The upper part of the human pelvis, known as the ilium, underwent two major structural innovations during evolution that enabled humans to walk on two legs, a Nature paper reveals.
Breakthrough Wave-Based Control platform designed by team at UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering a leap forward for CubeSat missions.
UCD researchers collaborate with parents from pregnancy loss support groups to develop an innovative new programme for medical students.
Election to an International Fellowship is the highest honour that the Academy confers on non-UK residents in recognition of scholarly distinction.
13 UCD labs have been awarded certifications for iImplementing best-in-class, sustainable research practices.
The university has been a long-time driver of Irish membership of CERN, UCD’s particle physics research group are leaders in the Irish community of scientists already active at CERN and collaborated on the Higgs boson discovery.
UCD’s Centre for Space Research is leading the COMCUBE-S project, backed by the European Space Agency, to develop new capabilities for observing gamma-ray bursts
Research Ireland Pathway programme will support five promising UCD researchers to drive impactful discoveries.
UCD researchers Assoc Prof Barry Wardell and Prof Kylie Jarrett to receive a total of €5 million for projects exploring gravitational waves and livelihoods generated by digital platforms.
On Saturday 14 June 1-4pm, twelve female speakers will share their research in the streets of Dublin City Centre as part of Soapbox Science 2025.
The three UCD teams will receive Seed Phase funding to further develop and validate their concepts across a range of mission-critical areas.
UCD Earth Institute and UCD’s Office of Global Engagement hosted the university’s first conference on collaborative research with African partners, since the launch of UCD’s Africa Engagement Strategy in 2023.
Ministers James Lawless TD and Wales’ Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, Rebecca Evans MS, have announced funding totalling €584,378.
Research published in JAMA Neurology explores the residual risk of recurrent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation and suggests new treatments are urgently required.
Longitudinal study 'Children’s School Lives' has published the third report from its Equalities series, exploring the theme of Migration and Ethnicity to look at the impact of the increasing migrant, ethnic and linguistic diversity in Irish Primary Schools.
UCD and the University of California, Davis, sign an agreement of cooperation to develop research collaboration across the themes of Sustainable Food Systems, One Health, and Artificial Intelligence and Data Science.
Four UCD awardees among 59 announced by Research Ireland under its New Foundations programme, supporting researchers in developing collaborative projects with community organisations and government departments.
Research led by Dr Sean Millar and Assistant Prof Catherine Phillips, UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, is published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Research collaboration demonstrates how process mapping and variance analysis can inform value-based healthcare decisions in outpatient CF care for children in Ireland and the US.
The European Research Council (ERC) and the Association of ERC Grantees (AERG) have launched the new 'Ambassadors for the ERC' network to promote investment in frontier research.
UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer MP, has appointed Prof Robson Brown, UCD VP for Research, Innovation and Impact, to the Board of Trustees of the UK’s Natural History Museum.
‘Cut from the Same Cloth' is the culmination of a project curated by artist, Lorna Donlon in partnership with women in minority communities across Ireland and biomedical researchers from UCD.
MAGIC-I stands for ‘Molecular and Genomic Interrogation of Childhood Cancer - Ireland’, a five-year project harnessing the power of genetics, genomics and big data to radically improve cancer diagnostics, treatment and patient outcomes.
Dr Anthony Redmond, UCD School of Medicine, will lead the project, ‘Immunity in the Fast Lane: Reconstructing the Evolution of the Animal Immune System and Prospecting for Novel Antimicrobials’.
Book billed a 'reappraisal of the constitutional realities in Britain and Ireland at a time of seismic change,' key output of the Constitutional Futures after Brexit (CFaB) research project, led by UCD academic and journalist Dr Paul Gillespie.
Seven UCD projects to drive innovation in STEM education and public engagement, contributing to Ireland’s industry, enterprise, and societal progress.
Three UCD projects are among those funded. The awards will contribute to the advancement of high-quality and high-impact research activities across Ireland.
Total of €65 million announced for 10 research teams addressing Sustainable Communities and Future Food Systems Challenges.
Prof Niamh Nowlan to lead project that will provide new insights into fetal akinesia, in partnership with Ulster University and University of Pennsylvania.
Richard Kearney holds the Seelig Chair of Philosophy at Boston College and has served as a Visiting Professor at UCD; Michael Dowling, President and CEO of Northwell Health, holds an honorary doctorate from UCD.
UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science has played a leading role in developing a Core Curriculum for Public Health with the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER).
New research shows glycerol in ‘slushies’ can make children sick - instances of children getting sick after consuming slush ice drinks prompted an investigation and changes to health guidelines.
CeADAR, Ireland’s European Digital Hub for AI hosted at UCD, and Google signed the agreement at a meeting with the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, Peter Burke TD.
The SDG Challenge is run in partnership with Irish Aid. Four of the projects will be co-led by UCD.
Research Ireland – Defence Innovation Challenge 2024 investment designed to deliver a range of benefits for the Defence Forces and wider society.
With €4.5 million funding from Research Ireland, her focus is to advance systems models and exploration tools in the search for new mineral deposits in Ireland and globally.
28 February 2025 marks World Rare Disease Day, a moment to reflect on the vital role of research in improving the lives of people living with rare diseases.
Scottish and Irish space-related researchers and companies assembled to explore the joint ambition of ‘Growing the Space Economy Together’, the second annual Scotland-Ireland space research and innovation conference.
Universities to foster potential collaboration in research for space related activities in areas of interest including: net-zero transition; rural, coastal, and island communities; life science, space, and microbiology.
Two UCD research projects have been funded under the Awards stream of the Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future Programme.
Three innovative, policy-relevant UCD projects to address key knowledge gaps and support the development of vital research capacity.
UCD has the only experimental particle physics group in the country and has been working on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN for over 20 years.
Geoscience researchers gather in UCD to mark 10 years of the iCRAG Research Ireland Centre for Applied Geosciences.
A total of €94,000 in funding will support the projects, with UCD researchers collaborating on three.
Director of UCD Humanities Institute, Professor Anne Fuchs receives prestigious Royal Irish Academy prize for seminal work in German humanities scholarship.
Ambitious plans to lead in AI, One Health and more kicks off with Ad Astra Fellowship international recruitment drive for 50 strategic hires from the best of early career talent in Ireland and overseas.
UCD to co-lead the new Research Ireland ARC Hub for Therapeutics
New EU-funded global consortium ENSURE 6G brings together 15 industry and academic partners to tackle growing challenges of security and privacy in Beyond 5G (B5G) and 6G networks.
Five post-doctoral researchers from UCD will partner with companies to tackle Industry-focused challenges and deliver impactful solutions.
Trans-Atlantic collaborators from University College Dublin and Northeastern University, Boston, gained seed funding for highly innovative, interdisciplinary research to drive advances in health and cultural industries
The EIRSAT-1 project takes first prize for impact among 11 finalists, with the Engaged Research prize going to Prof Patricia Fitzpatrick for her work supporting cancer patients to quit smoking.
Jane Grimson Medal of Excellence awarded to the highest ranked STEM candidate in the Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship programme, Savannah Devine at UCD School of Earth Sciences
Researchers at UCD led by Professor Breandan Kennedy have discovered that a mutation in a gene called emc1 causes major vision problems in zebrafish.
UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science announces partnership in EU project to address critical gaps in digital competencies within healthcare, led by University of Oulu, Finland.
New €3M EU research project led by UCD Centre for Digital Policy to enhance AI capabilities and EU regulatory frameworks.
