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Trinity offers a sneak-peak at the sweet spot for innovation at the SUGAR Global Kick Off 2022/23
Innovation thought leaders will unveil the secrets behind innovating so that companies can take their products and services to the next level, and outline how to effectively engage in collaborative innovation at the SUGAR Global Kick Off 2022/23, which is this week hosted by Trinity.
24 Oct 2022
Business|Innovation|Research|Students
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Labhair ar an Diabhal! Tarraingt bhuan léiriú an diabhail i gcúrsaí polaitíochta agus cultúir
Idir aimsir an Bhíobla agus shaol an lae inniu i ngluaiseacht náisiúnach na gCríostaithe sna SA, idir mhisteachas Súfaíoch agus Apacailipsis Eoin i gcluichí ríomhaire na Seapáine - tiocfaidh saineolaithe idirnáisiúnta le chéile i gColáiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath níos déanaí an mhí seo chun a gcuid taighde a roinnt ar an iliomad bealaí casta a mbíonn deamhain fós ag maireachtáil agus ag imirt tionchar orainn i saol na linne seo.
25 Oct 2022
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Several beautiful new bird species found on remote Indonesian islands
Zoologists from Trinity, working with a research team in Indonesia, have found several new species of colourful, tropical sunbirds. The zoologists have identified a new species, the “Wakatobi Sunbird” (Cinnyris infrenatus), which lives on the tiny Wakatobi Islands in central Indonesia. They also examined the more widespread Olive-backed Sunbirds and Black Sunbirds, and found that individuals named as such actually belonged to multiple unrecognised species.
25 Oct 2022
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Speicis nua aimsithe: Éin áille a mhaireann ar oileáin san Indinéis
Tá zó-eolaithe ó Choláiste na Tríonóide, i gcomhar le taighdeoirí Indinéiseacha, tar éis teacht ar scata speiceas nua sa chlann Nectariniidae - éin trópaiceacha ildaite ar a dtugtar “éin gréine”. D’fhionn na zó-eolaithe go bhfuil speiceas nach raibh aithne air roimhe seo, “Éin Gréine na Wakatobi” (Cinnyris infrenatus), ag maireachtáil ar oileáin beaga bídeacha i lár na hIndinéise darbh ainm Oileáin Wakatobi.
25 Oct 2022
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Concerning 20-year knowledge gap on young adult brain health
Researchers at the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) at Trinity College have highlighted a stark knowledge gap on brain health spanning 20 years in young adults, in an editorial recently published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
27 Oct 2022
Health|Research
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Seán Hewitt awarded 2022 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
The Rooney Prize, awarded annually since 1976, celebrates an outstanding body of work by an emerging Irish writer under 40 years of age. It is administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre for Creative Writing in the School of English.
27 Oct 2022
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Social prescribing needs more evidence to support its benefits before widespread rollout
Around one in five GP visits are for non-medical problems, such as loneliness or financial difficulty. However, these non-medical problems are known to have a big impact on patients’ health and wellbeing. GPs are aware of this and want to take a more holistic approach to care, but often are not sure how to do it. This has led to the development of “social prescribing”, where GPs “prescribe” social activities or support for people with the help of a link worker.
26 Oct 2022
Health|Research
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Support & Befriending service reduces health decline in older people
New research funded by the Health Research Board and ALONE, and hosted by the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), shows that support and befriending services for older people can reduce health decline.
28 Oct 2022
Health|Research
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Four of Shakespeare’s plays and how they speak to the current political situation in Britain
Orlaith Darling, Early Career Researcher in Contemporary English Literature and Critical Theory at Trinity, with a timely piece first published by The Conversation.
26 Oct 2022
Culture|Research|Society
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Trinity physicist to lead €2.9 million Quantum Technologies Flagship project
Professor Mark Mitchison has won an EU Quantum Technologies Flagship research grant worth €2.9 million. He will lead a team of researchers seeking to understand nature’s timekeeping limitations and querying whether precision measurements can be more energy efficient.
1 Nov 2022
Awards and Funding|Research|Science
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Marine biologists team up with tiger sharks to help discover the world’s largest seagrass ecosystem
Today one of the biggest marine discoveries of the last decade is being announced: the largest seagrass ecosystem in the world, an area in The Bahamas estimated to be up to 92,000 km2. Published in the scientific journal Nature Communications, the study details a unique partnership with tiger sharks that played a key role in mapping and ultimately validating the main findings.
1 Nov 2022
Environment|Research|Science
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Ten-year dataset yields vital clues for supporting Ireland’s precious pollinators
Ecologists from Trinity College Dublin have unearthed vital clues for how we can best support Ireland’s precious pollinators after interrogating a ten-year dataset containing information from 119 sites across the country.
2 Nov 2022
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Trinity names 2022/23 Sports Scholars
Trinity College Dublin has unveiled its Sport Scholarship students for 2022/23. Student athletes from a wide variety of sports, including rugby, basketball, GAA, rowing, hockey, and cricket are featured in this year’s programme.
