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CAO applications show upward trend for Trinity degreesA total of 18,624 students, a fifth of all CAO applications, from all over Ireland applied to the university.
20 August 2017
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Nerve-guiding ‘labels’ may one day help re-form broken nervous connectionsScientists have identified different labels that attract and control specific nerves in fruit flies. In theory, these labels may re-form nervous connections if delivered to the site of injury in people.
15 August 2017
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Opportunity knocks for five up and coming Trinity health researchersThe HRB Emerging Investigator Awards are designed to enable researchers at the mid stage of their career to shift gear to become independent investigators.
15 August 2017
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Trinity researchers advise caution when treating blood pressure in older peopleNew research suggests the benefit of aggressively lowering blood pressure in older people should be balanced against the increased the risk of associated falls and blackouts as otherwise it may harm rather than help
14 August 2017
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World’s biggest climate innovation summer school comes to Trinity Students from around the world will develop climate-positive business ideas at Trinity before pitching these at the programme end in Riga, Latvia.
14 August 2017
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Homeless children relying on takeaways Trinity research highlights how parents living in in emergency homeless accommodation struggle to provide healthy meals for their children and themselves
10 August 2017
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Scientists produce battle-plan blueprints for attacking disease-causing bacteriaX-ray crystallography helped scientists to look under the bonnet of two common bacteria that opportunistically infect people, so as to better understand the mechanics involved.
9 August 2017
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Scientists unearth cell ‘checkpoint’ that stops allergic diseasesTheir discovery has implications for the treatment of asthma, eczema and other diseases.
1 August 2017
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Rough Magic donate their chapter of Irish Theatrical History to Trinity Library Over 115 productions and 33 years later this remarkable company is donating the Company Archive to the Library of Trinity College Dublin, as part of a series of events marking the 50th anniversary of the Berkeley Library in 2017.
1 August 2017
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20 year study into dementia and Down syndrome in Ireland paints stark picture Research found 97.4% of those in the study developed dementia within the twenty year period.
31 July 2017