• Researchers call for clearer messaging to help public and policymakers to better understand the disease of obesity.
• Conflicting understandings of the word ‘obesity’ jeopardise diagnosis and treatment.
• Clinicians are expressing concern at shortages of drugs which have been approved to treat obesity.

• The plan outlines UCC’s actions towards net zero.
• Minister for Finance, Michael McGrath TD, addresses students and staff at the launch.

• UCC scientists confirm crucial characteristic of new superconductor material.
• Superconductor could open the way to functional quantum computers.

• UCC up 11 places to 292 of the 2,963 evaluated institutions in the 20th Edition of the QS World University Rankings. The final published ranking has been limited to the top 1,503 universities.
• UCC ranked 46th in the world for the advancement of sustainability.
• UCC strong performance across the nine indicators used to rank the universities with particular strengths for sustainability and internationalisation.

Tyndall National Institute, based at University College Cork, Ireland, has announced the establishment of the Meta Industrial Chair in Semiconductor Technologies underpinning a multi-year research programme.

A 3D model of a 407-million-year-old plant fossil has overturned thinking on the evolution of leaves. The research has also led to fresh insights about spectacular patterns found in plants.

• Professor Corina Naughton will exchange research and expertise to contribute to solving important global problems.
• Her research will investigate strategies to improve quality care for older people to improve healthcare outcomes.

• The study highlights the important factors in gut bacteria transfer including vaginal birth and avoidance of intrapartum antibiotics
• It signals the potential role of supplements in transferring probiotic benefits from mother to infant.

• UniHealth, builds on the successful UniCoV project which provided effective rapid testing and surveillance systems within Ireland’s third-level sector during the pandemic.
• A project to develop air quality forecasts in Cork also funded.

• Funding of €1.6 million will support UCC’s appointment of a Chair in Early Brain Injury and Cerebral Palsy.
• The Cerebral Palsy Foundation Chair will lead research in early brain injury and cerebral palsy at the Irish Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research (INFANT), UCC.