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Ireland’s only protected insect stars in new comic to spotlight importance of the bioeconomy

The latest Beo and Raja comic stars the beautiful Marsh Fritillary butterfly. The comic focuses on the importance of insects with the aim of engaging younger audiences in issues of biodiversity.

11 Jul 2025

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Sustainable aviation in the spotlight as Trinity hosts international conference

Researchers from around the globe will this week attend the inaugural International Conference on Sustainable Aviation Research (ICSAR).

7 Jul 2025

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Artists and dreamers of all ages invited to discover forgotten music of 19th-century women composers

The call out for creative responses from artists, writers, musicians, and dreamers of all ages is being led by Trinity's Department of Music and the Royal Irish Academy of Music.

7 Jul 2025

Community|Culture|Research

Trinity hosts Ireland’s first BioBrillouin microscope

Trinity now has Ireland’s first and only BioBrillouin microscope, which will enable researchers to make giant strides in the fields of inflammation, cancer, developmental biology and biomedical materials, among others.

4 Jul 2025

Research|Science

Scientists hunt for clues behind the development of curved spines

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin are assessing how the development of spinal ligaments provide mechanical stability and impact postural support in the spine – with a view to better understanding how developmental “missteps” may contribute to spinal deformations, such as the characteristic curved spines that develop in people with scoliosis.

1 Jul 2025

Health|Research|Science

Trinity’s groundbreaking carbon capture tech takes off at Dublin Airport

Trinity's carbon capture tech initiates its first industrial-scale field test at Dublin Airport, demonstrating its potential for revolutionising carbon capture in aviation and e-fuel industries.

1 Jul 2025

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

175,000 taifead stairiúil nua eisithe ag Maoinchiste Annála Samhalta na hÉireann

50,000 ainm ón ré roimh an nGorta agus an ré ina dhiaidh ar fáil lena scrúdú ag lucht stair an teaghlaigh ar Thairseach nua na nDaonáireamh

30 Jun 2025

Culture|Research|Science

Craft My Street: young people reimagine Dublin with Minecraft in Smart Docklands pilot

In a city increasingly defined by data, design, and digital connectivity, a new pilot project is giving some of its youngest residents a powerful tool for change – Minecraft.

30 Jun 2025

Community|Research|Society|Students

175,000 new historical records released by Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland

Among new treasures freely available online today for the first time are 60,000 pre-and-post famine names for family historians to explore in the new Population Portal.

30 Jun 2025

Culture|Research|Science

There is no loneliness epidemic – so why do we keep talking as if there is?

Most people experience periods of loneliness, isolation or solitude in their lives, but these are different things, writes Brendan Kelly, School of Medicine, in a piece for The Conversation.

27 Jun 2025

Health|Research|Society