Inspired by St Brigid’s Day and the Celtic festival of Imbolc, which traditionally mark the beginning of spring in Ireland, DIAS will be profiling some inspiring female researchers from its disciplines in the lead-up to International Women’s Day… Read More
DIAS scientists’ part of research team to record first ever detailed description of a volcanic eruption from Sierra Negra
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Last Updated: 4th March 2021 by Caoimhe Mulhall
A volcanic eruption in the Galápagos Islands has given scientists a fresh insight into how volcanoes behave and provided vital information that will help to predict future hazards on the islands. Irish scientists, based at Dublin Institute for… Read More
Imbolc & the first day of Spring
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Last Updated: 4th March 2021 by Caoimhe Mulhall
Inspired by St Brigid’s Day and the Celtic festival of Imbolc, which traditionally mark the beginning of spring in Ireland, DIAS will be profiling some inspiring female researchers from its disciplines in the lead-up to International Women’s Day… Read More
‘Reach for the Stars’ – DIAS’s Astrophotography Competition
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Last Updated: 6th February 2021 by Caoimhe Mulhall
The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies is delighted to invite entries for the inaugural ‘Reach for the Stars’ astrophotography competition. We are looking for the best astro-photographs taken in Ireland over the period 1st January 2020 to 31st… Read More
DIAS scientist amongst leaders of Ariel mission to explore distant exoplanets
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Last Updated: 13th November 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
Irish scientist Tom Ray – based at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) – is one of the leaders of the Ariel mission that has been adopted by the European Space Agency (ESA) this week to explore… Read More
Launching the #DIAS2020 Video
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Last Updated: 4th July 2020 by Alice PR
For eight decades, DIAS has been at the forefront of research and has continually explored the big questions of the 21st Century and beyond. DIAS has pushed the boundaries to explore and discover the unknown. Today, we continue… Read More
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies celebrates 80 years of Discovery
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Last Updated: 19th June 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) is marking its unique mission and rich legacy of ground-breaking discoveries with a week of on-line events culminating in DIAS Day on Friday, 19th June , which marks the 80th anniversary since… Read More
DIAS scientists collect unique data from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean
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Posted: 14th May 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
Unique ocean-bottom recordings of North Atlantic earthquakes and the songs of great baleen whales offshore Ireland have been obtained thanks to one of the boldest deep-ocean research projects ever undertaken in Europe. The SEA-SEIS project, led by scientists… Read More
DIAS seismologists detect change in “human-made seismic noise”
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Last Updated: 27th April 2020 by Alice PR
Further information can be accessed on the INSN homepage PRESS RELEASE Wednesday 8th April 2020 DIAS seismologists detect change in “human-made seismic noise” across Ireland due to Covid-19 lockdown Data from Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies illustrates the… Read More
International Women’s Day & DIAS
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Last Updated: 6th March 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
As part of our DIAS 2020 programme we wanted to present some of our most talented female researchers in a unique way for International Women’s Day. It was important that we show the humans behind the research. And… Read More
Dr Caitriona Jackman, receives SFI President of Ireland Future Research Leaders Award
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Last Updated: 5th March 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
Honorary Professor Caitriona Jackman, of DIAS Astronomy and Astrophysics has been awarded €1.3m via the SFI President of Ireland Future Research Leaders Award at a special ceremony in Áras an Uachtaráin, in Dublin today. The SFI President of… Read More
If you haven't seen it yet check out this amazing video created by @hogg82 of @dias_geophysics . Simply stunning 🤩 twitter.com/hogg82/status/…
This #WorldBookDay we couldn't pick just one DIAS book to tell you about. And so we decided to highlight our wonderful DIAS Bookshop managed by our School of Celtic Studies. Learn more about the titles available here: shop.dias.ie/product-catego… #DIASdiscovers #WorldBookDay2021
Thanks @siliconrepublic for helping to share the findings siliconrepublic.com/innovation/iri…
DIAS scientists’ part of research team to record first ever detailed description of a volcanic eruption from Sierra Negra. Read more: dias.ie/2021/03/04/dia… #DIASdiscovers @dias_geophysics #volcano #Galapagos Image courtesy of @AndyFBell
Meet the Judges of our "Reach for the Stars" Astrophotography competition! Brenda Fitzsimons is photo editor of the @IrishTimes. To learn more about the competition and submit an entry see dias.ie/reachforthesta… #DIASdiscovers #astrophotography
Nice work 👏 twitter.com/dias_geophysic…
Following on from our post, highlighting inspiring #WomeninResearch and encouraging #MondayMotiviation to explore these subjects. @ChantalKobel presents Celticist, Nessa Ní Shéaghdha and her contributions to the discipline youtu.be/LGPLltjTBKw #DIASdiscovers
We have entered the last month to capture that amazing photo of the sky and win our Astrophotography competition. We are accepting photographs taken between 01 January 2020 and 31 March 2021. You can submit an entry up to Friday 02nd April 2021. More: dias.ie/reachforthesta…
Meet the Judges of our "Reach for the Stars" Astrophotography competition! @petertgallagher is Head of @DIASAstronomy & has spent the past two decades studying the Sun its impacts on the Earth. To learn more and submit an entry see dias.ie/reachforthesta… #DIASdiscovers