University College Cork (UCC)

Climate change science shows us that meeting our energy needs by burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide

Latest discovery represents most exciting and important health news announced for some time

‘It was alright before my husband died. But on my own, coming into the winter, I am worried’

The problem with academic portraiture is that it sustains the myths of meritocracy and obscures privilege

Michael Cowhig had submitted thesis to UCC shortly before tragedy in which 61 died

Leah Carroll studied engineering in UCC before joining the Irish Distillers Internship programme

Some researchers have found that striving to achieve happiness leads to thinking that time is scarce, which produces unhappiness

Dariusz Wójcik’s book maps and visualises brilliantly an analysis of millions of financial data points

'It’s a trauma-manufacturing machine what’s happening – not just Gaza, but in the West Bank too'

Redress is owed to those people now; it has been owed to them for over 10 years already. It need not and should not wait until the completion of any Commission of Investigation Report

At a time of climate crisis: It’s not about saving the planet — but about saving ourselves

Research Lives: Dr Billy McCarthy, post-doctoral researcher with Teagasc

Students face sometimes ‘chaotic and claustrophobic’ shared spaces and rising prices countrywide

Friends of the Earth report card concludes ‘programme for Government commitments were not strong enough in first place’

Prospective students can avail of different pathways to university education in the State

The average person eating a balanced diet is in no need of vitamin supplementation

Despite more than 40,000 people in Ireland living with inflammatory bowel disease, it is still not widely spoken about

Television: Even narrator Jessie Buckley sounds as if she’s ready to check out. On a Monday night on RTÉ, this documentary is a bit of a snooze

UCC’s Andy Bielenberg says family are ‘very proud’ of Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg for part in plot

Ella McSweeney: With the rat menace addressed, the question now is how to protest puffins’ nests from another threat - tourists

At a Time of Climate Crisis: Cutting greenhouse gas emissions is not enough – we will also have to actively remove carbon from the atmosphere

Worst example ever of blatant sexism and racism by the committee, claim critics

Testicular cancer is diagnosed in about 170 men in Ireland every year

We may be pushing physicalism too far in asking it to account for the mind, as this ignores the primacy of perception

Researchers at UCC suggest collaborative nature of role playing game creates ‘unique sense of camaraderie’

‘The temperature and food options for them are ideal, so we think it’s just a matter of time before we find one here,’ says expedition leader

Parents with direct experience of family courts asked to take part in anonymous online survey

Research has found universities play a key role in perpetuating unsustainability and are increasingly being run as businesses

Scientists no longer question the reality of NDEs, viewing them as unique mental states offering novel insights into the nature of consciousness

The islands off Wexford’s coast attracting droves of summer visitors but this could be putting puffin and gannet populations under strain

A conference in Athlone will highlight how comics can be a powerful way to explain and understand illness and cure

Ostensibly peaceful and wealthy European countries are at war internally with their centuries-old values, thinking they can repudiate what they are and remake themselves in a new image

Lack of alternative parties means Independent candidates attracting disaffected voters

CRISPR should be used to pioneer cures for diseases while upholding human dignity, but we must be extremely cautious about using it to manipulate the genetic make-up of future generations

At a time of climate crisis sustainable aviation fuel is a long way off, while industry figures don’t count flight emissions

UCD narrows gap by jumping 45 places to 126th in latest QS World University Rankings

Research Lives: Dr Hilary Browne, senior lecturer, School of Microbiology and APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork

Research into market behaviour launched to coincide with annual food and beverage finance summit in Cork

Diversity, equity and inclusion programmes are implemented in a spirit of political correctness and woke

IBD increases as societies move from less-refined traditional diets to more processed foodstuffs