Geological Survey Ireland announces â¬1.45 million funding for new research projects
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Geological Survey Ireland has announced it awarded over â¬1.45 million under its Research Programme in 2020. World-class research projects in geoscience and related areas of environmental science and engineering were supported. Since 2015, the Programme has committed over â¬11 million in funding to over 150 projects in academia and SMEs. Data, expertise and support from Geological Survey Ireland scientific and technical staff have also been provided under the Programme.
The 2020 awards include six multi-annual projects in areas including groundwater modelling, sourcing of critical metals, deep geothermal energy and geotechnical engineering studies of slope failure. Two of these projects are co-funded with Science Foundation Ireland
Survey reveals an increase in vegetable intake during pandemic
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The study is believed to be the first multi-continent research undertaken on the impact of COVID-19 on eating habits.
How we shop for food, cook and eat has changed significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, an international survey led by Queen’s University Belfast has revealed.
Positive changes such as an increase in home-cooking and cooking from scratch with fresh ingredients were recorded. However, there were also negative trends, such as a reported increase in saturated-fat intake.
A spike in bulk buying – which causes pressure on already-stressed food systems and can lead to shortages, triggering further panic-buying – was also observed during the study.
As we ease into 2021, consumer behaviours are settling into a new normal, as people learn to live with the reality of Covid-19.
While the pandemic s impact has varied across the globe, a number of clear retail trends have emerged over the past nine months.
We’ve been finding out where people have been shopping, what they ve been buying and how businesses are adapting.
Demand for leisurewear soars
We ve all changed how and what we buy, as a result of the pandemic.
Covid-19 has negatively impacted many sectors of retail - but some businesses have recorded an increase in sales.
These are mainly stores that have a strong online presence, that are selling items of high demand.
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Researchers wanted to find out why this happens
They found that the spiders carry harmful bacteria, leading to infections that are hard to treat
The false widow spider, sometimes confused with the black widow, is notorious for its bites, which often lead to bacterial infections.
These infections tend to be resistant to antibiotics, causing researchers to suspect that they might be secondary and caused by bacteria on the skin entering the bite, or on the spider itself.
This led a group of zoologists and microbiologists from the National University of Ireland (NUI) to conduct a study to reveal whether the noble false widow and other synanthropic (living close to people) spiders directly transmit bacteria during a bite.