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Posted on: 21 October 2025 Astrophysicists are leading a project (TiDES) that will improve our understanding of the mysterious "dark energy" that comprises roughly two-thirds of the Universe and is responsible for its accelerating expansion.

Posted on: 15 October 2025 The news that our native bees are cut from a different cloth has important implications for conservation practices and may also inform the way imported commercial populations are managed. The new research took a deep dive into the population genomics of Irish and British Bombus terrestris audax , colloquially known as the buff-tailed bumblebee.

In a world's first, researchers at University of Limerick have developed a battery that could reshape the future of electric vehicles and portable electronics.

Rachel Moss , Trinity College Dublin Writing in the early 20th century, the celebrated author James Joyce noted that the Book of Kells - an illuminated manuscript depicting the four gospels of the New Testament in Latin - was "the most purely Irish thing we have".

A large number of University of Limerick researchers have been listed among the World's Top 2% Scientists.

Posted on: 01 October 2025 New research at IDS-TILDA at the School of Nursing and Midwifery has led to improved outcomes for people with intellectual disabilities who are unable to access a traditional DXA bone scan.