3 Nov 2022
Health|Students
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Connemara Marble designated a Heritage Stone
Connemara Marble, seen to beautiful effect in Trinity College Dublin’s iconic Museum Building, has been designated a Heritage Stone. One of ten stone types to be designated as such this year, Connemara Marble is now one of only 32 Heritage Stones worldwide.
3 Nov 2022
Arts
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Promising results from psilocybin therapy trial for treatment-resistant depression
Trinity researchers have participated in the largest and most rigorous clinical trial to date of psilocybin. Their findings are published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
3 Nov 2022
Health|Research|Science
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Trinity team unearths potential secret to viral resistance
Researchers worked with women infected by hepatitis C following exposure to contaminated anti-D medication in the 1970s. Some of these women exposed to the virus never showed symptoms and now – over 40 years on – the researchers believe they know why.
4 Nov 2022
Health|Research|Science
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A magical day for PhD graduate and Harry Potter researcher Mary Pyle
Mary Pyle, at the record age of 84, graduated with a PhD for her thesis focused on JK Rowling’s famous Harry Potter book series.
4 Nov 2022
Arts|Research
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WATCH: Learning from major climatic events in the past
Professor Micha Ruhl, from the School of Natural Sciences, talks about his work. This video features as part of the Trinity Research Stories campaign.
7 Nov 2022
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Rishi Sunak and Star Wars: what the UK prime minister can learn about governing from his favourite films
David Kenny, Associate Professor of Law at Trinity, with a piece about the new British PM first published by The Conversation.
4 Nov 2022
Business|Culture|Research|Society
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Incredible difference-making researchers and inventors honoured at Trinity Innovation Awards
Trinity’s leading researchers and inventors have been recognised for their innovative research and entrepreneurship at the 2022 Trinity Innovation Awards. Orla Hardiman, Professor of Neurology, received the headline Provost Innovation Award, while Werner Blau, Fellow Emeritus in the School of Physics, won the Lifetime Achievement Award.
8 Nov 2022
Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research
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Pond Life comes to Campus
There is a new habitat on campus this week in the form of a pond, which was facilitated by Provost Linda Doyle and created by colleagues from Estates and Facilities alongside Research Associate Collie Ennis.
14 Nov 2022
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15 ways to reforest the planet: international scientists call for decade of global action
Scientists are calling for a “decade of global action” to reforest the planet following the publication of new research involving botanists from Trinity. The landmark issue of the Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions reveals the latest scientific advances in forest restoration with the aim of benefiting people as well as nature.
14 Nov 2022
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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From QAnon to The Sandman: how demons found a place in popular culture
In western culture today, demons exist as something of a paradox, argue Zohar Hadromi Allouche, Assistant Professor, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies and S. Jonathon O'Donnell, Queen's University Belfast in this piece first published in The Conversation.
15 Nov 2022
Culture|Research|Society
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Eight Trinity researchers among the most cited in the world
Eight researchers affiliated with Trinity feature on the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2022 list from Clarivate, which identifies researchers who have demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade.
15 Nov 2022
Research
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New study explores IL-25 as potential target for inflammatory disease
A new study, published recently in the journal Antibody Therapeutics, describes the discovery of a novel antibody which may have therapeutic potential by blocking the progression of inflammation caused by the cytokine interleukin-25 (IL-25).
15 Nov 2022
Health|Innovation|Research
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New project will equip police with advanced technologies to combat disinformation linked to crime
VIGILANT is a €4 million Horizon Europe project aimed at curbing the spread of disinformation and combating its negative effects such as promoting hate speech, human trafficking, and bogus medical cures.
16 Nov 2022
Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research
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Experiences of methadone service users explored in human rights-based study
The study - published in the International Journal of Drug Policy - found that people who want or need to recover often end up feeling more marginalised because of their experiences of methadone services.
17 Nov 2022
Health|Research
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Poetry of Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin celebrated to mark poet’s 80th birthday
Literary experts and leading Irish poets will gather in Trinity College Dublin this weekend for an event to mark the 80th birthday of the celebrated poet Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin later this month.
17 Nov 2022
Arts|Research
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Comóradh ar fhilíocht Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin agus breithlá 80 bliain an fhile á cheiliúradh
Baileoidh saineolaithe liteartha agus filí mór le rá na hÉireann le chéile i gColáiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath an deireadh seachtaine seo le haghaidh imeachta a dhéanfaidh ceiliúradh ar bhreithlá 80 bliain an fhile iomráitigh Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin.
18 Nov 2022
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Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal recipients announced
The 2023 Academy Gold Medal in the Humanities has been awarded to Jane Ohlmeyer MRIA and the 2023 Academy Gold Medal in the Physical and Mathematical Sciences has been awarded to Jonathan Coleman MRIA.
18 Nov 2022
Awards and Funding