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Physics - Computer Science - 11.02.2026
Simulating quantum chaos: how researchers are helping to push quantum computers beyond their limits
How rapidly does information spread through a quantum system? How does a quantum system forget its past? And can today's noisy quantum computers tell us anything trustworthy about the limits of these

Physics - 09.01.2026
Engines of light: new theory suggests we could increase useful energy obtained from sunlight
Posted on: 09 January 2026 Physicists from Trinity believe new insights into the behaviour of light may offer a new means of solving one of science's oldest challenges - how to turn heat into useful energy.

Physics - Innovation - 14.11.2025
Research Ireland backs nine UCD ’High-Risk, High-Reward’ projects in ¤34.5m funding round

Astronomy & Space - Physics - 21.10.2025
Trinity team poses deep-space questions of mysterious dark energy
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.

Materials Science - Physics - 30.07.2025
Irish scientists unlock nature’s 500-million-year-old colour secrets with nano-tech breakthrough
Posted on: 30 July 2025 Half a billion years ago nature evolved a remarkable trick: generating vibrant, shimmering colours via intricate, microscopic structures in feathers, wings and shells that reflect light in precise ways.

Innovation - Physics - 20.03.2025
UCD spin-out launches world’s first silicon-based quantum computer server

Health - Physics - 11.05.2024
Coveted ERC Synergy Grant awarded for groundbreaking soft x-ray approach to tissue biopsies

Astronomy & Space - Physics - 26.01.2024
UCD Relativity Group plays key role in first ever gravitational-wave observatory in space
UCD Relativity Group plays key role in first ever gravitational-wave observatory in space
Researchers from the UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics are behind the European Space Agency's plan to unravel the mysteries of gravitational waves with the first ever orbital observatory designed to study the ripples in space and time caused by the motion of black holes.