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What goes up must come down – scientists unearth “universal thermal performance curve” that shackles evolution
This “UTPC" seemingly applies to all species and dictates their responses to temperature change. It essentially “shackles evolution” as no species seem to have broken free from the constraints it imposes on how temperature affects performance.
21 Oct 2025
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Trinity team poses deep-space questions of mysterious dark energy
Astrophysicists are leading a project (TiDES) that will improve our understanding of the mysterious “dark energy” that comprises roughly two-thirds of the Universe and is responsible for its accelerating expansion. Their project kicks off as the revolutionary 4MOST facility captures its first light.
21 Oct 2025
Research|Science
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Trinity’s Rosie Lavan co-edits definitive collection of Seamus Heaney’s poetry
The long-awaited publication of the definitive edition of Seamus Heaney’s poetry co-edited by Dr Rosie Lavan, School of English, was celebrated at an event in Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Bellaghy.
20 Oct 2025
Culture|Research
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Trinity researcher contributes to landmark European Cancer Prevention Code
Professor Quentin Crowley, from the Discipline of Geology in Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences, has contributed to the fifth edition of the European Code Against Cancer (ECAC5), which officially launched this weekend at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress in Berlin.
20 Oct 2025
Environment|Health|Research|Science
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"It changed my life”: 90-year-old former Trinity English student recalls university in the 1950s
“It changed my life at that age. I went there straight from a very strict English boarding school so the freedom was just wonderful. We just talked and talked and talked.”
20 Oct 2025
Arts|Community
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€4.3m Erasmus Mundus Grant awarded for new international Master’s in Applied Drama and Arts Education
Carmel O’Sullivan and the School of Education help secure the first ever Erasmus Mundus in applied drama and arts education in Europe.
20 Oct 2025
Arts|Culture|Research
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Extraordinary story of “world’s first multinational” corporation subject of 2025 Annual Edmund Burke Lecture
Historian and author William Dalrymple told audience of the remarkable rise and fall of the British East India Company at Trinity Long Room Hub’s Annual Edmund Burke Lecture
20 Oct 2025
Culture|Research
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Professor Karen Wiltshire wins 2025 A.G. Huntsman Medal
Prof. Wiltshire, a marine ecologist and climate scientist from Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences, was honoured for her innovative and interdisciplinary research in climate science, and for her significant contribution to international organisations, which has built capacity and brought new voices into the marine sciences.
16 Oct 2025
Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Ireland’s strengths as a European leader in AI spotlighted at Artificial Intelligence conference
Taking place at the European Commission and Parliament’s headquarters in Dublin, ADVANCE 2025, hosted by ADAPT, the Research Ireland Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology, spotlights Ireland’s role in European innovation, digital security, and an Open Source future.
16 Oct 2025
Business|Health|Innovation|Research|Science
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Grokipedia: Elon Musk is right that Wikipedia is biased, but his AI alternative will be the same at best
Taha Yasseri, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, writes for The Conversation about Grokipedia – a new project to rival Wikipedia being developed by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI.
16 Oct 2025
Research