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Third Level Facilities: UCC Tyndall Institute

Posted in Governance and administration on September 20th, 2019 by steve

“Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail): To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the stage the upgrading of the Tyndall National Institute project is at; when the project will go out for tender; when construction will commence; when the project will be completed; the estimated cost of the project; the amount spent to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter …” (more)

[Dáil written answers, 19 September]

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Tyndall conference in Ireland

Posted in Life on October 2nd, 2011 by steve

“This weekend, I caught the last day of a climate conference honouring the memory of the great Irish scientist John Tyndall. Born in Co Carlow, Tyndall became a key member of the Royal Society around the time of Charles Darwin. He studied under Robert Bunsen in Germany …” (more)

[Antimatter, 2 October]

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TCD Geneticist Unearths Correspondence between Irish Physicist and Famous British Botanist

Posted in Life on August 11th, 2011 by steve

“A collection of over 200 letters between one of Ireland’s most successful scientists and educators, John Tyndall, and the great British botanist and explorer, Sir Joseph Hooker, were recently discovered in the archives of Imperial College London where they have been housed for over a hundred years …” (more)

[Trinity College Communications Office, 11 August]

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