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Great Medical Promises Threatened by Booming Miracle Cures and Undue Pressure to Gain Fast-Track Approvals
Friday, 5 June 2020A new report by the European Academies of Science and Medicine on Regenerative Medicine calls upon European lawmakers to protect biomedical science from false claims.
IHTA Town Type Series: The Town in the Nineteenth Century
Wednesday, 3 June 2020In the sixth and final IHTA Town Type Essay, Jacinta Prunty, Irish Historic Towns Atlas editor and Maynooth University lecturer, discusses the changes in and to towns in the nineteenth century.
How linguistics can help the historian: Part V
Wednesday, 3 June 2020This instalment looks at how a piece of Strasbourg language planning, having successfully averted war in Europe for a while, went on to affect the subsequent history of the whole world.
Protection of Marine Environments - Call for Experts
Tuesday, 2 June 2020A new project being led by the Korean Academy of Science and Technology will develop a statement on the protection of marine environments.
RDA COVID-19 Guidelines and Recommendations final draft now open for public consultation
Tuesday, 2 June 2020On 28 May 2020, the Research Data Alliance published the pre-final version of the RDA COVID-19 Recommendations and Guidelines covering four research areas – clinical data, omics practices, epidemiology and social...
Drought: a risk being overlooked in Ireland?
Tuesday, 2 June 2020The year 2018 revealed the vulnerabilities of Irish society to drought across multiple sectors, particularly water supply, agriculture and ecology. Now, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, another drought is brewing.
How Ireland dealt with the aftermath of the Second World War
Thursday, 28 May 2020Documents on Irish Foreign Policy Vol. VIII, 1945-1948, now freely available online, reveals how the Irish state dealt with the aftermath of the Second World War
2020 Michel Déon Prize Shortlist
Thursday, 28 May 2020The Royal Irish Academy and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade have today announced the six shortlisted titles for the 2020 Michel Déon Prize for Non-Fiction.
European Academies of Science: European Union must base green recovery plans on science
Wednesday, 27 May 2020This new EASAC commentary entitled 'How can science help to guide the European Union’s green recovery after COVID-19?' discusses how science can help to guide the European Union’s green recovery after COVID-19.
New report on Climate Change Education by the ALLEA Science Education Working Group
Wednesday, 27 May 2020According to the report entitled 'A Snapshot of Climate Change Education Initiatives in Europe' more of a focus is needed on mitigation, adaptation, and climate justice.