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Bamboo – How Nature’s Miracle Material Could Help Build a Sustainable Future
Engineers from Trinity College Dublin believe sustainable bamboo could be safely used to make bicycles, turbine blades and even homes.
5 Mar 2015
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Landmark New Study on Maternal Health Launched
MAMMI study to make mothers' invisible health problems visible. The new longitudinal study from Trinity College Dublin will look across a range of health issues affecting pregnant women and first time mothers. Early results from one strand show a high prevalence of urinary incontinence or 'leaking urine' in women before, during and post pregnancy.
3 Mar 2015
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Secondary School Students Enjoy Particle Physics Masterclass
Trinity College Dublin’s School of Mathematics opened the window of cutting-edge physics to young investigators, who worked with real-world data from the Large Hadron Collider.
2 Mar 2015
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‘After Charlie Hebdo: A Public Forum on Religion, Freedom and Human Rights’
The aim of the event was to counter simplified narratives on questions around religious fundamentalism, terrorism and freedom of speech.
27 Feb 2015
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Lager Yeast Ancestors Were Full of Eastern Promise
● Researchers at Trinity College Dublin and UCD have uncovered the origins of yeasts used to brew lagers. ● New World trade is likely to have brought them into our brewing armoury hundreds of years ago.
26 Feb 2015
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Trinity Student Entrepreneurs Develop Business Concept at Hack Day
The theme of this year's Hack Day was 'encouraging healthy living among young people'.
23 Feb 2015
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Computer Scientists’ App Measures Our Online Footprints
The computer scientists' 'Bigfoot' app considers our online personalities, how well these match our real-world personalities, and whether we are protecting our own data.
18 Feb 2015
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New Research Puts the Spotlight on Irish Stand-Up Comedy
The book explores the role of stand-up in contemporary culture and investigates the staged comic self in performance.
17 Feb 2015
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Photography Exhibition with People with Respiratory Illnesses Launched
A group of patients with respiratory illnesses are breathing new understanding into the reality of living with their conditions through a unique photography exhibition which was recently launched in Ballyfermot Library and was organised by Trinity's School of Nursing and Midwifery and St James's Hospital.
17 Feb 2015
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From the Visceral to the Digital at the Clarke Studios Symposium
The event brought the analogue and the digital together for a day of visual presentations, stimulating talks and interesting discussions.
17 Feb 2015
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Marvel Molecule Could Lead to Treatments for Inflammatory Diseases
The molecule 'blocks' a key biological driver of inflammatory diseases. This discovery could inspire non-invasive treatments for a variety of inflammatory diseases, such as arthritis, multiple sclerosis, motor neuron disease, and Muckle-Wells syndrome.
17 Feb 2015
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Professor Layte Explores Social Inequality and Education in Inaugural Lecture
The new Professor of Sociology drew on research from the 'Growing Up In Ireland' study to show how current policy choices have reinforced patterns of disadvantage rather than reducing them.
16 Feb 2015
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Friendly Fungi Could Help Barley Growers Feed the World Without Chemicals
Botanists from Trinity College Dublin have found two fungal species that prevent the spread of common seed infections; what's more, these fungi work their magic without chemical fertilisers.
11 Feb 2015
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Trinity Business School Hosts the launch of Career Zoo 2015
Minister Richard Bruton joined Dr James Quinn, Head of Trinity School of Business, to launch Career Zoo 2015 in the Interim Business building at Trinity College Dublin
9 Feb 2015
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Students Look Under the Bitcoin Bonnet
Students at Trinity College Dublin are aiming to build a Bitcoin 'credit-check' database, which could make the crypto-currency more transparent, and in turn encourage more businesses to use it.
4 Feb 2015
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Only 11% of Nursing Homes Have Dementia Care Units – National Survey
The Trinity Study Found Private Sector Provides Majority of Special Care Units But Receives Least Funding From the National Treatment and Purchase Fund
2 Feb 2015
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship Students Graduate from Innovation Academy
The students were presented with Graduate Certificates in Innovation and Entrepreneurship by the Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan, at a special graduation ceremony in the Department of Education and Skills.
30 Jan 2015
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Researchers Receive Major Funding for Innovative Global Healthy Ageing Project
The project which received funding from the Horizon 2020 Programme will examine the social disparities in health ageing and the effect of the economic recession on health and biology of ageing, using data from TILDA and the Growing up in Ireland longitudinal studies.
27 Jan 2015
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Minister O’Sullivan Launches Trinity Research Centre for Higher Education Policy
The Cultures Academic Values and Education Research Centre (CAVE) is a newly recognised research centre within Trinity's School of Education.
23 Jan 2015
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Engineers to Fine-Tune ‘Cold Spray’ – the Next-Gen 3D-Printing Tech for Spacemen
Trinity engineers are leading a €500,000 project to develop the technology, which will allow mechanical structures to be made and coated with different materials. Cold Spray will be used in science missions in outer space, but will also have everyday applications much closer to home.
20 Jan 2015