A new project, DIG (De-risking Ireland’s Geothermal energy potential), has received €775,606 from Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and Geological Survey Ireland under the SEAI Research, Development & Demonstration Funding Programme 2019. Scientists from DIAS/iCRAG (Brian O’Reilly,… Read More
Dr Caitriona Jackman, receives SFI President of Ireland Future Research Leaders Award
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Last Updated: 5th May 2021 by Caoimhe Mulhall
Honorary Professor Caitriona Jackman, of DIAS Astronomy and Astrophysics has been awarded €1.3m via the SFI President of Ireland Future Research Leaders Award at a special ceremony in Áras an Uachtaráin, in Dublin today. The SFI President of… Read More
A major research project on geothermal energy has started at DIAS & UCC
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Last Updated: 23rd April 2020 by Clodagh Moriarty
A new project, DIG (De-risking Ireland’s Geothermal energy potential), has received €775,606 from Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and Geological Survey Ireland under the SEAI Research, Development & Demonstration Funding Programme 2019. Scientists from DIAS/iCRAG (Brian O’Reilly,… Read More
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Last Updated: 2nd May 2020 by George Rogers
CANCELLED – STP, DIAS Statutory Public Lecture – Monday 30 March 2020
Speaker: Prof Pan Jianwei (University of Science & Technology of China)
Title: Dream & Realization of Quantum Communication
DIAS & the ESA Solar Orbiter
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Last Updated: 5th May 2021 by Caoimhe Mulhall
Strong Irish links to the Solar Orbiter launch at Cape Canaveral Scientists from the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) attended the launch of the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft from Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral… Read More
DIAS 2020 marks 80 years of discovery with programme of events
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Last Updated: 14th May 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
An address by former President of Ireland Mary Robinson; a fun-filled family day at DIAS Dunsink Observatory; and a lecture by the ‘father of quantum’, Chinese physicist Professor Jian-Wei Pan, are amongst the highlights of a year-long programme… Read More
DIAS astrophysicist confirms theory on how massive stars are formed
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Last Updated: 21st January 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
In our galaxy exists billions of massive stars. Despite their short and turbulent existence, protostars play a significant role in astrophysics. For example, they forge metals and heavier chemical elements, which will be released into space at the… Read More
Dr Duygu Kiyan has been appointed a Schrödinger Fellow in Geophysics
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Last Updated: 14th May 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
The School of Cosmic Physics is delighted to announce that Dr Duygu Kiyan has been appointed a Schrödinger Fellow in Geophysics. Dr Kiyan’s research interests focus on natural-source electromagnetic techniques (i.e. magnetotellurics) in continental environments to understand thermal… Read More
DIAS scientists discover disappearance of large parts of tectonic plate beneath Africa
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Last Updated: 9th December 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
An international team led by scientists from the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) has discovered that large portions of the tectonic plate, or lithosphere, beneath Africa have disappeared over the past 200 million years. Their findings have… Read More
Marking a decade of “internationally acclaimed scientific achievements”
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Last Updated: 5th May 2021 by Caoimhe Mulhall
The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) has released details of some of its most significant achievements over the decade from 2010 to 2019. DIAS’s work focuses on Astrophysics, Geophysics, Theoretical Physics and Celtic Studies. Over the past… Read More
DIAS receives funding for new ‘SALI’ Senior Professorship in Physics
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Last Updated: 9th December 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
DIAS is celebrating an excellent start to 2020, with receipt of funding for a new Senior Professorship in Physics. The announcement was made Friday 03 January by Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor, TD. This… Read More
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