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28 Sep 2026

New UCC research to address the most pressing challenges in health and social care

Advancing supervision between senior and junior doctors in Irish hospitals, providing tools for better clinical trial designs, and enhancing patient care for young people in Irish mental health services are the three University College Cork (UCC) research projects announced today through the Health Research Board’s (HRB) Investigator-Led Projects (ILP) scheme.
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28 Sep 2026

New UCC research to address the most pressing challenges in health and social care

Advancing supervision between senior and junior doctors in Irish hospitals, providing tools for better clinical trial designs, and enhancing patient care for young people in Irish mental health services are the three University College Cork (UCC) research projects announced today through the Health Research Board’s (HRB) Investigator-Led Projects (ILP) scheme.
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Professor Marguerite Nyhan, Professor of Engineering for Sustainability at UCC and UCC Sustainability Institute. Image: Clare Keogh.
23 Sep 2026

Arts and culture key to inclusive climate action - UCC research

The arts, cultural and creative sectors can act as powerful catalysts for climate action, changing how people understand, engage with and act on climate change, new research from University College Cork (UCC) has found.
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Professor Dimitra Psychogiou, Head of the Advanced Technologies Group, Tyndall National Institute, one of UCC's flagship research centres. Image: Clare Keogh
22 Sep 2026

Breakthrough microchip advances next-generation 6G communications

Researchers at Tyndall National Institute have contributed to a major international breakthrough, demonstrating a new class of programmable microchips that could help enable the next generation of 6G wireless communications.
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