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Researchers find inappropriate and unnecessary vitamin D testing in Dublin

Researchers found that one in four patients have their vitamin D frequently checked by their GP, and yet some remain deficient after several tests. Young adults and males were most likely to have low vitamin D but were retested the least.

4 Aug 2021

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The music of silence: imagining a song triggers similar brain activity to moments of mid-music silence

Researchers have discovered that our brains encode musical predictions even without music. These new insights into sensory prediction also have implications in clinical settings.

3 Aug 2021

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“That’s not another dogfish…” Researchers film large, prehistoric looking shark off Co. Clare coast

In what is a European first, a team of marine biologists from Trinity, Queen’s University Belfast and Fjordstrong have filmed a giant sixgill shark swimming in Irish coastal waters.

30 Jul 2021

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Trinity researchers and Inclusion Ireland bridge gap in playground communication

Researchers from the School of Psychology have collaborated with Inclusion Ireland to lead an innovative community initiative to assist children with communication difficulties to interact with their peers.

29 Jul 2021

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Explore the hidden SYSTEMS that surround us, at home with the Science Gallery

SYSTEMS the exhibition was scheduled to open in the summer of 2020 - but COVID-19 soon made those plans obsolete - so the Science Gallery have reimagined a way to explore and untangle the many complex systems around us, at home.

22 Jul 2021

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