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Students investigating ways of growing crops in space to have project tested on low gravity flight
Pictured above are: Adam Kelly, Cliodhna O'Reardon, Evanna Niall and Sam Enright A GROUP of secondary school students investigating ways of growing crops in space are to have their project tested on a [...]
New six year investment announced for SSPC
Thursday, May 9: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD, and Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development, John Halligan TD, announced investment of €230 million in six SFI [...]
“Don’t go bananas: rethinking radiation” by Eileen Courtney
Eileen Courtney, a PhD student of the Department of Physics and Bernal Institute at UL has won the audience “Top Speaker” prize and 3rd place winner at the FameLab Ireland final held at the Science [...]
Bernal Chair Michael Zaworotko has been awarded almost €1m funding for ground-breaking research
Professor Michael Zaworotko, Bernal Chair of Crystal Engineering and Science Foundation of Ireland Research Professor at the Bernal Institute University of Limerick, has been awarded €967,441.20 through the Irish Research Council 2019 Advanced [...]
UL Physics student wins IOPI Rosse Medal award for third consecutive year
A PHYSICS PhD student at the University of Limerick has won a prestigious national award that recognises excellence in graduate research communication. Sarah Markham, a PhD student of the Department of Physics and [...]
Second level students invited to create an experiment for testing in microgravity
Irish second level students are in with a chance to develop a science experiment for testing on a microgravity flight this October to help address the issue of sustaining life beyond this planet. [...]