The Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia is a seven-volume published transliteration and translation of collected cuneiform clay tablets originating in Babylon from 652-61 BCE and written in Akkadian ...

Historically, Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) has been associated with nosocomial diarrheal illness in older, immunocompromised patients, particularly in those on long-term antibiotics. However, cases of C. difficile ...

In the past century, peptide therapeutics have been introduced as a powerful alternative to small molecule drugs; their ability to form strong interactions with proteins has led to their use in the treatment of many ...

Fusobacterium nucleatum is Gram negative anaerobe of the oral cavity, where it plays a key role as a bridging organism in the plaque biofilm between early colonisers of the tooth surface, such as streptococcal species, and ...

The European Union (EU) has established ambitious renewable energy targets in order to de-carbonise the energy sector. In Ireland, it is estimated that 2.3GW of offshore wind capacity will be installed by 2030 at an estimated ...

The emergence of printed electronics as an application of Drop on Demand (DoD) inkjet printing has highlighted the importance of understanding the dynamics of this process for non-Newtonian fluids. From jetting to droplet ...

In response to the impacts of climate change and global population growth on traditional food production activities, agricultural industries and government agencies are now investing significant time and funding into ...

Previously a country with a sustained history of emigration, Ireland has experienced significant immigration in the last thirty years, which has resulted in an increasingly diverse ethnolinguistic landscape (Central ...

The demand for optical-to-electrical and/or electrical-to-optical transducers is growing exponentially as optics are increasingly adopted for energy-efficient data transmission. Displays and light sensors are increasingly ...

As devices become smaller and head towards the atomic limits, minute changes in their structure, in the form of defects, can have an oversized effect on the device properties. This is especially true for novel classes of ...