4+ hour, 13+ min ago  (598+ words) The harrowing stories of families and businesses affected by recent floods highlighted the urgent need for more accurate warning systems for such events. This makes the work of the University of Galway-based StopFloods research team all the more timely. The…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (803+ words) Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform core functions across the life sciences value chain. But Ireland's "116 billion life sciences sector will only benefit from this if we can keep ahead of what will be both a transformative opportunity,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (653+ words) From airport shutdowns to retailers being forced to go offline, the heightened threat of cybercriminals is once again firmly in the spotlight. These malicious actors have been emboldened in recent times by the advent of generative artificial intelligence (AI). "Generative…...

4+ mon, 3+ day ago  (546+ words) A crucial link between mathematics and music is nicely illustrated by the Tonnetz, a geometric diagram representing the harmonic relationships between the notes of the musical scale. An early version of the Tonnetz appeared in Leonhard Euler's book Tentamen Novae…...

4+ mon, 3+ day ago  (623+ words) There is a need to return to consideration of some aspects of science that should be categorised as "dodgy. Dodgy in the sense of dishonest but not at a high level of seriousness. Artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (421+ words) Speak to me as Gaeilge." Words that have struck fear into many a schoolchild's soul. But also, apparently, enough to scramble the most advanced AI chatbots available to us. AI is everywhere " our devices, integrated into services, discussed widely in…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (741+ words) Scared of artificial intelligence? Greg Heffley, the comic hero of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, has some good advice: "I've actually been preparing for when the robots take over by sucking up to the appliances in my house." Cut to…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (434+ words) An incredible on-demand superpower or overhyped tech? The latest artificial intelligence model from Open AI, GPT-5, is live and makes some big promises. Open AI founder Sam Altman claims it is similar to having a PhD-level intelligence in your pocket…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (596+ words) Students may have been thrown by new topics on the higher-level applied maths paper but there was also a good mix of the familiar. Brendan Williamson, an applied mathematics teacher at the Institute of Education, said that question one, which…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (725+ words) Many higher-level maths students were left deflated by paper one, but it had many manageable elements and was less wordy than in previous years, teachers have said. Eoghan O'Leary, a teacher at Hamilton High School in Cork and head of…...