The Atlantic Philanthropies, created in 1982 by Irish-American businessman Chuck Feeney, is giving €138.4 million [$177 million] to Trinity College Dublin and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to establish the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), a ground-breaking initiative that aims to tackle the looming dementia epidemic and improve health and dementia … [Read more...] about Trinity College and UCSF to Establish Global Brain Health Institute
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Irish Scientist Wins Nobel Prize
Irish scientist William C. Campbell, a researcher at Drew University in New Jersey, has been awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Satoshi Ōmura and Tu Youyou. Campbell, from Donegal, is the second ever Irish-born scientist to win the Nobel Prize (after Ernest Walton in 1951). The 2015 prize winners all made discoveries that are being used to … [Read more...] about Irish Scientist Wins Nobel Prize
University of Limerick’s Lightning Wires
Matthew Gleeson, postgraduate researcher at the University of Limerick (UL), is the winner of Science Foundation Ireland’s Research Image of the Year competition for his picture “Lightning Wires.” The winning image was selected from over 40 submissions and will appear on the cover of the 2015 SFI Annual Report. This optical image shows sodium niobate micro/nano wires, grown … [Read more...] about University of Limerick’s Lightning Wires
NUI Galway Research on Antibiotic Resistance
Research by NUI Galway and Oxford University has led to a breakthrough in how antibiotics are prescribed. The initiative to improve the prescribing of antibiotics for urinary tract infections resulted in better-quality prescribing of first-line antibiotics, according to the new research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The study, “Supporting the … [Read more...] about NUI Galway Research on Antibiotic Resistance
Irish Eye on Hollywood:
True Story of Irish Frontiersman
The new year will kick off with three movies showcasing lots of young Irish acting talent.
First up is the highly anticipated new epic from Birdman director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Entitled The Revenant, the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as well as Irish thespian Domhnall Gleeson, fresh off his latest star-making turn alongside Saoirse Ronan in the Irish immigrant tale … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
True Story of Irish Frontiersman