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March 2012 – DIAS Geophysics Scholar Wins Best Student Talk Prize

Andrew Schaeffer from the Geophysics section of the School of Cosmic Physics won the best student talk prize at the recent 2012 Irish Geological Research Meeting (IGRM). The 2012 IGRM took place at University College Cork from February… Read More

February 2012 – DIAS astronomer provides explanation for radiation detected from the Crab Pulsar

An explanation for recently detected radiation from the Crab Pulsar – one of the brightest persistent gamma-ray sources in the sky – is proposed in Nature this week. The pulses of very high-energy gamma-ray emission are ascribed to… Read More

26 January 2012 – Earthquake in Donegal

At 01:04am on January 26th the INSN seismic station IDGL in Donegal recorded a minor earthquake in the region north of Buncrana.

January 2012 – Werner Nahm – The Embedding of Quantum Field Theory in Mathematics

Professor Werner Nahm recently gave a talk entitled “The Embedding of Quantum Field Theory in Mathematics” during the Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Field Theory Workshop in the Simon Center for Geometry on the 18th of January 2012.  Video… Read More

10 Burlington Road

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 10 Burlington Road, Dublin 4 D04 C932 ( GPS +53° 19′ 53.08″, -6° 14′ 45.08″ ) ( Loc8:NN5-15-W23 ) Central Administration Main number : +353-1-6140100 Fax: +353-1-6680561 Staff School of Celtic Studies Staff… Read More

31 Fitzwilliam Place

School of Cosmic Physics / Astronomy and Astrophysics Section 31 Fitzwilliam Place Dublin 2 D02 XF86 ( GPS +53° 20′ 0.28″, -6° 15′ 10.08″ ) ( Loc8:NP5-98-3RJ ) Contact Since late July 2007, it houses the Astronomy and… Read More

5 Merrion Square

School of Cosmic Physics / Geophysics Section 5 Merrion Square Dublin 2 D02 Y006 ( GPS +53° 20′ 27″, -6° 14′ 59.08″ ) ( Loc8:NN5-56-ZV7 ) Contact It is located in the heart of Georgian Dublin and it… Read More

Dunsink Observatory

Dunsink Observatory Castleknock Dublin 15 D15 XR2R ( GPS +53° 23′ 12.30″, -6° 20′ 10.40″ ) ( Loc8:NQ7-70-XS7 ) Contact It is located about 8 kms northwest of Dublin city centre, in the suburb of Castleknock. Easily accessible… Read More

September 2011 – Statutory Public Lecture – School of Theoretical Physics

Professor Cumrun Vafa recently visited DIAS and gave the 2011 Statutory Public Lecture of the School of Theoretical Physics. The lecture was held in Trinity College on Saturday 19th November and was entitled “Geometric Physics“.  The talk reviewed… Read More

Simple Finance System

Current version: 0.2 Last update: October 2011 Licence: GPLv2 or later Simple Finance System Download Download available from GitHub How it works Description and features A few snapshots {slimbox images/stories/admin/Simple-Finance-System/snapshots/01-login.png.jpg,images/stories/admin/Simple-Finance-System/thumbs/01-login.png.jpg,01-login} {slimbox images/stories/admin/Simple-Finance-System/snapshots/02-main-menu.png.jpg,images/stories/admin/Simple-Finance-System/thumbs/02-main-menu.png.jpg,02-main-menu} {slimbox images/stories/admin/Simple-Finance-System/snapshots/03-creating-a-travel-request.png.jpg,images/stories/admin/Simple-Finance-System/thumbs/03-creating-a-travel-request.png.jpg,03-creating-a-travel-request} {slimbox images/stories/admin/Simple-Finance-System/snapshots/04-editing-a-travel-request-1.png.jpg,images/stories/admin/Simple-Finance-System/thumbs/04-editing-a-travel-request-1.png.jpg,04-editing-a-travel-request-1} {slimbox images/stories/admin/Simple-Finance-System/snapshots/05-editing-a-travel-request-2-items-type.png.jpg,images/stories/admin/Simple-Finance-System/thumbs/05-editing-a-travel-request-2-items-type.png.jpg,05-editing-a-travel-request-2-items-type}… Read More