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Citizen science study sheds fresh light on dementia risk factors and cognition

How a person rates their own memory is more strongly associated with dementia risk factors than their performance in standard cognitive tests, according to new research from the School of Psychology.

9 Oct 2024

Research|Science|Society

GreenTech healthcare call launched to future proof health sector with sustainable alternatives

Health Innovation Hub Ireland (HIHI), with the HSE and Irish College of GPs is launching the GreenTech in healthcare call, searching for innovative products and services that promote environmental sustainability in both primary and secondary healthcare.

8 Oct 2024

Health|Innovation|Research

Study finds breastfeeding support groups provide connection and social support

Research findings increase our understanding of breastfeeding peer support and how it is accessed and valued by women.

8 Oct 2024

Health|Research

Ice cream-inspired physics – Trinity team uncovers a quantum Mpemba effect, with a host of “cool” implications

Initially investigating out of pure curiosity, the discovery has bridged the gap between Aristotle's observations two millennia ago and modern-day understanding, and opened the door to a whole host of “cool” – and “cooling” – implications.

8 Oct 2024

Research|Science

Was the budget designed to help the country’s poorest children or those of the richest?

Sending the same amount cutting inheritance tax as went to permanent payments targeted at the poorest children was an odd choice, writes Barra Roantree, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, in an article first published in The Irish Times.

3 Oct 2024

Research|Society