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19 Dec 2025

New study reveals that AI cannot fully write like a human

A world-first study shows that AI-generated writing continues to display distinct stylistic patterns that sets it apart from human prose.
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Members of the Palaeobiology group from UCC that performed the study published in iScience (Daniel Falk, Valentina Rossi, Beatriz Carazo Del Hoyo, Aaron Quigley, Maria McNamara).
18 Dec 2025

New fossil study illuminates on the evolutionary success of frogs 

A new study lead by UCC palaeontologists discovered that frogs have conserved their ecology in the last 45 million years.
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18 Dec 2025

UCC research shows iron deficiency in mothers during early pregnancy linked to lower language and motor skills at age two

University College Cork (UCC) researchers have called for routine screening for iron deficiency in pregnant women, following new research that shows that iron deficiency in early pregnancy, even without anaemia, may be associated with lower language and motor development scores in children at two years of age.
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Photocall held at Coimisiún na Meán, Dublin, to launch the Conference ‘Broadcast to Podcast, 100 years of Irish Radio’ which will be held in University College Cork on 29-30 January 2026 Pictured: Dr Finola Doyle O’Neill - Broadcast and Legal Historian, School of History, University College Cork (organiser); Patricia Monahan - Director of Audio RTÉ; Kevin Bakhurst - DG RTÉ; Clare Diamond - Coimisiún na Meán Director of Broadcasting & VoD; Matt Cooper - Broadcaster at Today FM, Aoife Mac Evilly - Coimisiún na Meán Broadcasting and Video-on-Demand Commissioner, Michael Kelly - Chief Executive of the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland.
18 Dec 2025

University College Cork to host major radio conference

The two-day national event, taking place January 29–30, 2026, will feature some of the most influential voices in Irish broadcasting, both past and present.
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