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Though freezing cold on deck as the ship made its way towards Antarctica, Dr Niamh Shaw was too transfixed to notice. For there, in the deep blue Southern Ocean, right before her eyes, a whale surfaced with a loud spurt of air. Then another and another: a whole whale family.\n\n“You find yourself crying because there are no words,” says the Irish space reporter and climate activist. Dr Niamh Shaw in Antarctica
Though freezing cold on deck as the ship made its way towards Antarctica, Dr Niamh Shaw was too transfixed to notice. For there, in the deep blue Southern Ocean, right before her eyes, a whale surfaced with a loud spurt of air. Then another and another: a whole whale family. “You find yourself crying because there are no words,” says the Irish space reporter and climate activist.
The Translational Medicine Alliance of Ireland (TMAI) is a visionary new network of twelve Irish universities. Part of its mission is to expedite scientific discoveries into practical healthcare applications. New translational medicine Alliance
The Translational Medicine Alliance of Ireland (TMAI) is a visionary new network of twelve Irish universities. Part of its mission is to expedite scientific discoveries into practical healthcare applications.
As CEO of a medical AI start-up, Dr Michael Byrne regularly finds himself trying to convince a roomful of fellow physicians that artificial intelligence tools will potentially make them better at detecting precancerous polyps in a patient’s colon. \n“There is less pushback now than there used to be,” he says. Dr Mike Byrne: AI for GI
As CEO of a medical AI start-up, Dr Michael Byrne regularly finds himself trying to convince a roomful of fellow physicians that artificial intelligence tools will potentially make them better at detecting precancerous polyps in a patient’s colon. “There is less pushback now than there used to be,” he says.
As Ireland sets up its new commission for regulating broadcast and online media, Coimisiún na Meán, one of the world’s most respected voices in AI, Stuart Russell, says governments must urgently tackle polarising online disinformation. AI and Society
As Ireland sets up its new commission for regulating broadcast and online media, Coimisiún na Meán, one of the world’s most respected voices in AI, Stuart Russell, says governments must urgently tackle polarising online disinformation.
Prof Gerardine Doyle of UCD College of Business explains how government interventions - like planning laws - might help tackle childhood obesity. "Ban fast food near schools"
Prof Gerardine Doyle of UCD College of Business explains how government interventions - like planning laws - might help tackle childhood obesity.
Social psychologist Dr Marina Everri explains the positive role digital technologies - including virtual reality - can play in child development. \n VR "helpful" in hospitals
Social psychologist Dr Marina Everri explains the positive role digital technologies - including virtual reality - can play in child development.
Prof Walter Kolch explains how his \'digital twins\' research aims to mitigate long-term side effects of childhood cancer treatment. Using ‘digital twins’ in childhood cancer treatment
Prof Walter Kolch explains how his 'digital twins' research aims to mitigate long-term side effects of childhood cancer treatment.
Dr Dimitrios Argyropoulos on Robotic milking, AI collar tags for cows, smart tractors - the digital transformation of Irish farming is well underway. Irish farms go digital
Dr Dimitrios Argyropoulos on Robotic milking, AI collar tags for cows, smart tractors - the digital transformation of Irish farming is well underway.
Dr Irial Glynn investigates the history of boat refugees since the 1940s, asking who hinders and who helps asylum seekers on their journeys, and why. “Humanising” the refugee journey
Dr Irial Glynn investigates the history of boat refugees since the 1940s, asking who hinders and who helps asylum seekers on their journeys, and why.
Prof. Aaron Quigley speaks about global health and how Human Computer Interaction technology can improve health. A smartwatch a day keeps the doctor away?
Prof. Aaron Quigley speaks about global health and how Human Computer Interaction technology can improve health.
Labhaoise Ní Fhaoláin, PhD researcher in artificial intelligence, law and governance at ml-labs discusses Justice Minister Simon Harris’s plans to introduce facial recognition technology (FRT) for gardaí. "Major concerns about gardaí using Facial Recognition Technology"
Labhaoise Ní Fhaoláin, PhD researcher in artificial intelligence, law and governance at ml-labs discusses Justice Minister Simon Harris’s plans to introduce facial recognition technology (FRT) for gardaí.
