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Trinity Knowledge Exchange (KnEx) hosts global medtech leaders

KnEx recently welcomed leading figures from across the global medical technology sector as part of its ongoing collaboration with MedTech Innovator, the world’s largest accelerator for medical device, digital health, and diagnostics companies.

5 May 2026

Health|Innovation|Research|Science

Trinity scientist aims to demystify debilitating inherited conditions and pinpoint new treatment options

Dr Dylan Ryan will pursue the research after securing a highly competitive Wellcome Career Development Award valued at around €2.5 million.

5 May 2026

Health|Research|Science

Sticks and stones may break my bones but “hybrid” macrophages could heal me

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences have created new “hybrid” immune cells with the potential to help new bone form after a break by simultaneously promoting blood vessel and bone growth.

28 Apr 2026

Health|Research|Science

Want to reduce your risk of dementia? Pick up an instrument or take a foreign trip

New research from Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and the Global Brain Health Institute has found that engaging in physically, socially, and intellectually stimulating activities in middle age is one of the most powerful ways to boost cognition.

22 Apr 2026

Research|Science|Society

CONUNDRUM team wins National Challenge funding to scale public engagement in transport planning

Researchers from Trinity are among those to have won National Challenge funding to scale public engagement in transport planning

21 Apr 2026

Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Iconic sharks and tunas are overheating; face “double jeopardy” in warming seas

A new study led by researchers from Trinity and the University of Pretoria, reveals that some of the ocean’s most powerful predators are running hotter, and that they are likely paying an increasingly steep price for it.

16 Apr 2026

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

The surprising power of seashells: how oyster waste can recapture rare earth elements

Prof. Juan Diego Rodriguez-Blanco and his team in Trinity's School of Natural Sciences, are exploring how waste shells can "grab" critically needed rare earth elements.

15 Apr 2026

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

ADAPT Centre and Azure Forum for Contemporary Security Strategy to collaborate

After signing a Memorandum of Understanding the two will work together on research, policy development, and public engagement in the areas of cyber security and societal resilience.

14 Apr 2026

Innovation|Research|Science|Society

Trinity establishes Centre for Digital Security and Societal Resilience

The new research centre brings together multidisciplinary expertise and positions Ireland at the forefront of digital resilience, infrastructure protection and AI accountability.

14 Apr 2026

Community|Innovation|Research|Science|Society

Five tips to make your memory work more effectively

Elva Arulchelvan, Lecturer in Psychology and PhD Researcher in Psychology and Neuroscience at Trinity, with some handy advice for those seeking a memory boost. This article was first published by The Conversation.

13 Apr 2026

Health|Science