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UL Breakthrough Turns Scourge of Plastic Waste Into Useful Raw Materials

Posted: 6th September 2019 Author: Vi Doan

Innovative UL project could help end the scourge of plastic pollution and turn waste into profit. Researchers at University of Limerick (UL) have developed a breakthrough solution that turns waste plastic bottles into composites for many uses, including car parts. The project by researchers at the Irish Composites Centre (IComp) has already won the backing of Enterprise […]

Trinity Graduate Takes on Leading Research Role in University of Limerick

Posted: 31st July 2019 Author: Vi Doan

A Trinity graduate has been named as the new Vice-President for Research at the University of Limerick (UL). Prof Norelee Kennedy, who graduated from Trinity with a PhD in physiotherapy in 2004, will take over the role in January of next year. As a member of the college’s executive committee, the vice-president for research plays […]

University of Limerick Hoping to Further Develop New €47m Research Centre at Park Point

Posted: 29th August 2018 Author: Vi Doan

by Jess Casey for Limerick Leader THE UNIVERSITY of Limerick is seeking planning permission for further development at its new €47million research centre at a previously vacant site on the Dublin Road. The UL Confirm Centre was officially launched earlier this year, with an announcement in May that the project expected to create 100 highly-skilled jobs […]

UL Hospitals Group Inaugural Mulitcultural Celebration Day

Posted: 19th June 2018 Author: Vi Doan

Celebrating Multicultural day at University Hospital Limerick were, Debra Hammoudi, Erica McMahon and Micah Guillermo, Philippino Community. With 300 staff from 50 countries working across our six hospitals, today we experienced diverse cultures, ethnic foods and enjoyed performances of song, dance from children of our staff. Picture: Alan Place UL Hospitals Group held its first […]

Biology Students Get Hands-On Experience at University of Limerick

Posted: 25th January 2018 Author: Vi Doan

450 Leaving Certificate biology students from all over Munster are getting hands-on experience of the state-of-the-art laboratories at the University of Limerick this week. The Department of Biological Sciences at UL are giving the students an opportunity to conduct the laboratory practical experiments set on the Leaving Certificate Biology curriculum in a third level environment. […]

UL Researchers Generate Electricity from Low-Cost Biomaterial

Posted: 8th December 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Mobile phone speakers and motion detectors in cars and video games may soon be powered by electricity generated from low cost and sustainable biomaterials, according to research carried out at University of Limerick (UL), Ireland. Scientists at UL’s Bernal Institute have discovered that the biomolecule glycine, when tapped or squeezed, can generate enough electricity to […]

Irish Scientists Discover Method to Produce Electricity from Tears

Posted: 4th October 2017 Author: Vi Doan

A team of scientists at University of Limerick has discovered that applying pressure to a protein found in egg whites and tears can generate electricity. The researchers from the Bernal Institute observed that crystals of lysozyme, a model protein that is abundant in egg whites of birds as well as in the tears, saliva and […]

New Confirm research centre at UL is a ‘game changer’

Posted: 11th September 2017 Author: Vi Doan

The launch of a new World-class research centre at the University of Limerick is a game-changer for Irish manufacturing competitiveness according to its director. The €47 million Confirm centre will be led by UL and Professor Conor McCarthy, with Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Cork Institute of Technology, NUI Galway, Athlone Institute of Technology, Maynooth […]

University of Limerick president to introduce ‘no smoking zones’

Posted: 30th August 2017 Author: Vi Doan

The University of Limerick is moving towards having a ‘No-Smoking’ campus, its president Dr Des Fitzgerald has announced. Dr Fitzgerald said there will be designated smoke-free areas all around the campus in the coming months, with some being introduced next month. The full details of the number and the locations of the smoke free zones […]

At UL, One-of-a-kind multi-million-Euro microscope unveiled

Posted: 21st July 2017 Author: Vi Doan

A multi-million-Euro microscope funded by Science Foundation Ireland and the University of Limerick (UL), was unveiled today at UL’s Bernal Institute. The new microscope will allow researchers to study materials at an atomic level in real-world conditions and is one of only a handful of microscopes with these capabilities worldwide. The Titan Themis is a […]

‘Edison of Medicine’ delivers Bernal Distinguished Lecture at UL

Posted: 22nd June 2017 Author: Vi Doan

Researchers from around Ireland gathered in University of Limerick (UL) on Friday morning to listen to one of the world’s top engineers discuss his work in the area of biomaterials and biotechnology. Described by Harvard Business Review as the ‘Edison of Medicine’, Professor Robert Langer is credited with improving the lives of more than two […]

UL team wins US-Ireland Research Innovation Award

Posted: 24th May 2017 Author: Vi Doan

University of Limerick, 3D4Medical and IBM Research were the winners of the 2017 US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards, jointly presented by the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland and the Royal Irish Academy at the Chamber’s Annual Dinner in the Clayton Burlington Hotel, Dublin. The team from UL led by Dr Eamonn de Barra, in collaboration with […]

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