Dervilla Donnelly obituary: Internationally renowed chemist
UCD professor was a mentor, friend and role model to many, particularly to women
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Relief as Juice probe successfully manages fly-by of the moon in historic ‘gravity assist’ manouevre
ESA and DIAS teams gear-up for fly-by of Earth in latest stage of mission to Jupiter
Juice mission to Jupiter to undertake high risk fly-by of Earth and Moon
Irish researchers based at DIAS to test key instruments helping to ensure spacecraft stays on right trajectory
Icelandic life: Threatened by lava flows, deep fissures and powerful earthquakes
‘You sort of live with it … this is our culture and our culture is very much shaped by the land’
‘Beautifully illustrated essay’ on intelligence of fungi by UL student wins 2024 Mary Mulvihill Award
Entry from Evanna Winters explores ‘wood wide web’, the subterranean fungal network that extends beneath forest floor
Pictures of Whirlpool galaxy and Milky Way win astrophotography competition
More than 70 entries submitted to competition run by Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies
Preparing for lift-off: Irish scientists contribute to Jupiter mission in search for alien life
‘This will help bring us closer to answering one of the most important questions facing humanity today – if we are alone in the Universe’
Irish astrophotographers invited to reach for the stars in prestigious photography competition
Winning entries will be published in The Irish Times and on the website of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS)
Irish-designed telescope instrument delivering ‘astounding’ views of universe
Researchers from Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies celebrate breakthrough in how stars are formed
Irish scientists lead effort to enhance solar storm warnings
Size of solar storms varies but some can be many times the size of Earth and can envelop the planet
Molecules, metaphors and the place of science in culture
One is contained within the other, but how does that manifest itself?
Could the new space telescope unlock the secrets of the universe?
The James Webb Space Telescope may tell us more about dark matter and other mysteries
How Erwin Schrödinger indulged his ‘Lolita complex’ in Ireland
Nobel Prize-winning physicist, who spent 17 years in Ireland, was a serial groomer of girls
Ecologist Yvonne Buckley named Irish Research Council researcher of the year
Prof Buckley’s work focuses on growth, reproduction and survival of plants and animals
Máire Mhac an tSaoi obituary: acclaimed poet, critic and diplomat
An ‘enabling force’ for later Irish language women writers
First female senior professor appointed at Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Caitriona Jackman to lead research on magnetic bubbles surrounding magnetised planets
Sounds of the Earth: New compositions shed light on planet’s noises
Work by Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies provides ‘new perspective’ of Earth
Shooting stars: Our astonishing front-page photograph, and the competition it won
A contest to capture Ireland’s night sky received a huge response. These are among the highlights
Night sky photography competition due to close soon
Final push for submissions to Reach for the Stars, which closes to entries on April 2nd
Ireland ready to answer ET’s call
Birr Castle telescope can detect low-frequency radio waves travelling across space
Distinguished Irish scientists to lead DIAS line-up for 2020 Dublin Festival of History
Astrophysicist Prof Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell and immunologist Prof Luke O’Neill will feature
Irish astronomers become the first to visualise a star being born
Telescope images show a ‘steller baby’ and its solar system being created
Cornelius Lanczos: Inspired by Hamilton’s quaternions
That’s Maths: Influential Hungarian took up position in Dias in 1954
Prof Denis O’Sullivan: the Irishman who shone light on cosmic rays
The physicist, who died in February, worked with Nasa to protect astronauts from radiation
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies celebrates 80 years of discovery
When founded in 1940 it was the first such institute in Europe
Coronavirus: Community spread mostly under control, but evidence of people moving about
Tony Holohan warns against complacency, pointing increased seismilogical activity
Volcano watch aims to improve eruption forecasting in order to save lives
Assessing the eruption threat is a complicated business, with fluids, gases, stresses and rock strengths among the many variables
Human ground vibrations cut in three since Covid-19 restrictions
Seismologists at Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies shows decrease in activity
Trust no one: The cynical logic of social media
Mimicking online ethos is self-defeating for mainstream media, says ‘trust expert’ José Van Dijck
Solar Orbiter to shed new light on the sun
It is expected two solar probes observing the sun will revolutionise solar science
A better forecast for space weather
Research lives: Dr Sophie Murray is a research fellow at TCD and Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Twenty women-only professorships to be established this year
Mary Mitchell O’Connor says the gender equality move is ‘game-changing moment’
Social media the ‘big game changer’ for trust in experts
Astrophysicist and philosopher run the rule over what precisely makes experts reliable
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