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Trinity welcomes Executive Director of UN World Food Programme

Researchers from the Department of Clinical Speech and Language Studies welcomed the new Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, Cindy McCain, to Trinity.

24 Aug 2023

Health|Society

Clinicians publish first guidelines for treating patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia

A collaborative group led by Trinity researchers has published the first guidelines for treating patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP) – a high-mortality condition that describes people admitted to ICU.

21 Aug 2023

Health|Research

Neuroscientists successfully test theory that forgetting is actually a form of learning

The team designed tests to explore the idea that “forgetting” might not be a bad thing, and that it may represent a form of learning – and outline results that support their core idea.

17 Aug 2023

Health|Research|Science

Trinity-IBM team simulates super diffusion on a quantum computer

Trinity’s quantum physicists in collaboration with IBM Dublin have successfully simulated super diffusion in a system of interacting quantum particles on a quantum computer.

17 Aug 2023

Innovation|Research|Science

Can a special immune protein in the body be harnessed to stop ovarian cancer?

A major new study, published in Nature, has discovered the anti-tumour activities of the immune protein interferon epsilon, which in pre-clinical models blocks the metastasis of ovarian cancer cells by instructing immune cells to kill the cancer cells.

16 Aug 2023

Health|Research|Science