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MU-led study finds evidence of gladiator-animal combat in Roman period
A groundbreaking MU-led study has uncovered the first physical evidence of human-animal gladiatorial combat in the Roman period.
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Maynooth University Academic enrolled as member of Royal Irish Academy
Glacadh leis an Ollamh Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses ó Roinn na Staire inniu mar bhall d’Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann (RIA).
Friday, 26 May 2017
Real artificial intelligence is still in its early stages of development
The defeat of the reigning chess world champion Garry Kasparov by a computer, IBM’s Deep Blue, in 1997 shows something about people’s attitude to computers and how they work.
Thursday, 11 May 2017
Digital games industry leading the way in the age of free-content
The last decade in the games industry has seen business models that have existed for decades undermined by free online content.
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Eurovision comes to Maynooth
Ar an 11 Aibreán, beidh Ollscoil Mhá Nuad ina ceanncheathrú do Chomórtas Amhránaíochta Eoraifíse ar feadh lae. Labhróidh an laoch Eoraifíse, Linda Martin, ag an gcomhdháil dar teideal The Eurovision Song Contest in a Changing World: Culture, Geography and Politics.
Tuesday, 11 April 2017
Maynooth University calls for action on traveller participation in higher education
Call for action on the low levels of participation in higher education among Irish Travellers.
Thursday, 06 April 2017
Maynooth University breaks into top 50 Young Universities in the world, #1 in Ireland
Bhain Ollscoil Mhá Nuad aitheantas amach inniu mar cheann de na hollscoileanna nua is fearr ar domhan agus an 49ú háit bainte amach aici sa rangú is déanaí atá déanta ag Times Higher Education (THE) ar ollscoileanna óga.
Wednesday, 05 April 2017
Minister Richard Bruton launches Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute
Sheol an tAire Oideachais agus Scileanna, Richard Bruton T.D., Institiúid Eolaíochtaí Sóisialta Ollscoil Mhá Nuad (IESOMN) inniu. Bunaíodh an Institiúid mar chuid de chur chun feidhme straitéis uaillmhianach na hOllscoile, straitéis dar teideal Straitéis Taighde (2012-2017).
Thursday, 30 March 2017
Scientists foresee sharp rise in deadly heat stress as global temperatures climb
Research shows that even if global warming is limited to as little as 1.5°C (relative to temperatures before the Industrial Revolution), in excess of 350 million more people living in megacities could be exposed to deadly heat episodes on an annual basis.
Monday, 27 March 2017
Stigmatised, and on the margins: Understanding Motherhood in the 21st Century
Researchers at Maynooth University are examining cultural representations of motherhood and the way that mothers are depicted in popular culture, film, literature and the media.
Sunday, 26 March 2017
Breakthrough research points to new treatments for Multiple Sclerosis
Scientists have discovered that specific cells from the immune system are key players in brain repair – a fundamental breakthrough that could revolutionise the treatment of debilitating neurological disorders such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
Tuesday, 14 March 2017