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Top secret military alliance uncovered
New research uncovers the existence of ALCORA, a covert alliance between Portugal, South Africa and Rhodesia, aimed at propping up the apartheid regimes and institutional racism of both African states.
Thursday, 24 April 2014
Misfortune and Meaning
Dr Thomas Strong from the Department of Anthropology is interpreting the social dimension of people living with illness.
Monday, 07 April 2014
Is Digital Poetry Moving Us Online?
Somewhere at an unexpected and decidedly modern crossroads, the literary and artistic traditions are meeting with the digital, and when they dance here, a world of possibilities opens up. Dr Jeneen Naji, from the Centre for Media Studies, is exploring this potentially infinite space for digital poetry.
Thursday, 06 March 2014
Orbit - a virtual masterpiece
Dr Gordon Delap from the Department of Music has composed a piece of music using never-heard-before sounds generated by a completely new musical instrument.
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Taking personal responsibility for climate change adaptation
New research published by Dr Conor Murphy and Prof John Sweeney from the Dept of Geography shows that adaptation to climate change is likely to take place not as a smooth, planned process but as a series of crises which will cause major disruption.
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Breakthrough in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research
Prof Paul Moynagh and his resarch team in the Department of Biology have made a breakthrough discovery by identifying a protein ‘Pellino3’ that may protect against inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease.
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Creating a buzz in the bee industry
Beemune, a spin-out company from Maynooth University stands to create a buzz in the migratory bee industry, which has suffered devastating declines in hive populations in recent years.
Wednesday, 21 August 2013
The Bold Step
Dr Sinéad McGilloway, and team, from the Dept of Psychology are carrying out the largest systematic study of an early years behaviour programme in Ireland based on The Incredible Years Parents, Teachers and Children Training Series.
Thursday, 20 June 2013
Does Charity Wound?
A country’s position on the spectrum from donor to aid recipient plays a very important role in its projected image. Dr Patty Gray of the Department of Anthropology in Maynooth University is studying the global aid dynamic, and the unintended consequences of state sponsored humanitarianism.
Thursday, 20 June 2013
Keeping Ireland in the quantum computing race
Dr Vala and his research team work in a highly specialised area known as topological quantum computing which offers the prospect of powerful quantum computers that are also naturally fault-tolerant.
Wednesday, 05 June 2013