Dublin City University in the news https://phys.org/ en-us Latest news from Dublin City University Caffeine's sport performance advantage for infrequent tea and coffee drinkers A study led by sports scientists at Dublin City University has found that the performance enhancing benefits of caffeine are more apparent in athletes who do not drink caffeine-rich drinks such as tea, coffee, and energy drinks on a daily basis. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-caffeine-sport-advantage-infrequent-tea.html Health Fri, 19 Jan 2018 09:30:02 EST news435575813 New findings show what develops in body cells during type 2 diabetes onset Researchers at Dublin City University and their project partners in the EU FP7 funded DEXLIFE project have found fresh evidence to explain the processes that occur in the body's cells leading to the onset of type2 diabetes. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-12-body-cells-diabetes-onset.html Diabetes Wed, 13 Dec 2017 06:49:24 EST news432370154 Research finds social media disruption impacting on Islamic State propaganda Researchers from the VOX-Pol project at Dublin City University, together with colleagues from the University of Sussex, have found that the social media platform, Twitter is becoming less effective for the so-called 'Islamic State' (IS), due to the rapid take-down rate of pro-IS accounts from the site. It found that IS accounts faced "substantial and aggressive disruption". https://phys.org/news/2017-08-social-media-disruption-impacting-islamic.html Internet Tue, 15 Aug 2017 09:54:13 EDT news422009642 Researchers find biomarker that could help predict the onset of type 1 diabetes A significant finding has been made by the 3U Diabetes Consortium, of Dublin City University, Maynooth University and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), which has the potential to contribute to the identification of biological markers that predict the development of Type 1 diabetes, a chronic autoimmune disease. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-03-biomarker-onset-diabetes.html Diabetes Tue, 28 Mar 2017 09:11:06 EDT news409911051 New research shows homophobic bullying present in primary schools One in two primary school principals in Ireland have dealt with homophobic bullying according to new research carried out by the National Anti-Bullying Research and Resource Centre (ABC) at Dublin City University. https://phys.org/news/2016-11-homophobic-bullying-primary-schools.html Social Sciences Tue, 15 Nov 2016 08:33:08 EST news398421165