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Quake Shake: New programme encourages people to get involved in monitoring earthquakes

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) and Geological Survey Ireland are encouraging the next wave of ‘citizen seismologists’ through a new programme – Quake Shake – which was launched on 05 December 2023. Seismology is the study of… Read More

Geophysics Statutory Public Lecture 21 November

21 November 7 p.m., Old Physics Theatre, MoLI Museum, 86 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 ‘Exploring the Deep Earth: Supercomputing and Digital Twins’ with Speaker Prof. Heiner Igel, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich Understanding the history of our planet necessitates a… Read More

DIAS announces programme for Samhain agus Science festival 2023

Things that go bump in the night: bats, dark energy and worlds beyond our own at Samhain agus Science 2023 How can the unique biology of bats help us solve some of the greatest challenges that humans face… Read More

Samhain agus Science 2023

Samhain agus Science, now in its 6th year, is an annual initiative of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies taking place each year during Halloween. From spooky science to the mysteries of the Celtic festival of Samhain, DIAS… Read More

Irish scientists discover why Ireland has fewer earthquakes than Britain

Earthquake traces

(08.06.2023) A team of researchers from the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) and the University of Cambridge has discovered that variations in the thickness of tectonic plates relate directly to the distribution and risk of earthquakes in… Read More

DIAS to host IMPROVE Summer School in Carlingford Co. Louth 14th-20th May.

Registration is open for prospective PhD and early stage post docs for IMPROVE Summer School. The school will focus on geophysical data inversion and numerical forward modelling which are key elements in the study of volcanoes. Physics based… Read More

DIAS reflects on significant milestones of 2022

Ground-breaking images of space, unlocking the secrets of 7th century Ireland, and the country’s first underground seismic station The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) is reflecting on a successful year for the organisation, which included a number… Read More

Samhain agus Science 2022 Line Up

From pagan astronomers to Medieval fantasy, DIAS reveals line-up for 2022 Samhain agus Science Festival Life on other planets, what the ancient pagan astronomers of Ireland taught us, and the food and fantasies of Medieval Ireland are just… Read More

Samhain agus Science 2022

Samhain agus Science, now in its 5th year, is an annual initiative of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies taking place each year during Halloween. From spooky science to the mysteries of the Celtic festival of Samhain, DIAS… Read More

Five DIAS researchers secure SFI-IRC Pathways funding for their work

This morning (29.08.2022) Minister Simon Harris, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science announced an investment of €28.5 million across 53 research projects to support Ireland’s emerging research talent.  We are delighted that five of… Read More