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23 Oct 2024

Bernal Institute Members Secure Over €1.5 Million in Funding for 'High-Risk, High-Reward Projects'

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26 Sep 2024

SDG Challenge & SFI Future Innovator Prize

UN Sustainable Development Goals, SDG2 “Zero Hunger” Workshop in Bernal at the University of Limerick.
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13 Sep 2024

Bernal research team designs new molecular structure to revolutionise AI

“The design draws inspiration from the human brain, using the natural wiggling and jiggling of atoms to process and store information"
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