and stroke through food. BACCHUS an acronym for ‘Beneficial effects of bioactive compounds in humans’ will receive €6 million in funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme. BACCHUS aims to generate robust scientific […]
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