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Scientists show how solar system processes have impacted the carbon cycle throughout Earth’s history

Periodic changes in the shape of Earth’s orbit around the Sun were partly responsible for changes in the carbon-cycle and global climate around two major events in Earth's history.

11 Feb 2020

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End-of-life care needs will nearly double over next 30 years

New research highlights the urgent need for funding and workforce in palliative care.

10 Feb 2020

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What drives zoo attendance and how does this impact conservation in the wild?

Zoos are making significant, positive impacts on our attempts to conserve biodiversity as our planet enters its sixth mass extinction.

5 Feb 2020

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Size matters! What drives zoo attendance and how does footfall impact conservation?

Conserving species in the wild remains the gold standard but there is an increasing relevance and importance to the role played by the thousands of zoos and aquariums across the globe in supporting conservation in the wild.

4 Feb 2020

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New discovery provides hope for improved MS therapies

The scientists' work highlights the significant potential of drugs targeting a specific immune molecule (IL-17) implicated in MS.

4 Feb 2020

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How supercomputers are helping us link quantum entanglement to cold coffee

The discovery of this link offers a way to test foundational questions in statistical mechanics. The idea can be applied to a range of systems from a few atoms small to gigantic black holes.

31 Jan 2020

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Trinity team launches SHARE IT – a sustainability impact assessment toolkit for food sharing initiatives across the globe

SHARE IT will help food sharing initiatives around the world document and communicate the impact of their activities on the sustainability of food systems.

27 Jan 2020

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Science Gallery International welcomes Emory University

The announcement was made at the the world's first Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin.

17 Jan 2020

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How bacterial evolution of antibiotic arsenals is providing new blueprints for drug designers

By blueprinting how the antibiotics function against MRSA, the scientists have provided new options for drug designers seeking to hold back the global threat that antimicrobial resistance poses humanity.

9 Jan 2020

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Scientists discover how TB puts the brakes on our immune engines

The scientists have also discovered how we can kick-start those engines back into gear – providing hope that improved treatment options could soon be on the horizon.

8 Jan 2020

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Trinity welcomes Cabinet approval of Grand Canal Innovation District Plan

Cabinet accepted a report by the Grand Canal Innovation District advisory Group and its recommendations. The report, published today, provides a clear strategy and road map to underpin the development and progression of this district to ensure that Ireland has an innovation district to rival the best in the world.

3 Jan 2020

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SEAI grants of almost €700,000 awarded to two Trinity professors

David Igoe, an assistant professor in the School of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering at Trinity College Dublin, was awarded €348,950 from SEAI’s research and development programme to lead a research project exploring the dynamic interactions between the foundations and soils for offshore wind turbines. Eleanor Denny, an associate professor in the Economics Department at Trinity College Dublin, was awarded a research grant of €348,000 from SEAI’s research and development programme to conduct research into electric vehicles and consumer investment behaviour.

23 Dec 2019

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Robotics expert honoured in MIT Review’s Innovators Under 35 Europe list

Conor McGinn, Assistant Professor in Trinity’s School of Engineering and lead developer of Ireland’s first socially assistive robot, Stevie, is among the 35 outstanding innovators honoured.

20 Dec 2019

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Global study unearths myriad meanings for “nature” in different cultures

After studying what “nature” means in more than 60 different languages, including some indigenous peoples’ languages, it is easier to see why unifying environmental and conservation policies is so hard.

19 Dec 2019

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Understanding autism: new research dispels common assumptions

Ruth Byrne from Trinity College Dublin and Kinga Morsanyi, from Queen's University Belfast explore new insights into the autistic mind and what it’s like to have autism.

13 Dec 2019

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New research pinpoints which of the world’s trees are climate change-ready

Trinity scientists have found that with rising CO2 levels, evergreen trees and shrubs are more efficient in using water than deciduous plants in cooler climate locations.

12 Dec 2019

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Acmhainní ar líne do mháithreacha seolta ag staidéar MAMMI

Tá sraith acmhainní ar líne faoin máithreachas atá saor in aisce agus atá dírithe ar mhná, ar mháithreacha agus ar ghairmithe cúraim sláinte, seolta ag Scoil an Altranais agus an Chnáimhseachais i gColáiste na Tríonóide.

11 Dec 2019

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An fáth go bhfuil nasc idir ‘oíche mhaith codlata’ agus an tsláinte

Tá léirithe ag taighdeoirí de chuid Choláiste na Tríonóide nach bhfuil roinnt daoine fásta in Éirinn ag fáil ‘oíche mhaith codlata’, rud a mhéadaíonn an baol go dtarlóidh drochthorthaí sláinte dá bharr.

11 Dec 2019

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Three Trinity researchers win prestigious European Research Council awards

Researchers from Trinity College won three of the six grants awarded to researchers at Irish universities.

10 Dec 2019

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Major funding for the conservation of the Dutch Fagel Collection at the Library of Trinity College Dublin

The European partnership between the Library of Trinity College Dublin and the KB, the National Library of the Netherlands, will enable open access to one of the most important libraries in modern Europe.

9 Dec 2019

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