Physicists at University College Cork (UCC) have developed a new approach in the search for a 'quantum spin liquid', a long sought state of quantum matter resembling a magnetic liquid whose quantum properties mean it never freezes.

University College Cork celebrated student achievement at the School of Engineering and Architecture Prizegiving on 5 June 2026, recognising outstanding performance across undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes.

What does “doing research” really mean? Summer interns from across the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS) recently came together to find out.

Researchers at University College Cork, in collaboration with Teagasc and University College Dublin, have published one of the largest and most detailed longitudinal studies to date of the milk metabolome in a seasonal pasture-based dairy system. 

Staff from UCC's School of Computer Science and Information Technology coached the Irish team that competed at the European Girls’ Olympiad in Informatics (EGOI) 2026, held in Cesenatico, Italy, from 12–18 May.

University College Cork’s (UCC) School of Chemistry has been featured in a new handbook published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), highlighting leading efforts to advance sustainability in chemical research and education. 

Two food science PhD students with a concept to help people resist food cravings and a team of engineers and scientists developing next generation space propulsion systems were named UCC’s Student Entrepreneurs of the Year at an event held at University College Cork on 21 May.

Creating industry-ready simulation tools for the semiconductor industry and advancing the understanding of how ageing increases an individual’s risk of Parkinson’s disease are amongst the five University College Cork (UCC) projects to receive a collective €4.1m funding under the Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future Programme.