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28th August 2017 : Workshop on Cherenkov Telescope Array – Ireland

Workshop to discuss participation in the Cherenkov Telescope Array project in Ireland. Funded by the Irish Research Council New Foundations scheme Venue: DIAS, 10 Burlington Road, Dublin 4 Date: Monday August 28, 2017, 10am – 5pm (approx.) The… Read More

Sediments make the colour: Dr. Eva Eibl’s photo/post on EGU Blogs

Imaggeo on Mondays: Sediments make the colour! Read Eva’s piece on EGU Blogs Imaggeo on Mondays: Sediments make the colour

13th July – DIAS medal awarded to German scientist

Professor Christian Spiering was awarded the 2017 O’Ceallaigh medal at the opening of the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference in Busan, Korea, on Thursday 13th July.  The medal was  presented by Professor Luke Drury, Director of the School… Read More

31st Aug-1st Sept : School of Celtic Studies Symposium on New Approaches to Brittonic Historical Linguistics

Taking place from 31 August – 1 September 2017. Programme now available here

Mon 3rd July – Celtic Studies Summer School launched by Mary Mitchell-O’Connor, Minister of State at the Department of Education with special responsibility for Higher Education

International students flock to Ireland for Celtic Studies Summer School Fifty undergraduate and postgraduate students from all over the world will descend on Dublin this week for a Celtic Studies Summer School, run by the School of Celtic… Read More

Mon 26th June – Team of Astronomers led by DIAS Astronomer Use Alma to Make the Most Detailed Image of Another Star that has Ever Been Produced

An international team of astronomers have used ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array), the world’s largest radio telescope, to make the most detailed image of the surface of a star (other than our Sun) that has ever been created… Read More

Thursday 6th July: STP Seminar – “Quantum engineering using magnetic fields: Quantum Magnetomechanics”

Title: Quantum engineering using magnetic fields: Quantum Magnetomechanics Speaker: Jason Twamley (Macquarie University, Sydney) Abstract: Optomechanics – the control and manipulation of mesocopic objects towards the quantum regime, has attracted much attention. The use of light however, brings with it several… Read More

16 – 18 June 2017 : Solarfest 2017 at Dunsink Observatory

Solarfest will take place at Dunsink Observatory, Castleknock, Dublin 15 on the 16th, 17th and 18th of June. Organised by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS), Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies (IFAS), Meath Astronomy Group and the… Read More

2017-06-02 – Agallamh le Blas ar BBC Raidió Uladh BBC Gaeilge T Blake interview

2nd of June 2017 – Interview for the BBC Radio Ulster – Thomas Blake, the Director of Observational Seismology at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies speaks about the strength of Irish earthquakes and their regularity. Listen to… Read More

The First meeting to promote research on massive stars and supernovae in Ireland was held in DIAS May 25-26

In 2016 a number of new Astronomy and Astrophysics research groups were set up in the ROI to study massive stars, their evolution, and explosion. Following on from this a series of meetings have been proposed linking these… Read More