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Keeping it cool – Trinity team greatly enhancing viability of solar panels

The technology in development will result in an immediate 10% increase in energy output and slow the solar panel degradation so that its lifetime could double from 20 to 40 years.

28 May 2020

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Rapid COVID-19 response support for industry launched

AMBER, in conjunction with Consult Trinity, part of Trinity Research and Innovation has launched theCOVID-19 rapid response support initiative.

27 May 2020

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Birds, bees and butter – biodiversity crucial for shea production in West Africa

Shea yields are likely to benefit from a diversity of trees and shrubs, which has implications for managing a crop typically harvested and sold by women in rural areas, and which helps finance education for children.

26 May 2020

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Numeracy in the now: videos to help teach primary maths at home

A new series of easy and accessible videos focused on numeracy for young children has been released online by researchers from Trinity.

21 May 2020

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Managing the health of vulnerable groups during COVID-19

The project will provide immediate virtual support for those with Motor Neuron Disease (MND) and Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD).

21 May 2020

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COVID-19 crisis is causing people to exercise more

With more than 50% of people now meeting recommended physical activity guidelines, this represents a significant, positive increase compared to what was seen in the last Healthy Ireland Survey conducted in 2019.

18 May 2020

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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

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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