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Trinity researchers secure funding from Irish Research Council’s enterprise partnership scheme
Eleven Trinity College Dublin enterprise-focused research projects were among 50 that received a total of €4.3 million in funding under the Irish Research Council’s 2020 Enterprise Partnership Scheme.
17 Aug 2020
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Ecosystem ‘tipping points’ unhelpful for developing environmental policies – largest ever synthesis of global climate change research
The scientists behind the work believe policy makers should readdress the use of thresholds in ecosystem management and instead act according to the precautionary principle.
17 Aug 2020
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John Hume’s legacy is that belief in change can make change happen
The following opinion piece by Etain Tannam, Associate Professor of International Peace Studies, was published first in the Irish Independent ‘The Border is not a line on the map. It is a mental border built on fear, prejudice and misunderstanding and which can only be eradicated by developing understanding and friendship. This is the real […]
17 Aug 2020
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Covid-19 deaths in care homes are a wake-up call to us all
In an opinion post first published in the Business Post, Prof. Des O'Neill says the COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the urgency of asking ourselves what we really want from our nursing homes.
17 Aug 2020
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AI is a totalitarian’s dream – here’s how to take power back
Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology & Neuropsychology Simon McCarthy Jones on why we must not allow others to know more about ourselves than we do.
13 Aug 2020
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Trinity teams receive Enterprise Ireland funding to commercialise research
The funding will enable researchers to commercialise therapies for both whooping cough and common retinal disease.
11 Aug 2020
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Dr Tomás Ryan wins 2020 Lister Institute Research Prize
Dr Ryan becomes the first scientist in an Irish institution to secure the highly prestigious Lister Institute Preventive Medicine Prize Fellowship.
10 Aug 2020
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Are we medically intervening in maternity care when we don’t need to?
The School of Nursing and Midwifery research provides an international perspective on key birth interventions.
6 Aug 2020
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Trinity—UK collaboration awarded £1.6 million to unveil the secrets of quantum thermodynamics
The QuamNESS consortium puts together researchers in University of Bristol, Queens University Belfast and Trinity College Dublin under the support of an EPSRC-SFI grant to explore the thermodynamics of quantum machines and technologies.
4 Aug 2020
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Harnessing the beneficial effects of exercise on bone to create new therapies for osteoporosis
Around 300,000 people in Ireland have osteoporosis and many more may live with the disease undetected. It can be particularly problematic as we get older when bone regeneration becomes slower.
4 Aug 2020
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