Joyce Mahon a qualified, experienced teacher and PhD student at ml-labs leads a team that created a free machine learning and AI module for secondary school students AI and machine learning TY student module for data-driven world
Joyce Mahon a qualified, experienced teacher and PhD student at ml-labs leads a team that created a free machine learning and AI module for secondary school students
Andreas Hoepner on sustainable finance and the role of machine learning at greenwatch.ai, a tool for the financial services sector to assess and monitor the authenticity of green claims made by companies Using machine learning to identify “greenwashers”
Andreas Hoepner on sustainable finance and the role of machine learning at greenwatch.ai, a tool for the financial services sector to assess and monitor the authenticity of green claims made by companies
UCD supporting students, researchers and ag-tech startups to produce food more efficiently, helping safeguard the supply of food for our growing world and creating a sustainable global society UCD Lyons Farm: Creating a Sustainable Global Society
UCD supporting students, researchers and ag-tech startups to produce food more efficiently, helping safeguard the supply of food for our growing world and creating a sustainable global society
UCD Discovery director Prof Patricia Maguire interviewed space reporter Dr Niamh Shaw in Temple Bar Gallery as part of Science Foundation Ireland’s C\'mere Till I Tell Ye festival for Science Week 2023. "Change self-limiting beliefs and shoot for the moon!"
UCD Discovery director Prof Patricia Maguire interviewed space reporter Dr Niamh Shaw in Temple Bar Gallery as part of Science Foundation Ireland’s C'mere Till I Tell Ye festival for Science Week 2023.
Mandy Daly is cofounder of the Irish Neonatal Health Alliance (INHA), which works to reduce the incidence of preterm births and to empower families affected by prematurity in Ireland. INHA marks World Prematurity Day with focus on premie adults
Mandy Daly is cofounder of the Irish Neonatal Health Alliance (INHA), which works to reduce the incidence of preterm births and to empower families affected by prematurity in Ireland.

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Dr Dervla MacManus, Research Fellow at the School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy on her IRC funded research with the Royal Institute of Architects Ireland. Gender equality in Irish architecture: where are Ireland's women architects?
Dr Dervla MacManus, Research Fellow at the School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy on her IRC funded research with the Royal Institute of Architects Ireland.
Sylvia Leatham of I-Form discusses her project, ‘Manufacturing in the classroom: sustainability and the circular economy’. The extraordinary potential of 3D printing
Sylvia Leatham of I-Form discusses her project, ‘Manufacturing in the classroom: sustainability and the circular economy’.
At the UCD Festival 2022 Q&A session with Laurence Moroney, Artificial Intelligence Advocacy Lead at Google, entitled, “Ask me anything about AI!” "Ask me anything about AI!"
At the UCD Festival 2022 Q&A session with Laurence Moroney, Artificial Intelligence Advocacy Lead at Google, entitled, “Ask me anything about AI!”
“Conflicts that have evolved over generations need generations to heal”. Dr Laura Taylor"s research on promoting Children’s Inclusive Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Helping Kids! studies "quality peace" in Northern Ireland
“Conflicts that have evolved over generations need generations to heal”. Dr Laura Taylor"s research on promoting Children’s Inclusive Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Discovery visiting fellow Dr Linda Mbeki, University of Pretoria and assistant curator Iziko Museums of South Africa, discusses her research on migration and diet of enslaved people at the colonial Cape. Cape Town slaves to migrant gold miners - a colonial continuum in South Africa?
Discovery visiting fellow Dr Linda Mbeki, University of Pretoria and assistant curator Iziko Museums of South Africa, discusses her research on migration and diet of enslaved people at the colonial Cape.
One hundred years have passed but this controversial Dubliner’s influence is undimmed. We look at how Joyce can still be found in everything from theatre, jazz and poetry to eye-tracking technology and rap. James Joyce, #Influencer
One hundred years have passed but this controversial Dubliner’s influence is undimmed. We look at how Joyce can still be found in everything from theatre, jazz and poetry to eye-tracking technology and rap.

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