Earth Day 2022: DIAS Contributing to the sustainability of our world

Last Updated: 21st April 2022 by Michelle Tobin

In 2018, the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies made a commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in its strategy “Embedded globally, strength locally”. Under the strategic goal – International research collaboration benefitting Ireland and the… Read More

DIAS Cosmic Physics marks 75 years of ground-breaking discoveries about our planet and universe

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Last Updated: 25th March 2022 by Michelle Tobin

From the first ever Irish experiment in space, to landmark insights on volcanoes, the School of Cosmic Physics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) will continue to play a leading role in strengthening our understanding of… Read More

Exploring the dark side of science and Celtic heritage: Line-up for DIAS Samhain agus Science festival announced

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Last Updated: 25th March 2022 by Michelle Tobin

(26.10.2021) Discovering the dark side of our universe, the ins and outs of Irish words through time and finding mysterious missing black holes are just some of the talks taking place as part of this year’s Samhain agus… Read More

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Last Updated: 23rd November 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall

Research Leaders Appointed to Council and School Governing Boards of Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

Appointment of Chair to Council of DIAS Dr. Peter Heffernan, former CEO of Marine Institute Ireland, has been appointed as the new Chair of the Council of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS). The appointment will run… Read More

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Last Updated: 30th December 2019 by Caoimhe Mulhall

Three Earthquakes reported off the coast of Ireland

The Irish National Seismic Network (INSN) has recorded three separate Earthquake events this December off the coast of Ireland. The first was detected on the 15th December at 21:19:52 UTC, when a M2.5 earthquake occurred in the Irish… Read More

International team led by DIAS researcher reveal the nature of high energy gamma-rays from superbubbles

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Last Updated: 20th May 2019 by Niamh Breathnach

The results of the work by an international scientific team led by Dr. Patrick Kavanagh from the School of Cosmic Physics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies has been published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. The… Read More

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Last Updated: 2nd May 2020 by Louise Collins

Statutory Public Lecture: ‘Forecasting the Unpredictable: Earthquake science in a crowded world’

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Last Updated: 23rd May 2018 by choran

Earthquake Donegal, 2nd August 2017, M1.5

On the 2nd August at 05:46 UTC (06:46 local time) an earthquake of magnitude 1.5 occurred in Donegal (NE of Milford on the Fanad Peninsula). Location 55.11N, 7.59W, see figure below. There are reports of this event having… Read More

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Last Updated: 22nd March 2016 by Anne Grace

School Of Cosmic Physics – Statutory Public Lectures

The 2012 Statutory Public Lecture of the School of Cosmic Physics will take place in Trinity College Dublin on Monday 17 September at 6:00pm. The lecture entitled “Global Science for the Benefit of Security and Humankind” will be… Read More

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Last Updated: 22nd March 2016 by Louise Collins

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