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Trust in scientists in Ireland lower in younger generation
Trust in scientists in Ireland is ahead of global averages, but lower among younger people, according to new research from the School of Education.
22 May 2025
Research|Science|Society
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Breakthrough in childhood brain cancer research reveals possible new target for therapies
An international group of scientists has identified a key molecular process that drives a deadly form of childhood brain cancer, potentially offering a much-needed, new therapeutic target.
21 May 2025
Health|Research|Science
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Book of Leinster on display in Long Room following conservation project
Written in Old and Middle Irish in the 12th century, the Book of Leinster, or Leabhar Laighean, is an important source of Irish literature and history from the medieval period.
21 May 2025
Arts|Culture|Research
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Professor Patrick Geoghegan announced as new Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub
Professor Patrick Geoghegan, School of Histories and Humanities, will succeed Professor Eve Patten whose term as Director ends in June.
21 May 2025
Arts|Culture|Research
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Trinity Walton Club celebrates 10 years of transforming STEM education in Ireland
Trinity Walton Club (TWC) has delivered STEM learning experiences to over 7,000 students in its first decade of operation. TWC launched its new impact report as club leaders, educators and alumni gathered to mark the milestone.
20 May 2025
Science|Students
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Professors Jennifer McElwain and Jonathan Coleman elected Fellows of the Royal Society
Prof. McElwain’s research on fossil plants has shaped our understanding of how the atmosphere has changed over millions of years, while Prof. Coleman developed a transformative technique for producing 2D nanomaterials like graphene from layered solids such as graphite.
20 May 2025
Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Science
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Ancient ocean sediments link changes in currents to cooling of Northern Hemisphere 3.6 million years ago
New research from an international group has for the first time shown a strong correlation between the two. Differences in sediment composition imply profound changes in the circulation of deep water currents occurred at this time in Earth's history.
16 May 2025
Environment|Research|Science
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Trinity Long Room Hub announces O’Mahony Music Research Fellowship
The new fellowship in music is dedicated to music and music-related research and will be awarded annually.
16 May 2025
Awards and Funding|Research
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Plastic manufacturing technologies jeopardise food safety and the environment
AMBER Centre researchers based in Trinity have discovered that the way many everyday plastics are manufactured builds unseen stress into the material—stress that later drives the release of tiny plastic particles into our food and the environment.
13 May 2025
Environment|Health|Research|Science|Sustainability
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The Climate Fiction Prize 2025: the five shortlisted books reviewed by our experts
Chris Morash, School of English, joins a panel of researchers to review the novels shortlisted for the 2025 Climate Fiction Prize.
13 May 2025
Culture|Environment|Research|Sustainability
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In a world dominated by loud, divisive politics, the cardinals found an antidote in Pope Leo XIV
Leo XIV was a choice few saw coming, and is a figure of humility, steadiness and introspective strength, writes Bronagh Ann McShane in an opinion article first published by The Irish Times.
12 May 2025
Research|Society
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Trinity Long Room Hub’s ‘Behind the Headlines’ series turns 10
10 years of public engagement on the pressing issues of our time will be celebrated this week by Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute.
12 May 2025
Culture|Research|Society
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Fat-rich fluid fuels immune failure in ovarian cancer
New research led by Irish scientists has uncovered how lipid-rich fluid in the abdomen, known as ascites, plays a central role in weakening the body’s immune response in advanced ovarian cancer.
9 May 2025
Health|Research|Science
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Gustav Parker Hibbett wins 2025 Pollard International Poetry Prize
Valued at €10,000, the prize is sponsored by the John Pollard Foundation and administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre in the School of English at Trinity.
8 May 2025
Awards and Funding|Culture
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Winners of Christy Nolan inspired creativity competition announced
The creative competition was held to honour the legacy of Irish author, Christy Nolan, and to mark the 25th Anniversary of Trinity disAbility Service.
