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Mind, Body, Boost Project awarded over €391,000 by EU Commission’s Erasmus+ Sport 2020

Mind, Body, Boost Project awarded over €391,000 in funding from EU Commission’s Erasmus+ Sport 2020 programme. The Trinity Sport led project was submitted under the ‘collaborative partnerships action’ category.

23 Oct 2020

Electric car sales are on the rise – is coronavirus a turning point for the market?

Research Fellow in Energy Economics at Trinity, James Carroll, with a fascinating article first published by The Conversation.

19 Aug 2020

The explosive secret hidden beneath seemingly trustworthy volcanoes

Some volcanoes hide chemically diverse magmas in their underground plumbing systems – including some with the potential to generate sudden explosive activity.

28 Jul 2020

Research

Astrophysicists investigate a cosmic mystery – the disappearance of a massive star

June 2o2o A team of astronomers led by Professor Jose Groh’s group from Trinity is sleuthing for answers to a cosmic mystery having discovered the disappearance of an unstable massive star in a distant galaxy. Extensive international media coverage included: CNN Medium Forbes Daily Express Daily Telegraph The Atlantic BBC

30 Jun 2020

First-degree incest in early Ireland – ancient genomes uncover a dynastic elite in Irish passage tomb societies

June 2020 Archaeologists and geneticists, led by those from Trinity, have shed new light on the earliest periods of Ireland’s human history. Among their incredible findings is the discovery that the genome of an adult male buried in the heart of the Newgrange passage tomb points to first-degree incest, implying he was among a ruling […]

17 Jun 2020