A new project, DIG (De-risking Ireland’s Geothermal energy potential), has received €775,606 from Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and Geological Survey Ireland under the SEAI Research, Development & Demonstration Funding Programme 2019. Scientists from DIAS/iCRAG (Brian O’Reilly,… Read More
Synge Week: 23-30 March
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Last Updated: 27th March 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
About J.L.Synge In 1897, John Lighton Synge was born on 23 March. He spent 47 years with DIAS, initially as a Senior Professor from 1948-1972, and Emeritus Professor until his passing on the 30 March 1995. J.L. Synge… Read More
UPDATE MARCH 24TH : Buildings Closure Notice
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Last Updated: 25th March 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
To protect the welfare of students, scholars and staff at DIAS and in the public interest, DIAS is implementing full ‘working from home’ for all its team as of 6pm Friday March 20th. This is effective until opening… 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
A major research project on geothermal energy has started at DIAS & UCC
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Last Updated: 20th March 2020 by Clodagh Moriarty
A new project, DIG (De-risking Ireland’s Geothermal energy potential), has received €775,606 from Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and Geological Survey Ireland under the SEAI Research, Development & Demonstration Funding Programme 2019. Scientists from DIAS/iCRAG (Brian O’Reilly,… Read More
DIAS & the ESA Solar Orbiter
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Last Updated: 11th February 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
Strong Irish links to the Solar Orbiter launch at Cape Canaveral Scientists from the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) attended the launch of the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft from Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral… Read More
DIAS 2020 marks 80 years of discovery with programme of events
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Last Updated: 27th January 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
An address by former President of Ireland Mary Robinson; a fun-filled family day at DIAS Dunsink Observatory; and a lecture by the ‘father of quantum’, Chinese physicist Professor Jian-Wei Pan, are amongst the highlights of a year-long programme… Read More
Dr Duygu Kiyan has been appointed a Schrödinger Fellow in Geophysics
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Last Updated: 21st January 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
The School of Cosmic Physics is delighted to announce that Dr Duygu Kiyan has been appointed a Schrödinger Fellow in Geophysics. Dr Kiyan’s research interests focus on natural-source electromagnetic techniques (i.e. magnetotellurics) in continental environments to understand thermal… Read More
DIAS scientists discover disappearance of large parts of tectonic plate beneath Africa
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Last Updated: 13th January 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
An international team led by scientists from the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) has discovered that large portions of the tectonic plate, or lithosphere, beneath Africa have disappeared over the past 200 million years. Their findings have… Read More
Marking a decade of “internationally acclaimed scientific achievements”
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Last Updated: 9th January 2020 by Caoimhe Mulhall
The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) has released details of some of its most significant achievements over the decade from 2010 to 2019. DIAS’s work focuses on Astrophysics, Geophysics, Theoretical Physics and Celtic Studies. Over the past… Read More
#SyngeWeek Part5 is now live on our website! "One of the attractions [of coming to DIAS] for me in 1948 was the prospect of being a colleague of Schrödinger. " Read more: dias.ie/2020/03/23/syn… Returning visitors remember to clear those cookies! #DIASdiscovers
Part 5 of #SyngeWeek covers his career with DIAS, the publication of "Relativity:The General Theory" which made DIAS the leading centre for research in General relativity for the following decade. Part 4 is availble until 6pm: dias.ie/2020/03/23/syn… #DIASdiscovers
On tonight! Don't miss your chance to see this fascinating documentary about Schroedinger's time in DIAS and the seminal discovery it lead to. Not forgetting he was DIAS' first Director of Theoretical Physics. @RTEOne #DIASdiscovers #schrodinger
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"...sometime early in 1944, I got a phone call from Oswald Veblen, asking me whether I would like to go to Europe attached to the American Army in a scientific capacity." #SyngeWeek Part 4: Columbus & Europe is now live on our website ➡️ dias.ie/2020/03/23/syn… #DIASdiscovers
Spring Newsletter just launched! See what has happened in 2020 so far: mailchi.mp/5ea85f227dce/d… Subscribe to our mailing list today to get future editions direct to your mailbox: dias.ie/mailinglistsub… #DIASdiscovers
"...he wanted to endow international medals in mathematics (a subject omitted from Nobel Prizes, on account of Nobel's jealousy of Mittag-Leffler..." #SyngeWeek Part 3: Toronto-Dublin-Toronto dias.ie/2020/03/23/syn… Returning visitors please remember to clear those cookies 🍪
"Long before 1916 I had become a Nationalist, but the idea that there might be an armed rebellion was nothing more than a whispered rumour..." #SyngeWeek part 3 will be posted on our website this evening at 6pm. Part 2: University is available until then: dias.ie/2020/03/23/syn…
Please note the reopening date of DIAS buildings is now 20 April. dias.ie/2020/03/13/ale… #coronavirus #StayHomeSaveLives
#SyngeWeek Part Two: University, is now live on our website. "...could force the rifle down the leg of his trousers, and we set out through the Front Gate of College; " ➡️dias.ie/2020/03/23/syn… Returning visitors please be sure to clear those cookies🍪 #DIASdiscovers
#SyngeWeek part 2 is coming this evening. This will cover his University years. J.L. Synge, an Irish mathematician & physicist, whose seven decade career included significant periods in Ireland (& DIAS) Canada, and the USA. Part 1 ➡️ dias.ie/2020/03/23/syn… #DIASdiscovers
"My mother was Ellen Frances Price (1861-1935), daughter of James Price, a distinguished Irish engineer. I believe that, in so far as it was genetic, my interest in mathematics came from this side of the family."- J.L Synge More: dias.ie/2020/03/23/syn… #SyngeWeek #DIASdiscovers
Just a reminder on the current operations at DIAS buildings in light of the #COVIDー19 outbreak. #StayAtHomeSaveLives dias.ie/2020/03/13/ale…
#OTD in 1897, John L Synge was born. He was a Senior Professor in DIAS from 1948-72, then Emeritus Professor until his passing on 30 March 1995. To celebrate this #SyngeWeek we will post daily excerpts from his typed autobiography. His life in his own words #DIASdiscovers