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Engineering and Computing Academy Early Career Profile Blog
Wednesday, 8 May 2019Applications are now open for the 2019 Engineering and Computer Science Early Career Profile Blog.
Vaccination isn't a personal choice, it's a public one
Friday, 26 April 2019The risk posed by not vaccinating is far greater than any risk associated with receiving a vaccine says the Royal Irish Academy's Life and Medical Sciences committee who wants to help the public make more informed...
Mark O'Malley MRIA elected to the US National Academy of Engineering
Tuesday, 16 October 2018A prestigious recognition as he is one of only sixteen foreign members elected to the US National Academy of Engineering this year.
Gene Editing: Technologies, Potential and Ethical Implications
Tuesday, 1 May 2018On Thursday 26 April 2018, The Life and Medical Sciences Committee presented a one-day conference addressing the wide-ranging implications of gene editing techniques for all of life and medical science.
Dr Junsi Wang wins Young Chemist Prize 2017
Friday, 20 April 2018This award which is sponsored by Henkel, is granted to the most outstanding Irish Ph.D. thesis in the general area of the chemical sciences.
Extreme Weather Events in Europe
Wednesday, 28 March 2018Ray McGrath, UCD comments on Extreme weather events in Europe in the latest blog from the Climate Change and Environmental Sciences Committee
BEHAVE! Examining the role of behaviour change in climate change mitigation and adaptation
Thursday, 22 March 2018Professor Anna Davies, TCD, recounts the ‘BEHAVE’ event hosted by Future Earth Ireland in November 2017.
Glaoch Oscailte freastal ar Choistí Ildisciplíneacha
Monday, 22 January 2018Is iad aidhmeanna Choistí an Acadaimh ná saineolas eolaíochta agus léannta a chur ar fáil agus luach na n-eolaíochtaí, na ndaonnachtaí agus na n-eolaíochtaí sóisialta a chur chun cinn.
G&T Tariffs of Climate Science
Thursday, 7 December 2017Rhonda McGovern discusses the recent masterclass “Confronting the Unmentionable – Overcoming the Climate Change Taboo” by Professor Chris Rapley.