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MU scientist wins prestigious Dirks Molecular Programming Prize
Maynooth University researcher Dr Constantine Evans has been awarded the 2025 Robert Dirks Molecular Programming Prize in recognition of exceptional early-career achievement.
Date: Tuesday, 06 May 2025
MU partners in drone study to shape future urban air mobility
A two-year in-depth study to help prepare Dublin and other European cities for the widespread use of drones in commercial and civic life has been launched today by the Minister of State at the Department of Transport and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, James Lawless.
Date: Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Pioneering MU DNA computing project awarded €4m in EU funding
MU computer scientist Prof Damien Woods has been awarded €4 million in funding under the European Innovation Council Pathfinder Challenge programme, with his proposal for a DNA-based computing and information storage system.
Date: Monday, 21 October 2024
23 MU researchers listed in World’s Top 2% Scientists Rankings
Maynooth University is strongly represented in the World’s Top 2% Scientist Rankings. This year, 23 researchers are recognised as leading experts in their fields in the rankings produced by Stanford University scientists in cooperation with publisher Elsevier BV and the SciTech Strategies Inc, based on Scopus data.
Date: Wednesday, 02 October 2024
MU study reveals impact of homework on student achievement
Researchers at Maynooth University’s Hamilton Institute and Department of Mathematics and Statistics have unveiled significant findings on the role of homework in student achievement.
Date: Thursday, 19 September 2024
Extreme temperatures becoming more common in Ireland -- MU study
A temperature event of 33 degrees Celsius in Dublin’s Phoenix Park has gone from being a 1 in 180-year event in 1942 to a 1 in 9-year event in 2020, according to a new study led by Maynooth University.
Date: Tuesday, 02 July 2024
ICARUS research finds climate change drove Midleton flooding
Human-induced climate change made the extreme two-day rainfall event associated with flooding in Midleton, County Cork last October “more likely and more intense”, according to a new study involving researchers from the ICARUS Climate Research Centre in Maynooth University.
Date: Thursday, 29 February 2024
MU researchers win EPA funding for environmental projects
Two researchers at Maynooth University have secured nearly €1 million in funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for their work on projects that aim to make a positive contribution to environmental protection.
Date: Wednesday, 14 February 2024
MU leads project to monitor urban greenhouse gases
The pilot project measuring CO2 aims to support Dublin City achieve its ambitions as part of the EU Cities Mission to make 112 European cities climate neutral by 2030.
Date: Friday, 26 January 2024
Self-assembling molecules have hidden neural network-like abilities
A new study by Dr Constantine Evans of Maynooth University and researchers at the University of Chicago and California Institute of Technology, published in Nature, shows how the molecules that build structures can do both the thinking and the doing.
Date: Tuesday, 23 January 2024