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Earlier detection, better outcomes: Irish researchers target rising bowel cancer rates with new blood test

Researchers from Trinity, Dublin City University and University College Dublin will use funding of €670,000 from Enterprise Ireland’s Commercialisation Fund to develop a breakthrough blood-based screening test.

26 Mar 2026

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

Seashell saviours – Trinity team finds discarded oyster shells can clean polluted water by removing "rare earths"

New research from a team at Trinity College Dublin has unearthed a cheap and environmentally friendly new option for removing pollutants from our water. The key? Oyster shells that would ordinarily end up in landfill sites after consumption.

26 Mar 2026

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Health and Sport Week keynote: Dr May van Schalkwyk addresses industry harm

Dr May van Schalkwyk, public health doctor and researcher gave the Health and Sports Week keynote address in Trinity Long Room Hub this week to a full house with attendees from the civil service, health services, non-governmental organisations and activists from a wide range of sectors.

26 Mar 2026

Business|Health|Society|Sustainability

Why rural Ireland holds the key to transport decarbonisation

Recent research conducted through a collaboration between the Schools of Physics and Engineering, and published in the journal Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, explores decarbonisation of transport, and the particular challenges that exist in Ireland due to our population density and geography.

31 Mar 2026

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Trinity team's new chip-scale light technology could power faster AI and data centre communications

Researchers at Trinity have developed a new light-based technology on a tiny chip that could help make the data centres behind cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and global internet services faster and more efficient.

31 Mar 2026

Innovation|Research|Science|Sustainability