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Trinity appoints leading quantum technology scientist, Professor Ortwin Hess
Professor Hess will lead novel research into room-temperature quantum technologies, together with a network of collaborators from Australia, Finland, Germany, Japan, South Africa, the UK and US.
14 May 2020
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Trinity research helping policy makers make safer decisions on reopening our communities
Over the last number of weeks, Ireland has taken public health measures such as closing schools and businesses and encouraging social and physical distancing to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Planning for easing of such restrictions is difficult because we don’t know how many people in the community have been infected with the […]
14 May 2020
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Employees fear contracting COVID-19 if using public transport to get to work
Three-quarters of employees among 500 people surveyed across Ireland are concerned about contracting COVID-19 if they were to use public transport to get to work.
14 May 2020
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How blocking iron drives the lung immune system to control infection
Researchers have discovered how the iron chelator, DFX, which functions by attaching to iron, drives the immune system to deal with tuberculosis.
13 May 2020
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Association between vitamin D levels and mortality from COVID-19
Trinity researchers are calling on government to change recommendations for vitamin D supplements as a matter of urgency.
11 May 2020
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Researchers to assess humanitarian vulnerabilities of Palestinian Bedouin in West Bank
The works is supported by a Research Development Grant worth approximately €500,000 from the AHRC-DFID Collaborative Humanitarian Protection Research Programme.
7 May 2020
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AMBER to educate and entertain with new digital experience for kids at home
Through fun educational videos children from the ages of 10 to 12 can learn about science at home during the current lockdown.
7 May 2020
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Trinity study confirms accuracy concerns on contact tracing apps
It's likely to be challenging to use Bluetooth to reliably detect when people using contact tracing apps are within 2 metres of one another, a new Trinity measurement study has found.
7 May 2020
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Defining the course of the COVID-19 disease in the immunosuppressed patient
Could people receiving immunosuppressive therapies in fact be protected from the disease?
7 May 2020
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Is the ‘new abnormal’ troublesome for our voices?
The study looks at our new ways of working during the COVID-19 pandemic.
6 May 2020
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Trinity and AIB team up to deliver 450 laptops to schoolgoers
The Tech2Students initiative is part of Trinity's Access Programme and ensures the devices will be delivered to schools in the greater Dublin area within the next two weeks.
5 May 2020
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Professor Eve Patten announced as new director of Trinity Long Room Hub
A Professor in modern literature and culture, Professor Patten is also a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin. She has served as Head of School, Director of the Oscar Wilde Centre and Co-ordinator of the MPhil in Irish Writing.
1 May 2020
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Disentangling the psychological, behavioural, media and governmental responses to COVID-19 via a cross-border analysis
The research project is one of six Trinity projects awarded funding through the recent HRB/IRC 'Covid-19 Rapid Response Call'
30 Apr 2020
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Six innovative Trinity research projects to wage war on COVID-19
The research projects have been funded by the government's Covid-19 Rapid Response Call to tackle the nationwide pandemic.
29 Apr 2020
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Democracy in an age of pandemics
The Trinity Long Room Hub’s latest online-only Behind the Headlines discussion tackled the topic of democracy and pandemics, with an international panel of speakers.
29 Apr 2020
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ADAPT and OSi enable open data access for COVID-19 app developers and researchers
Open access to the COVID-19 Health surveillance monitor via the Geohive’s Dataportal and the government’s Open Data portal will be a major help to researchers and app developers.
28 Apr 2020
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Trinity engineers use 3D printers at home in battle to tackle shortage of PPE
A father-sons team has produced over 1,000 face shield frames to date for the PPE-Hub and a further 300 full face shields, which have been donated to front line medical staff in hospitals, nursing homes and GP practices.
27 Apr 2020
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Meet Violet – the robot on a mission to tackle COVID-19
Violet harnesses ultraviolet (UV-C) light as a virus-destroying weapon and when deployed has the added benefit of limiting direct exposure of front-line cleaning staff to harmful pathogens.
25 Apr 2020
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Experts release videos to help parents teach young children at home
The videos, which were released on UNESCO World and Copyright Book Day, aim to support literacy at home in a simple way and are targeted at children in early primary school and their parents.
24 Apr 2020
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Vitamin D: a factor determining severity in COVID-19, new TILDA research
There are significant discrepancies in mortality rates related to Vitamin D levels at different latitudes globally; the high prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency in Northern Hemisphere countries; and the possible role of Vitamin D in suppressing the severe inflammatory responses seen in very ill COVID-19 patients and in COVID-19 deaths.
23 Apr 2020
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