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Newswise: Potential new worlds rescued by citizens of Earth!

Early results of people-powered astronomy project 'out of this world'
Released: 25-Apr-2024 5:05 AM EDT
Potential new worlds rescued by citizens of Earth! Early results of people-powered astronomy project 'out of this world'
Queen's University Belfast

Eagle-eyed, armchair astronomers have almost certainly made a number of thrilling discoveries, including two possible Jupiter-sized ‘exoplanets’ – planets outside our solar system – in an international, citizen-science project run out of a UK university.

21-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Only a third of NI voters believe the Assembly will see out its current mandate
Queen's University Belfast

According to a new report from Queen’s University Belfast, voters in Northern Ireland are split into three camps as to whether the restored Assembly will last until the end of its current mandate in 2027.

Newswise: Researchers reveal the best-selling ‘pop’ songs of 17th century England
Released: 2-Feb-2024 6:05 AM EST
Researchers reveal the best-selling ‘pop’ songs of 17th century England
Queen's University Belfast

Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Warwick have compiled the first ever collection of hit songs from seventeenth-century England, including over 100 ballads in total.

8-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Three years of polling on the Protocol reveals the depth of the new division in Northern Ireland
Queen's University Belfast

The Windsor Framework has reduced the scale of opposition to Northern Ireland’s (NI) unique post-Brexit arrangements, but not its intensity.

Released: 29-Aug-2023 10:10 AM EDT
New toolkit provides more efficient analysis of health data to drive improvements in patient care
Queen's University Belfast

Researchers from Queen’s University have developed a new toolkit that harnesses the power of ‘Big Data’ for digital health with the aim of driving improvements in patient care and outcomes through data-driven innovation.

   
2-Jun-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Queen’s research finds greater societal awareness needed to protect our privacy and data from AI when we die
Queen's University Belfast

A research study from Queen’s University Belfast, Aston Law School and Newcastle University Law School, has suggested that greater societal awareness of ‘ghostbots’ and a ‘Do not bot me’ clause in wills and other contracts could prevent us from being digitally reincarnated without our permission when we die.

23-Feb-2023 11:05 AM EST
Protocol not top priority for Northern Ireland voters
Queen's University Belfast

Most voters in Northern Ireland do not rank the Protocol among their highest policy concerns when compared to other policy issues, a new report by researchers at Queen’s University Belfast, has found.

Released: 18-Jan-2023 5:05 AM EST
Queen’s report finds that Education departments in UK Universities are less diverse than other disciplines
Queen's University Belfast

A research report by academics at Queen’s University Belfast in collaboration with the University of Glasgow, has found that Education departments in the UK higher education (HE) sector have more inequality than other discipline areas.

Released: 9-Jan-2023 4:05 AM EST
Queen’s researcher to examine the treatment of unmarried pregnant women in Northern Ireland
Queen's University Belfast

A researcher from Queen’s University Belfast will examine how unmarried women who fell pregnant from 1945 - 2015 were treated in Northern Ireland.

   
Newswise: First digital archive of Brian Friel’s iconic plays launches at Queen’s
Released: 12-Dec-2022 6:05 AM EST
First digital archive of Brian Friel’s iconic plays launches at Queen’s
Queen's University Belfast

Queen’s University Belfast has launched the Brian Friel digital archive, a first of its kind resource, providing access to drafts of the acclaimed Irish playwright’s works, including handwritten notes from some of his most iconic plays.

Newswise: Research suggests deaf children more at risk of developing emotional wellbeing issues
Released: 9-Nov-2022 4:30 PM EST
Research suggests deaf children more at risk of developing emotional wellbeing issues
Queen's University Belfast

Research from Queen’s University Belfast suggests that deaf children are more at risk of developing mental health and emotional wellbeing issues compared to children who can hear.

8-Nov-2022 4:05 AM EST
Northern Ireland is poorest performing UK region for productivity
Queen's University Belfast

Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast have found that Northern Ireland is the poorest performing UK region for productivity, with a productivity gap of 17% to the UK level.

26-Oct-2022 6:05 AM EDT
Voters in Northern Ireland keen to see UK-EU agreement over the Protocol but the challenge of ‘selling’ any such agreement is growing
Queen's University Belfast

Support among voters in Northern Ireland for the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland remains steady, a new opinion poll conducted by Lucid Talk on behalf of Queen’s University Belfast, has revealed.

16-Oct-2022 7:05 AM EDT
Independent Panel Report into Fans’ Experiences at the 2022 European Champions League Final
Queen's University Belfast

An independent panel report, based on the written testimonies of 485 women, men and children, and eyewitness accounts by international journalists, tells the story of those who survived extreme violence at the hands of the police and local gangs before and after the European Champions League Final in Paris, May 2022. Compiled by five leading authorities in their respective fields, including author of the ground-breaking report into the Hillsborough disaster, Professor Emeritus Phil Scraton from the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast, the report, “Treated with Contempt": An Independent Panel Report into Fans' Experiences Before, During and After the 2022 Champions League Final in Paris, details survivors’ written evidence submitted in the days after the event.

Released: 11-Oct-2022 5:05 AM EDT
Academics to chart the historical evolution of the relationship between Conservatism and Unionism
Queen's University Belfast

Queen’s University Belfast and the University of St Andrews have been awarded £492,630 for a project which will chart the historical evolution of the relationship between Conservatism and Unionism throughout the UK.

Newswise: Queen’s announces Roddy Doyle, Kae Tempest and Conor Mitchell as Seamus Heaney Fellows for 2022-23
Released: 6-Oct-2022 9:30 AM EDT
Queen’s announces Roddy Doyle, Kae Tempest and Conor Mitchell as Seamus Heaney Fellows for 2022-23
Queen's University Belfast

The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast has announced the appointments of Roddy Doyle, Kae Tempest and Conor Mitchell as the Seamus Heaney Centre Fellows for 2022-23.

Newswise: Researchers to explore why atheism is growing across the world
Released: 21-Sep-2022 4:05 AM EDT
Researchers to explore why atheism is growing across the world
Queen's University Belfast

An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Queen’s University Belfast have launched a new project ‘Explaining Atheism’, to test popular and academic theories about why some people are atheists and why some are not.

Newswise: Researchers Develop Plastic Film That Can Kill Viruses Using Room Lights
8-Sep-2022 1:05 PM EDT
Researchers Develop Plastic Film That Can Kill Viruses Using Room Lights
Queen's University Belfast

Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have developed a ground-breaking plastic film that can kill viruses that land on its surface with room light.

Newswise: Queen’s academics launch new international guidelines on reparations in post-conflict societies
Released: 31-Aug-2022 5:05 AM EDT
Queen’s academics launch new international guidelines on reparations in post-conflict societies
Queen's University Belfast

Researchers from the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Essex, in partnership with REDRESS, have launched new international guidelines, the ‘Belfast Guidelines on Reparations in Post-Conflict Societies’.

Released: 6-Jul-2022 7:05 AM EDT
A Less Invasive Treatment Approach for Bowel Cancer Could Save Over £1 Billion
Queen's University Belfast

New research suggests that providing a break in treatment to patients with advanced bowel cancer could not only benefit a patient’s quality of life but could also help save £1.2 billion for the National Health Service in England.



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