QS World University Rankings® 2015/16 – Out Now!

QS World University Rankings® 2015/16 – Out Now!

Today’s release sees the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) retain the top spot in the QS World University Rankings® for the fourth year running, with Harvard University climbing two places to rank second, followed by the University of Cambridge and Stanford University in joint third.

Essential PhD tips: 10 articles all doctoral students should read

Essential PhD tips: 10 articles all doctoral students should read

100 psychology experiments repeated, less than half successful

100 psychology experiments repeated, less than half successful

Since November 2011, the Center for Open Science has been involved in an ambitious project: to repeat 100 psychology experiments and see whether the results are the same the second time round. 



The full results can be found in Science/AAAS

Remains of major new prehistoric stone monument at Durrington Walls discovered

The "Stonehenge Hidden Landscape Project"

The remains of a major new prehistoric stone monument have been discovered less than 3 kilometres from Stonehenge. Using cutting edge, multi-sensor technologies the "Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project" has revealed evidence for a large stone monument hidden beneath the bank of the later Durrington Walls 'super-henge'.

Cracking the (Morse) Code at Maynooth University

Cracking the (Morse) Code

The Morse Code system was invented in the 1830s by American artist Samuel Morse. This system of electrical telegraphy utilised a series of dots and dashes to represent letters of the alphabet and numerical values.  The College Museum houses an interesting collection of morse signalling keys, receivers and other objects associated with telegraphy.