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There is no loneliness epidemic – so why do we keep talking as if there is?
Most people experience periods of loneliness, isolation or solitude in their lives, but these are different things, writes Brendan Kelly, School of Medicine, in a piece for The Conversation.
27 Jun 2025
Health|Research|Society
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Rent reforms are the sticking plaster on a crisis – only radical change will work
By offering something to landlords and tenants with new rental rules, the Government is taking something from both, writes Sarah Hamill, School of Law, in the Irish Independent.
27 Jun 2025
Research|Society
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TSJCI receives prestigious Comprehensive Cancer Centre status
The Trinity St James's Cancer Institute's new designation - the first Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Ireland - places TSJCI at the forefront of cancer care in Ireland alongside other leading cancer centres in Europe.
26 Jun 2025
Awards and Funding|Community|Health|Research|Society
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Pervasive surveillance of people is being used to access, monetise, coerce, and control
Analyses of over 40,000 documents, computer vision papers and downstream patents spanning four decades indicates the extent of this surveillance and the rise of obfuscating language that helps to normalise such approaches.
25 Jun 2025
Culture|Research|Society
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers its first exoplanet
The exoplanet – TWA 7 b – is similar in mass to Saturn, and around 10 times lighter than anything we have previously been able to image from afar.
25 Jun 2025
Research|Science
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Trinity researchers secure Research Ireland Pathway awards
Four Trinity researchers have secured awards worth a combined total of €2.57 million under Research Ireland’s Pathway funding programme.
25 Jun 2025
Awards and Funding|Culture|Health|Research|Science
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A genomic wormhole – rapidly reorganised genomes likely helped species switch from the sea to the land
A comparative study shows that marine worms shattered their genome and rebuilt it in a radically different form when they first emerged from the sea 200 million years ago
23 Jun 2025
Research|Science
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Three new Trinity projects to address climate challenges
Dr John Kennedy, Prof. Wolfgang Schmitt, and Matthew Chersich have secured Environmental Protection Agency funding to support related research.
19 Jun 2025
Awards and Funding|Environment|Health|Research|Science
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Trinity climbs to 75th place in 2026 QS World University Rankings
Trinity’s Provost and President Dr Linda Doyle said: “The rankings news encourages us to be even bolder in our ambition for Trinity and, indeed, for Ireland - an ambition that should be championed and defended regardless of the rankings. "
19 Jun 2025
Awards and Funding|Community|Research
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Scientists solve 30-year micronutrient mystery, opening door to new medical research
The discovery will help scientists now explore the important role of “queuosine”, a microscopic molecule first discovered in the 1970s, in cancer and human health.
18 Jun 2025
Health|Research|Science