Middle Age – between 40-60 years – marks a shift in brain ageing and the middle-aged brain could provide a window in your future brain health, a major academic analysis finds today.
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Middle-aged brain can predict your future brain health, new review finds
19 Mar 2024
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Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media wins top open access award
13 Mar 2024
- UCC Journal recognised for its original and impactful contribution to film and screen media by the Irish Open Access Publishers.
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UCC early-stage researchers awarded prestigious Marie Curie funding
07 Mar 2024
- Four UCC researchers receiving a combined €890,000 funding in the Marie Skłodowska -Curie Actions (MCSA) Postdoctoral Fellowship awards 2023.
- Dr Lorena Morales García to investigate the changes in brain development due to altered early life microbiota in newborns who have undergone a C-section birth.
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Higher BMI is significantly associated with worse mental health, especially in women, study finds
06 Mar 2024
A higher body mass index (BMI) is significantly associated with worse mental health, a new study finds.
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New study reveals breast cancer drug combination has impact on other cancers
04 Mar 2024
- Drug commonly used to treat HER2-positive breast cancer sees tumour shrinkage in several other cancer types.
- Cancer treatment combination may have more uses than previously thought.
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New APC research reveals that lockdowns had an impact on gut microbes and allergies in newborns
29 Feb 2024
Lockdowns imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on the gut microbiome development of babies born during these periods according to new research from APC Microbiome Ireland (APC), a world leading SFI Research Centre, based in University College Cork, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and Children’s Health Ireland.
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UCC researchers find no immediate increase in rates of suicide globally during the first 15 months of the Covid-19 pandemic
28 Feb 2024
- Review finds no increase in suicide rate during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- A range of factors during the pandemic served as protective effects to the risk of suicide.
- Study also highlights the need for high-quality and timely data on suicide deaths worldwide.
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Wellcome Trust awards €5.3 million to tackle fatal bloodstream infections
20 Feb 2024
- Female led project brings together experts from APC Microbiome Ireland a world leading SFI Research Centre based at University College Cork (UCC), The Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute at Trinity College Dublin, University of Exeter and University of Bristol.
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Mystery solved: the oldest fossil reptile from the alps is an historical forgery
16 Feb 2024
A 280-million-year-old fossil that has baffled researchers for decades has been shown to be, in part, a forgery following new examination of the remnants. The discovery has led the team led by Dr Valentina Rossi of University College Cork, Ireland (UCC) to urge caution in how the fossil is used in future research.
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Rise in devices has huge environmental consequences, conference hears
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• The transformation brought by the rise in connected devices has significant environmental consequences, UCC and MTU conference hears.
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• The number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices worldwide is forecast to almost double to more than 29 billion IoT devices in 2030.
• Conference addresses issues in human-computer interaction with smart objects and materials.