8 May 2025
Community|Culture|Research
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Trinity projects awarded Research Ireland ‘New Foundations’ funding
Seven Trinity research projects have received funding from Research Ireland under its New Foundations programme.
8 May 2025
Research|Society
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From ashes to concrete
Engineers have devised a means of transforming biomass ash byproduct into high-quality concrete, which reduces carbon emissions by over 50%.
6 May 2025
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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‘MAGIC-I’ hopes to optimise treatment of child and adolescent cancer
Prof. Owen Smith hopes MAGIC-I project will lead to every child and adolescent with cancer in Ireland receiving deep genome analysis to determine best way to manage their illness
5 May 2025
Health|Innovation|Research
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Mothers lead the way in their children's use of technology
A newly launched report shows the surprising impact of OurKidsCode family coding clubs, an initiative of Trinity’s School of Computer Science and Statistics, which offer a new way for parents to get involved in their children's computing education.
2 May 2025
Community|Science
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Trinity’s Campus Security team declared 2025 Team of the Year
The team was declared Estates/Facilities Team of the Year 2025 at the AUDE Conference Awards Dinner and also won a Bronze award in the EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) category for work on student mental health and wellbeing.
1 May 2025
Awards and Funding|Community|Society
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Law School receives gift to bolster Centre for Constitutional Governance
This gift will strengthen TriCON's role as a world-leading centre for constitutional scholarship, bringing together academics, legal practitioners, judges, and other stakeholders to discuss the challenges facing constitutional democracy today.
1 May 2025
Awards and Funding|Research|Society
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BNT162b2 vaccine not only targets COVID-19 virus, but may also help reduce and control innate inflammation
New findings suggest the vaccine may reduce the production of pro-inflammatory mediators to bacterial, fungal or viral infections by reprogramming innate immune cells to regulate inflammation
28 Apr 2025
Health|Research|Science
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New Scholars and Fellows announced at Trinity
Provost Dr Linda Doyle said: "On behalf of the Trinity community, I offer my warmest congratulations to everyone who has been elected to Fellowship and Scholarship.These are fantastic academic achievements and the new Fellows and Scholars deserve to feel very proud today."
28 Apr 2025
Awards and Funding|Community|Students
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Remembering the cold: scientists discover how memories control metabolism
New multidisciplinary research led by Prof. Tomás Ryan from Trinity shows that the brain forms memories of cold experiences and uses them to control our metabolism.
23 Apr 2025
Health|Research|Science
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Trinity welcomes students and researchers from Gaza
The students - eight of whom are postgraduates and two undergraduates - will begin their studies at Trinity as soon as possible. All fees have been waived for these students.
18 Apr 2025
Community|Research|Students
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Simple water-saving technologies could shave nearly €10 million in state water costs by 2030
Installing efficient water-saving technologies (taps, showers, toilets) in new build homes in Ireland could save €280 annually in a four-person house when associated energy savings are also included.
17 Apr 2025
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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A day of curiosity and possibility: future doctors step into 'Mini Med Day'
The Trinity Access Programmes (TAP) Primary School Med Day is designed to spark curiosity and plant the seeds for future careers in medicine and healthcare.
16 Apr 2025
Community|Health|Science|Society
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Viewing art can boost wellbeing by giving meaning to life
The simple act of looking at a piece of visual art can boost your wellbeing, a new research study from the School of Psychology has found, and this benefit can be gained in a hospital setting as well as an art gallery.
16 Apr 2025
Research|Society
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New research outlines pitfalls of posthuman, AI governance in real-world “city brain” project
The work underscores what can go wrong when an AI that manages city transport, safety, health and environmental monitoring predicts the future and intervenes in the present, significantly influencing urban governance and public policy development.
16 Apr 2025
Environment|Research|Science
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Links between sport-related brain injury and dementia examined in new study
Retired high-performance contact sports athletes are being asked to participate in a ground-breaking research study led by the School Psychology and the School of Medicine investigating the links between sport-related brain injury and dementia risk in later life.
15 Apr 2025
Research|Science|Society