Research Showcase

CNGL researchers use facial recognition to translate emotion into speech output 30 April 2013 CNGL researchers at University College Dublin (UCD) and the Multimodal Speech Processing Group at Saarland University (Germany) are using facial recognition technology to advance t... click here to read

US-Ireland collaboration looks to more energy-efficient electronics 25 March 2013 The fact that you can read this text on this website is down, in no small part, to the humble transistor. Typically made with silicon at its heart, it is effectively a tiny ‘on-o click here to read

Better detection of rare disease could improve care 26 February 2013 When something goes wrong with blood vessels, it can spell all kinds of trouble. So when blood vessels become inflamed and destroyed in a rare disease called ANCA vasculitis, that ... click here to read

A balancing act in the immune system 26 February 2013 Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and psoriasis might not seem to have that much in common - after all, one is a condition that affects the gut, and the other results in skin proble... click here to read

An ‘off’ switch for genes linked to cancer 10 December 2012 Why is one part of your body different from another? Your cells contain, more or less, the same instructions in their DNA - yet some work as muscle and some as bone, others carry m... click here to read

Who you gonna call? Mathsbusters 30 November 2012 Has your company got a problem? Would fixing it help to save you money? Who can you call? MACSI, that’s who. Each year - usually at the start of the summer - the SFI... click here to read

Prof Michael Coey, SFI Researcher of the Year 2012 22 November 2012 Minister Sherlock announces Prof Michael Coey as SFI researcher of the Year at SFI Science Summit 2012 Professor Michael Coey, one of Ireland’s leading scient... click here to read

Dr Rohit Mishra, CRANN, TCD wins SFI Research Image Competition 2012 21 November 2012 Asteroid Belt, an image taken by CRANN, TCD was announced the winner of the SFI Research Image Competition 2012 by Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock T.D.. Th... click here to read

Good (stereo) vibrations 24 October 2012 When it comes to 1960s classics, there are few more memorable than Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys. But for many years, fans were destined to listen to the track in mono only. St... click here to read

Looking to the ocean to learn more about ourselves 14 August 2012 One of the world’s most important scientific vessels, the Tara Oceans yacht, which has been engaged on a series of worldwide scientific exploration expeditions for the past t... click here to read