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Professor Anna Davies wins ERC Public Engagement with Research Award for social media outreach

The success was linked to engagement around the ShareCity project, which assesses the practice and sustainability potential of city-based food sharing economies.

7 Jul 2020

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Scientists create new device to light up the way for quantum technologies

Their innovative new device will emit single particles of light, or photons, from quantum dots that are the key to practical quantum computers, quantum communications, and other quantum devices.

7 Jul 2020

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Researchers kick off Ireland’s first project to measure real-world driving emissions using remote sensing

The team will measure and model real-world emissions from more than 150,000 vehicles at four locations over a 16-week period in Dublin.

1 Jul 2020

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

The star's absence, discovered with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, could indicate that it either became less bright and partially obscured by dust, or that it collapsed into a black hole without producing a supernova.

30 Jun 2020

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Documenting the toll of COVID-19 on Ireland’s older people

Trinity researchers to study how people 50 years and older in Ireland have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

29 Jun 2020

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