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.

• The transformation brought by the rise in connected devices has significant environmental consequences, UCC and MTU conference hears.
• 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.

Treatment in a recent study combined a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor - a drug that causes a chemical change to stop tumor cells from dividing - with two types of immunotherapy known as checkpoint inhibitors, which unharness the power of the immune response against cancer.

• UCC is the highest performing institute in the Environmental Protection Agency Research Call Awards 2023.
• Funded research covers a wide range of areas covering climate change, the natural environment, the green and circular economy, and the environment and human health.
• JustCities Hub project to capture and explore timely knowledge on enabling climate justice change in the city.

• Research shows that people with the complex lung disease COPD see improved health benefits from behaviour change interventions.
• It is estimated that over 380,000 people in Ireland suffer from COPD.
• Interventions ‘has helped me greatly’ says woman with COPD.

• In line with the University’s strategic goal of developing an innovative culture and entrepreneurial campus, UCC’s Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) programme will support the University in promoting and encouraging entrepreneurial activity among UCC staff, students and graduates.
• UCC has developed and is nurturing an entrepreneurial ecosystem that aims to encourage, create and support fifty new ventures in the next two years.

• Dr Mary O’Shaughnessy, Cork University Business School, receives prestigious Royal Society of Edinburgh funding award.
• The project will implement learnings, lessons and recommendations from the Irish remote working hub, in a Scottish rural context.

The second national deep tech partner opportunity platform (POP), took place recently in Cork to create top class start-up teams. 

At this exclusive invite-only event, dubbed Ireland’s “Davos for Deep Tech”, Ireland’s State-funded deep tech research institutes pooled their top venture scientists to meet with Ireland’s most seasoned executives and entrepreneurs.  

Study by APC Microbiome Ireland SFI Research Centre at University College Cork reveals the virome is a viable treatment option to restore the microbiome-gut-brain axis during stress. The findings pave the way for new treatments for stress-related disorders.

University College Cork (UCC) researchers have made a significant contribution to a landmark report published today on the impact of climate change on Ireland.