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How many cervical cancers have been prevented so far through screening in Ireland?

The team has uncovered that the Irish Cervical Cancer Screening programme has prevented over 5500 cancers in Ireland, that would over wise have occurred in the lifetime of women screened.

19 Dec 2025

Health|Research|Science

Growing a mix of plants in fields can save farmers money and help the environment

Prof. Caroline Brophy, writing for The Conversation, outlines the positive implications of landmark research conducted across geographical scales.

15 Dec 2025

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

First international JOINER node hosted by CONNECT

The Joint Open Infrastructure for Networks Research (JOINER) is a UK-wide experimentation platform created to accelerate future communications and networks research, exploitation and adoption.

9 Dec 2025

Innovation|Research|Science

Dr Tian Carey secures Royal Society-Research Ireland University Research Fellowship

Dr Carey, from Trinity’s School of Physics and the AMBER Research Ireland Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research, will now build an independent research group in Trinity.

5 Dec 2025

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Nanoscience breakthrough puts low-cost, printable electronics on the horizon

The breakthrough has a huge potential impact – one that brings us much closer to quickly and cheaply producing printable electronics such as wearable health sensors or flexible displays.

5 Dec 2025

Health|Innovation|Research|Science

Increasing plant diversity in agricultural grasslands boosts yields, reducing reliance on fertiliser

Higher plant diversity in agricultural grasslands increases yields with lower inputs of nitrogen fertiliser. That is the headline finding of a landmark, international study led by Trinity that paints a promising picture for more sustainable agriculture.

4 Dec 2025

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Zambia’s factories burn too much coal – how reusing hot water can cut energy use

Trinity researchers write about a research project investigating how food and beverage manufacturers in Zambia could become more energy efficient through a process called wastewater heat recovery.

4 Dec 2025

Business|Community|Research|Science

Seo é an "Damhán Alla" – an ghné ar Europa, Gealach Iúpatar

Tá eolaithe pláinéadacha de chuid na hÉireann tar éis ‘’Damhán Alla’’ a bhaisteadh ar ghné atá cosúil le damhán alla atá ar Europa, gealach reoite Iúpatair.

3 Dec 2025

Research|Science

New €31.6 million ARC Hub for Therapeutics to turn breakthrough Irish research into therapies and companies

The ARC Hub for Therapeutics, a new national research initiative dedicated to fast-tracking biomedical innovation into real-world therapies and companies, was officially launched today at Trinity.

3 Dec 2025

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The Eddie Jordan Foundation to Support Formula Trinity

Cleavon Castelino, Team Advisor of Formula Trinity, said: "The Eddie Jordan Foundation’s involvement gives our students access to expertise and opportunities that are genuinely transformative. We are incredibly grateful and excited to begin this journey together."

3 Dec 2025

Awards and Funding|Community|Innovation|Science|Students

Meet “Damhán Alla” – the newly christened spider-like feature on Jupiter’s Moon Europa

Irish planetary scientists have christened a spider-like feature on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa as “Damhán Alla”, which translates to “spider” or “wall demon”.

2 Dec 2025

Research|Science

Researchers at Trinity’s AI Accountability Lab secure major UK grant to investigate potential risks of AI companions

The project will look at how AI companions are designed to shape our feelings and behaviours, and what happens when technology begins to blur relational boundaries. It will investigate the psychological and societal risks posed by AI companion apps.

28 Nov 2025

Awards and Funding|Culture|Research|Science|Society

Scientists uncover how a mitochondrial mutation rewires immune function

The scientists have discovered that a single inherited mutation causes whole-body issues in a model of inherited primary mitochondrial disorders after the immune response is sparked into action.

26 Nov 2025

Health|Research|Science

A fish-friendly innovation that could turn river barriers into green power stations

Researchers from Trinity and UCD have designed and road – or “river” – tested a new barrier modification system that enables fish to travel up and downstream while simultaneously generating green energy for local consumption.

25 Nov 2025

Environment|Innovation|Research|Science|Sustainability

Professor John Kelleher delivers inaugural lecture as Chair of Computer Science at Trinity

Prof. Kelleher delivered his lecture “Aging, Artificial Intelligence, and Outcomes: Modeling Age in Stroke Risk and Patient Prognosis” to a full house in the Trinity Business School last week.

