DCU researchers test new diagnostic nanotechnology at scale
03 January 2024
A research team at DCU has identified a new way to produce gold nanoparticles necessary for sensing technology in a safer, greener and more cost effective way. Quick and accurate...
Deciphex crowned Irish medtech company of the year
08 December 2023
Based in the DCU Alpha campus, Deciphex recently raised €10m to expand its services and grow its team. Deciphex, a pathology start-up based in Dublin, has been declared Medtech...
Study finds fields contaminated with banned pesticides years after use ends
06 November 2023
Banned pesticides are contaminating Irish fields where crops are grown and livestock grazed. The pesticides contain chemicals known as neonicotinoids which were outlawed for outdoor use in the EU in 2018...
Clean air travel app under development at Insight SFI Centre
26 September 2023
A new app in development at the Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics at Dublin City University could offer pedestrians and cyclists a 17.87 per cent reduction in pollution exposure,...
DCU team creates compound that can damage cancer DNA
11 August 2023
Prof Andrew Kellett of DCU said that click chemistry, the method used for the international study, makes it ‘much more efficient to find new drugs’. A team of...
DCU scientists develop blood test to predict response to breast cancer treatment
09 August 2023
A blood test that can identify which patients will respond to breast cancer therapies has been developed by scientists at DCU, and could inform better decisions on patient treatments. &ldquo...
Innovative DCU climate policy study among four EPA funding awardees
22 June 2023
Dr. Danny Marks and Dr. Darren Clarke are breaking new ground with a research project analysing climate policy. With backing from the prestigious Environmental Protection Agency funding call, the project...
Insight research centre worth more than €1bn to Irish economy, report claims
20 June 2023
SFI's’s Insight Research Centre for Data Analytics released a report on its impact on the occasion of its tenth year in operation. In the ten years since...
New cycling community app launches with DCU data support
15 June 2023
DCU researchers have contributed open data strategy support and machine learning expertise to a new mobile app designed to improve urban cycling. The international project brings together two schools within...
DCU FuJo Researchers Provide Analysis for Digital News Report Ireland 2023
14 June 2023
More than half (58%) of digital news consumers in Ireland believe that publicly funded news services are ‘quite’ or ‘very’ important for society. Researchers from the Dublin...