Articles
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Trinity Walton Club team takes top prize at Ultimate Pitch Event
The successful team, comprised of teenage 'Alphas', designed a backpack that minimises back pain.
5 Sep 2017
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Plant protein may hold the key to fighting hunger and global warming
New research shows that plant protein sourced from legumes such as peas, beans and lentils has the highest nutrient density and the lowest environmental production costs.
20 Oct 2017
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Ireland joins leading international astronomy collaboration
Ireland is to join the International LOFAR Telescope collaboration, which will enable researchers to study solar activity and exploding stars, search for new planets, and explore the distant universe.
29 Jun 2017
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Chemistry student represents Ireland at Nobel laureate meeting
PhD candidate in Chemistry at Trinity, Eoin McCarney, discussed the next-gen science that will lead us into the future with a number of Nobel Prize winners.
11 Jul 2017
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Trinity Student Awarded First Schwarzman Scholarship for Ireland
Trinity College Dublin’s Lara Connaughton is the first Irish recipient of a Schwarzman Scholarship in Tsinghua University, Beijing.
3 Mar 2017
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Scientists make major breakthrough in smart printed electronics
Their leading innovation could transform everyday products (like your milk carton) into intelligent smart devices.
7 Apr 2017
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‘Marine repairmen’ – little limpets are construction workers of the seashore
Limpets can repair their damaged shells so that they are as strong as the originals, but are still vulnerable to ’spalling' – a well-known cause of failure in engineering materials.
19 Jan 2017
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Comhaltacht in Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann bronnta ar Ollamh na Tríonóide
Tá Ollamh le Tíreolaíocht Choláiste na Tríonóide Baile Átha Cliath, Anna Davies, i measc an 18 comhalta nua de chuid Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann a fógraíodh inniu.
26 May 2017
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How healthy is your bicycle commute in Dublin?
A new study shows that the overall societal health benefits of cycling to work can mask some detrimental effects such as increased collision risk and exposure to pollutants.
7 Jun 2017
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Politics, partners and pride: why Air Berlin is down but not yet out
These airlines are in trouble due to economic failure, but their future is very much in the hands of political power, says Padraic Regan, Assistant Professor in Marketing and Strategy.
29 Aug 2017
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A “fundamental breakthrough” for the future of designing materials
A new understanding of how materials form at the nano scale will impact how they are designed -- ultimately enabling more efficient devices and extending battery life.
28 Jul 2017
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Student start-ups target investors at LaunchBox 2017’s Demo Day
This year’s ten companies address unmet market needs across a variety of sectors, including online ticket re-sales, language education, online dating and bespoke tourism.
30 Aug 2017
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Launch of first major Irish exhibition on Oscar Wilde
The highly personal exhibition featuring letters, photographs, theatre programmes and memorabilia maps out the Anglo-Irish playwright's meteoric rise to fame and also his dramatic fall from grace.
12 Oct 2017
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We built a robot care assistant for elderly people – here’s how it works
Assistant Professor, Conor McGinn, with a piece published by The Conversation about the development of Stevie -- Ireland's first prototype robot for assisted care.
21 Nov 2017
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How our ability to see, feel and hear tells us about the workings of the brain
'Perception in mind: how our ability to see, feel and hear tells us about the workings of the human brain'
15 Dec 2017
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Trinity Walton Club goes global
Trinity's STEM education enrichment programme is open to international students for the first time this summer.
30 Mar 2017
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Comets or volcanoes? Where did Earth’s water come from?
Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at Trinity, Balz Kamber, with an opinion piece published on The Conversation.
8 Mar 2017
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Scientists discover how tuberculosis hijacks the immune system
Irish and UK scientists have unlocked a key element in understanding how human lungs fight tuberculosis. They hope their research findings will help pave the way towards new treatment approaches for the disease.
28 Aug 2017
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Bioengineer wins ERC funding to develop implant for treating cartilage damage
Professor Daniel Kelly has been awarded €150,000 in funding through the European Research Council’s Proof of Concept Grants -- his third such ERC award.
6 Sep 2017
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A Contested Experience: The Multiple Meanings Of ‘Hearing Voices’
Dr. Simon McCarthy-Jones, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, writes in a piece in The Huffington Post UK how voices can be many things and suggests that people need information and the freedom to explore what their voices mean, in a supportive environment.
27 Apr 2017
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Scientists unlock four-fold boost in performance of green energy catalyst
Nanoscale stretching or compressing significantly boosts the performance of ceria -- a material widely used in catalytic converters and clean-energy technologies.
18 May 2017
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The common path that governed the evolution of human societies across the globe
Scientific historians say a single dimension of ’social complexity' measures the development of around 400 past societies that existed over the last 10,000 years.
21 Dec 2017
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Trinity unveils precious Irish manuscripts from the Dark Ages
Four priceless medieval Irish manuscripts have been conserved and digitised online by Trinity.
1 Jun 2017
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Film director Martin Scorsese visits Trinity
The film director was presented with the Gold Medal of Honorary Patronage by the President of the Society, Matthew Nuding
24 Feb 2017
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A major uprising in Jerusalem and beyond is just a few missteps away
Assistant Professor in International Peace Studies, Carlo Aldrovandi says the summer crisis in Jerusalem makes it clear that a major conflagration in Israel-Palestine could just happen.
17 Aug 2017
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Trinity scientist wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry award
Professor Aidan McDonald, an inorganic chemistry expert, is the Royal Society of Chemistry Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship winner for 2017.
9 May 2017
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Trinity astrophysicist to help direct missions with European Space Agency
Professor Peter Gallagher will oversee and implement a number of space missions under the ESA’s Cosmic Vision 2015 - 2025 strategy.
10 Mar 2017
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Not such a ’simple’ sugar – glucose may be important in the fight against cancer
Scientists have discovered that glucose, the most important fuel used in our bodies, plays a vital role in the immune response.
30 May 2017
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Opportunity knocks for five up and coming Trinity health researchers
The HRB Emerging Investigator Awards are designed to enable researchers at the mid stage of their career to shift gear to become independent investigators.
15 Aug 2017
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Trinity’s Open Day attracts 10,000 people
Held across the College's city centre campus, our Open Day offered secondary school students and their parents, mature students, teachers and guidance counsellors an opportunity to gain a real insight into student life at Trinity.
17 Dec 2017