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Experimental Physics at MU converts Juno Award to achieve Athena Swan Bronze Award
Department of Experimental Physics at Maynooth University achieves Athena Swan Bronze Award following conversion of the Juno Practitioner Award
Date: Friday, 25 August 2023
Dr. Patrick Kavanagh co-author of study of spectacular protostellar outflow published in Nature
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) view of stellar birth. The Herbig-Haro 211 system, seen here in a near-infrared camera (NIRCam) image, is only a few thousand years old, yet it produces highly supersonic jets of hot molecular material that stretch into the surrounding cloud. The young star itself is still embedded in gas and dust and is located at the centre of the dark lane.
Date: Thursday, 24 August 2023
New Webb image captures detailed beauty of Ring Nebula
Maynooth University’s Dr Patrick Kavanagh leads data and image processing of latest spectacular image taken by the James Webb Telescope
Date: Monday, 21 August 2023
Webb Telescope captures images of Ring Nebula in Lyra
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has recorded breath-taking new images of the iconic Ring Nebula (Messier 57).
Date: Thursday, 03 August 2023
New image from Space Telescope shows one of our neighbouring galaxies
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope, featuring the work of Dr Patrick Kavanagh, Department of Experimental Physics, has been chosen as a European Space Agency’s Webb Picture of the Month for July 2023.
Date: Monday, 31 July 2023
MU receives €5m under SFI Frontiers programme
Maynooth University researchers are set to receive over €5 million in funding from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) under the Frontiers for the Future Programme, to tackle a range of topics such as renewable energy, climate change, food security, astronomy, immunology and cognitive science.
Date: Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Andrew Kirwan observes young stellar object 244-440 in the Orion Nebula
Andrew Kirwan and Dr. Emma Whelan ihave made observations of the young stellar object 244-440 in the Orion Nebula, using the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument at ESO's VLT.
Date: Monday, 17 April 2023
Graduate Teaching Studentship in Experimental Physics - August 2021
A Graduate Teaching Studentship is available in the Department of Experimental Physics.
Date: Thursday, 12 August 2021
Matthew Birney wins Earnshaw Award 2020
Matthew Birney won the Earnshaw Award for his project "A Velocity and Density Analysis of Planetary Nebula NGC6853: the Dumbbell Nebula". Matthew Birney was supervised jointly by Dr. Emma Whelan and Prof. Creidhe O'Sullivan. The Earnshaw Award is given each year by the Institute of Physics in Ireland for the best physics final year undergraduate project in Ireland.
Date: Wednesday, 16 December 2020
Maynooth University partners in major project awarded €7.3 million under Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund
Landmark project represents the first large scale collaboration on quantum computing in Ireland
Date: Saturday, 07 December 2019