UL’s Prof Mike Zaworotko Named SFI Researcher of the Year
UL’s Bernal Professor of Crystal Engineering Mike Zaworotko has been named the Science Foundation Ireland Researcher of the Year. The winners of the prestigious 2017 Science Foundation [...]
New MOU signals formal strategic partnership with Intel
UL and Intel Ireland have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a strategic partnership that will formalise the long-standing relationship between the two organisations and [...]
New SFI centre a ‘game changer’ for manufacturing competitiveness
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 [...]
UL researcher awarded €1.5m for pioneering solar energy research
Novel research project seeks to imitate photosynthesis in plants to generate clean energy University of Limerick electrochemist, Dr Micheál Scanlon has been announced as the recipient of a [...]
Three Times a Charm: Bernal Professor wins three awards at the Irish Laboratory Award 2017 Ceremony
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 [...]
0 comment UL team wins US-Ireland Research Innovation Award
University of Limerick, 3D4Medical and IBM Research were the winners of the 2017 US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards, jointly presented by the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland and the Royal [...]
Bernal Chair receives Wales’ highest academic honour
Bernal Chair of Crystal Engineering at UL, SFI Professor Michael Zaworotko has been admitted to the Learned Society of Wales (LSW) in honour of his world-class contribution to science. Election [...]
New water filtration process uses 1,000 times less energy
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 [...]
UL to lead CONFIRM – Centre for Smart Manufacturing funded by SFI
2nd May 2017 – Science Foundation Ireland today announced that it will invest €72 million over the next six years in four new world-class SFI Research Centres in Ireland. The new SFI Research [...]