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18th March 2014 – Magnitude 2.6 earthquake recorded off Wexford coast

On 18th March 2014 at 20:45:15 UTC an earthquake of magnitude ML2.6 occurred off the east Wexford coast, location 52.36N, 6.20W. This event was felt in the Wexford area and was recorded at Irish National Seismic Network (INSN)… Read More

19th May 2014 – Statutory Public Lecture of the School of Theoretical Physics

The 2014 Statutory Public Lecture of the School of Theoretical Physics will take place on Monday 19th May at 7:30pm in UCD. The lecture entitled “Are Brains Analog or Digital?” will be given by Professor Freeman Dyson, Institute… Read More

3rd February 2014 – Science & Technology Symposium

Dr Yoshiyuki Kaneda, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), recently visited DIAS and gave a lecture marking the third anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. This was a joint initiative of the Embassy of Japan… Read More

7th January 2014 – DIAS Academic begins term as Chair of the European Space Agency’s Astronomy Working Group

We are pleased to announce that Professor Luke Drury, Director of the School of Cosmic Physics, has commenced a 3-year term as Chair of the European Space Agency’s Astronomy Working Group.

Summer School 2014 – School of Celtic Studies

The dates for the next Summer School in the School of Celtic Studies are 14–26 July 2014.

4th December 2013 – Magnitude 2.6 earthquake recorded off Cork coast

The Irish National Seismic Network (INSN) has confirmed that an earthquake measuring 2.6 magnitude occurred off the coast of County Cork, Ireland, at 7.57 AM on Wednesday, 04 December 2013.      

4th December 2013 – School of Cosmic Physics Statutory Public Lecture 2013

Professor Lars Bergström (Professor of Theoretical Physics, Stockholm University and Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physics) gave the School of Cosmic Physics Statutory Public Lecture recently. The lecture was entitled “Solving the Puzzle of Dark Matter?” and… Read More

29th November 2013 – DIAS Geophysics Scholar wins 2013 Student Author Award

Andrew Schaeffer of the Geophysics Section (School of Cosmic Physics) has won the 2013 Student Author Award of the Geophysical Journal International. The award has been established to recognise the best papers submitted to the journal by young… Read More

14th November 2013 – Ireland’s new supercomputer ‘Fionn’ is introduced at Dunsink Observatory

DIAS is delighted as a major supporter and co-founder of the Irish Centre for High-End Computing, to have hosted the announcement of the name of the new Irish supercomputer “Fionn” by Minister Sean Sherlock in Dunsink Observatory as… Read More

Friday 8th November – Drama at Dunsink Observatory

Friday 8th November – Drama at Dunsink Observatory **Please note that this event is now sold out**  “The Life of Galileo” starts today at Dunsink Observatory and runs for three days only as a lead in to Science… Read More