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How patents will affect pandemic vaccines and treatments
Patents can have many unforeseen consequences for the provision of urgent medicines and tests needed to fight Covid-19, writes Dr Aisling McMahon, Department of Law
Tuesday, 07 July 2020
We're all Big Brother now
From dashcams to running apps, surveillance has been inadvertently privatised by the collective actions of individuals, writes Dr David Cowan, Department of Law
Monday, 29 June 2020
Unlocking the mysteries of the SARS-CoV-2 sugary-coated glycan shield
High performance computing has unveiled the atomic structure of the coronavirus’s spike protein, and crucially, its strengths and weaknesses, writes Dr Elisa Fadda, Department of Chemistry and Hamilton Institute
Thursday, 18 June 2020
The difference between feelings and beliefs around the pandemic
If we want to understand the populace, we need to concentrate on the feelings around the crisis and not the so-called beliefs, writes Prof Mary Corcoran, Department of Sociology
Wednesday, 10 June 2020
2020: the driest spring at Phoenix Park in Dublin since records began in 1837
A global pandemic means water has taken on a new public health importance and created new vulnerabilities, write Dr Simon Noone, Dr Conor Murphy and Csaba Horvath of ICARUS and the Department of Geography
Friday, 05 June 2020
Ten Steps on a High Road Covid Era Back to Work Strategy
We need to avoid returning to a ‘normal’ that did not work for many people, writes Dr Mary Murphy, Department of Sociology
Friday, 29 May 2020
What's the psychological impact of pandemic-related unemployment?
The economic collapse has sparked widespread distress, writes Dr Nuala Whelan, Department of Sociology
Monday, 25 May 2020
The Ongoing Search for a Cure for Asthma
With asthma sufferers identified as at-risk during the Covid-19 crisis, research on how lung cells respond when they meet an asthmatic trigger is especially important, writes Hazel Dunbar, Department of Biology
Thursday, 21 May 2020
What death notices tell us about the coronavirus across Ireland
A record numbers of death notices were posted to the RIP.ie website in April 2020 for many counties, writes Dr Gerard McCarthy, of the Department of Geography and Dr Pádraig MacCarron, University of Limerick
Monday, 11 May 2020
Are social bonds an option for Ireland's coronavirus recovery?
Social bonds could help to provide much needed capital to fund responses to the crisis, writes Dr Edana Richardson and Dr Aisling McMahon in the Department of Law
Wednesday, 06 May 2020