A major M7.0 earthquake occurred on the island of Kyushu, Japan on 15th April 2016 at 16:25 UTC (01:25 on 16th April local time). A number of aftershocks have been recorded. A tsunami alert was issued for Japanese… Read More

The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS), with the support of an interdisciplinary grant from the Irish Research Council (WEXD – When Experts Disagree), will hold a specialist workshop from Tuesday 12th to Thursday 14th April 2016 examining… Read More

Staff from DIAS Geophysics developed and delivered an intensive, one-week, course recently on ‘Applied Geophysics’. The course was delivered to final year geology students of UCD and TCD. The course took place in Dunsink Observatory.

Incredibly high energy particles bombarding Earth are likely to be coming from a supermassive black hole located near the centre of our Milky Way galaxy, new research by an Irish based scientist and his colleagues has concluded. Full… Read More

Scientists from the DIAS Geophysics section will attend the 59th Irish Geological Research meeting in Galway this weekend. They will present their research in such areas as: theoretical geophysics, geothermal research in Ireland and abroad, marine seismic research… Read More

DIAS is a partner in Japan’s ASTRO-H space mission. The spacecraft was launched successfully from Tanegashima by the Japanese Space Agency JAXA at 8:45 am (GMT) Wednesday morning 17th February. The launch can be viewed here.

Senior Professor Chris Bean, Head of the Geophysics Section in the School of Cosmic Physics, has been awarded a Science Foundation Ireland Research Infrastructure Award.   The project is entitled “Insitu Marine Laboratory for Geosystems Research” (iMARL) and… Read More

On 6th January 2016 at 01:41:55 the Irish National Seismic Network (INSN) recorded an unusual seismic event located in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Read more

Dr Immo Warntjes (Queen’s University Belfast) delivered this public lecture on Friday 11th December at DIAS. This was part of a programme of special lectures celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Foundation of DIAS.