The president of University College Cork has begun forging links with some of America’s top universities thanks to Cork Airport’s first transatlantic service.

The new President of University College Cork, Professor Patrick O’Shea, has promised that the institution will "continue its rise among the great universities of the world" during his tenure.

Corkman and UCC physics graduate Professor Patrick O’Shea has been appointed the 15th President of University College Cork.

Discoveries of planets orbiting stars outside the solar system, efforts to better understand the weather and work on carbon tubes are among the discoveries that could win the Nobel Prize in physics today.

NASA is preparing to launch a laboratory for the international space station.