14 Nov 2025

Health|Research|Science

Trinity researchers secure Frontiers for the Future funding to pursue cutting-edge projects

Researchers from Trinity are leading seven newly announced research projects funded via Research Ireland’s Frontiers for the Future Programme.

14 Nov 2025

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Link between gut microbiome and autism not backed by science, researchers say

There’s no scientific evidence that the gut microbiome causes autism, a group of scientists argue in an opinion paper publishing today in international Cell Press journal Neuron.

13 Nov 2025

Health|Research|Science

Trinity researchers feature in Highly Cited Researchers List of 2025

Three researchers from Trinity -- Profs. Valeria Nicolosi, Alan Irvine MD DSc, and Jonathan Coleman -- featured today in the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025 List.

12 Nov 2025

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“AIdeology” – research coins a radical new description of AI and how it is shaping societal beliefs

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a mere technological tool. It has already evolved into a new ideology — a system of values and beliefs that is shaping how society understands progress, sustainability, and even humanity itself.

12 Nov 2025

Culture|Research|Science

ARC Hub for Therapeutics supports new nasal vaccine with potential to transform respiratory disease prevention

A research team from Trinity has unveiled a groundbreaking new approach to vaccination that could redefine how we protect against respiratory infections.

10 Nov 2025

Health|Innovation|Research|Science

CONNECT celebrates a decade of pioneering research and innovation

The CONNECT Research Ireland Centre this week marked its tenth anniversary with a vibrant showcase celebrating a decade of pioneering research, innovation, and collaboration in future networks and communications.

7 Nov 2025

Innovation|Research|Science

New research project will integrate agentic AI in mobile and wireless communication systems

The NAIRA project (Native AI for Energy Efficient and Sustainable Radio Access Networks) is a pioneering initiative that envisions a new generation of intelligent, energy-aware networks capable of learning, adapting, and optimising themselves in real time.

29 Oct 2025

Awards and Funding|Research|Science

Marine scientists aim to restore native flat oyster reefs around the coast

Researchers from Trinity are collaborating on a new €1.5 million all-island project, funded by the Marine Institute, to restore native flat oyster reefs and enhance coastal resilience.

24 Oct 2025

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Trinity student honoured at 2025 Hamilton Prize ceremony

Ronan Zaletel, an undergraduate in Trinity’s School of Mathematics, was honoured at the 2025 Hamilton Prize ceremony on 16th October – the day on which famed Trinity scientist William Rowan Hamilton discovered quaternion algebra in 1843.

23 Oct 2025

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Trinity team poses deep-space questions of mysterious dark energy

Astrophysicists are leading a project (TiDES) that will improve our understanding of the mysterious “dark energy” that comprises roughly two-thirds of the Universe and is responsible for its accelerating expansion. Their project kicks off as the revolutionary 4MOST facility captures its first light.

21 Oct 2025

Research|Science

What goes up must come down – scientists unearth “universal thermal performance curve” that shackles evolution

This “UTPC" seemingly applies to all species and dictates their responses to temperature change. It essentially “shackles evolution” as no species seem to have broken free from the constraints it imposes on how temperature affects performance.

21 Oct 2025

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Trinity researcher contributes to landmark European Cancer Prevention Code

Professor Quentin Crowley, from the Discipline of Geology in Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences, has contributed to the fifth edition of the European Code Against Cancer (ECAC5), which officially launched this weekend at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress in Berlin.

20 Oct 2025

Environment|Health|Research|Science

TILDA Connecting Generations Student Awards 2025

The awards event brought together students, staff, and guests from across Trinity’s schools and disciplines to explore the theme of ageing and connection through writing, film, and art.

16 Oct 2025

Ireland’s strengths as a European leader in AI spotlighted at Artificial Intelligence conference

Taking place at the European Commission and Parliament’s headquarters in Dublin, ADVANCE 2025, hosted by ADAPT, the Research Ireland Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology, spotlights Ireland’s role in European innovation, digital security, and an Open Source future.

16 Oct 2025

Business|Health|Innovation|Research|Science

Professor Karen Wiltshire wins 2025 A.G. Huntsman Medal

Prof. Wiltshire, a marine ecologist and climate scientist from Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences, was honoured for her innovative and interdisciplinary research in climate science, and for her significant contribution to international organisations, which has built capacity and brought new voices into the marine sciences.

16 Oct 2025

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