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New era in geo-analysis as iCRAG launches micro-beam analysis lab at Trinity
The TIGER, funded by SFI, uses the latest in detector technology. It will be used to develop new approaches to resource and energy efficiency.
9 Dec 2016
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New Technology to Scale-up Student Volunteering at Trinity College Dublin
Every year in Ireland thousands of students from our universities and institutes of technology carry out over 100,000 hours of volunteering. Ten third level colleges have now joined forces to develop studentvolunteer.ie - a brand new online resource which matches students' interests with volunteering opportunities.
9 Dec 2016
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Honorary Degrees at Trinity
Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, Louise Richardson, film maker, David Puttnam, founder of Jones Engineering, Eric Kinsella and former Chief Nursing Officer with the Department of Health, Peta Taaffe, were awarded honorary doctorates.
9 Dec 2016
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Scientists use graphene and toy silly putty® to make state-of-the-art sensors
This world-first graphene innovation could be used for applications in medical devices and diagnostics.
9 Dec 2016
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New research charts the evolution of the Irish family
New research on the evolution of the Irish family by academics from Trinity College Dublin offers an intriguing picture of persistently resilient and increasingly diverse Irish families who have adapted to a period of changing socio-economic realities since the state’s foundation.
8 Dec 2016
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Scientists develop exciting new option for targeted cancer therapy
Coating therapeutic payloads with a sugar molecule ensures they are not active in the body until coming into contact with cancer cells.
8 Dec 2016
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Irish tuberculosis expert warns against complacency to global epidemic
An Irish TB expert has warned that we are seeing an increasing number of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases in Ireland, which reflects the pattern seen in Europe, primarily because of the movement of people from countries of high tuberculosis (TB) prevalence. His warning comes as the Centre for Disease Control has today come out with new updated international guidelines on TB diagnosis after 17 years.
8 Dec 2016
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Gold Standard hat-trick for Trinity Sport
Trinity Sport awarded for its standards of excellence
7 Dec 2016
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Short films about ageing with an intellectual disability bring research to life
The research team from the intellectual disability supplement to the Irish Longitudinal study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA) has solved just that with the production of a series of short films featuring people with an intellectual disability, specifically designed for people with ID. The films depict research findings on the complex and unique health and social challenges facing Ireland’s population who are ageing with an intellectual disability through the lens of those who directly experience them.
6 Dec 2016
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Study finds new cardiovascular predictor of mortality in older people
When we stand up our heart rate speeds up then settles. The rate at which this happens in older people has been shown for the first time to predict mortality four years later according to new research from TILDA published in Circulation Research, a leading journal of the American Heart Association.
6 Dec 2016