Ronan O'Connell

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Ronan O'Connell

Esperance is regularly touted for possessing some of the world’s best beaches, but now this popular Australian tourist town is facing a crisis after becoming plagued by shark attacks. Swimmers and surfers have long flocked this dreamy spot on the isolated south coast of Western Australia, about 400 miles from state capital Perth. But many locals and tourists have become wary of entering Esperance’s crystalline seas due to a tragic spate of shark attacks.

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ronan O'Connell

Great white sharks are haunting Esperance, one of Australia's prettiest coastal destinations. Should visitors be worried? Esperance is regularly touted for possessing some of the world's best beaches, but now this popular Australian tourist town is facing a crisis after becoming plagued by shark attacks. Swimmers and surfers have long flocked this dreamy spot on the isolated south coast of Western Australia, about 400 miles from state capital Perth.

1 month ago | biorxiv.org | Ronan O'Connell |Kshitij Rai |Yiduo Wang |Trenton C Piepergerdes

AbstractMassively parallel genetic screens have been used to map sequence-to-function relation-ships for a variety of genetic elements. However, because these approaches only interrogate short sequences, it remains challenging to perform high throughput (HT) assays on constructs containing combinations of multiple sequence elements arranged across multi-kb length scales.

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Ronan O'Connell

Rome has more of the ancient Egyptian monuments than any city in the world. Here's where to find them... An African puzzle towers above tourists near Rome's Colosseum. It is covered in a curious code, is linked to a falcon-headed deity, and was born in a time and place so distant that it feels almost alien. Thousands of travellers pass by this 150ft-tall pillar each day as they wander through Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano to reach the adjoining basilica and sanctuary.

2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Sophie Morgan |Poonam Binayak |Danielle Demetriou |Ronan O'Connell

With everything from beach wheelchairs to adaptive scuba diving, Amilla caters to a broader demographic of travellerOn first impression, Amilla presents as your quintessential Maldivian resort. This privately owned island hotel, popular with the A-list (from Leonardo DiCaprio to Gwyneth Paltrow) has 67 villas, nestled amongst more than 2,000 coconut trees and 400-year-old Banyan trees.