Research Impact

In Ireland, only 30% of women and 45% of men over 65 remain disability-free for life (O’Regan et al 2014). Dramatic changes in cells start in our 30s, while in our 40s, health and [...]

An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, TD, together with the Minister for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development, John Halligan, TD, has today launched four new world-class Science [...]

ALLEA, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, have published the revised edition of The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity, a document that serves the [...]

3 million homeless people in Europe and the situation is worsening Researchers at the University of Limerick are playing a key role in a major EU-funded programme to tackle homelessness in [...]

Dr Finola Cliffe of HookeBio was presented with the “One to Watch Award” at Enterprise Ireland’s Big Ideas 2017. This is the second year in a row that a UL project has been nominated as the ‘One [...]

Professor Gavin Walker and the Process Engineering Lab team at the Bernal Institute scoped three top honours, including the prestigious Academic or Research Lab of the year at the recent Irish [...]

A new process for water filtration using carbon dioxide consumes one thousand times less energy than conventional methods, scientific research published this week has shown. The research was [...]

The EHS HRI Postgraduate Research Excellence Seminar was held on Wednesday, 19th April.  This annual event promotes and celebrates excellence in postgraduate students’ research.  This year’s [...]

University of Limerick medical device campus company, Ostoform has won the AIB start up Academy of 2017. Ostoform is a medical device that aims to manage peristomal skin complications for people [...]

UL’s first podcast series is now available on the UL Research Impact podcast channel. The series explores the tremendous contributions UL research is making in the real world. From rehabilitating [...]