Claire O Connell
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Battery breakthrough as Irish researchers triple storage capacity
- Innovation
- February 21, 2019, 06:00
Battery low and yet miles to go. It’s a pain for consumers and a challenge for manufacturers: how do you make a battery that can store more charge an(...)
![Dr Anthony Ventresque: “I have very good students – they are brilliant technically, they ask good questions [and] they provide another reason to get up in the morning and go to work.” Dr Anthony Ventresque: “I have very good students – they are brilliant technically, they ask good questions [and] they provide another reason to get up in the morning and go to work.”](/polopoly_fs/1.3785559.1549546312!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
AI ‘chatbot’ will help displaced people access education online
- Science
- February 14, 2019, 01:00
You research complex software, why is there the need for this kind of research? “One of the big changes in software in the last 10-15 years has been (...)

‘The great thing about paediatrics is seeing a happy child ready to go home’
- Science
- January 17, 2019, 06:00
A lot of parents and babies take part in your studies in Cork. What have you been researching? “One of the great things about being a researcher in Ir(...)

‘It’s actually quite scary’: data analysis of sea level changes
- Environment
- January 10, 2019, 05:00
Science Lives: Prof Andrew Parnell of Maynooth University on his life’s work As a statistician you reckon statistical models offer “scientifi(...)

Searching for answers in our genes
- Science
- December 27, 2018, 06:00
What areas do you research? “I’m interested in how we all differ at the level of our DNA, the set of genes we inherit. Understanding and studying the(...)

Making the switch in immune cells to fight TB
- Science
- December 13, 2018, 00:00
You are a medical doctor, how did you become interested in research? “I had done my medical degree and my basic medical training at Trinity College D(...)

Taking control of electromagnetic waves
- Science
- November 22, 2018, 00:00
The research in your lab looks to control electromagnetic radiation. That sounds ambitious, can you explain? “Electromagnetic or EM radiation exists (...)

Getting to the heart of research on medicines, body clocks and ageing
- Science
- November 8, 2018, 00:00
Garret, you have won lots of awards for your work as a physician and scientist, and you will soon be inducted into the Italian and German academies of(...)

Searching for the sources of violent explosions in space
- Science
- October 25, 2018, 06:00
Sheila, you are interested in big explosions in space. Tell us more “I work on gamma-ray bursts, which are big releases of energy. They usually happen(...)

Fish, photos and fun – the everyday of maths
- Science
- October 11, 2018, 00:00
Maths is everywhere, and this year’s Maths Week (commencing on Saturday, October 13th) will encourage us all to become more comfortable with its every(...)