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Repetitive impacts key to understanding sports-associated concussions
It seems that repetitive impacts – as opposed to single events – cause the all-important damage to blood vessels in the brain.
9 Sep 2019
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Samuel Beckett in Augmented Reality for the first time
The project reinterpreted a classic Beckett text in a way that is engaging for 21st Century audiences, by using cutting-edge interactive digital media technologies.
6 Sep 2019
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A revolutionary material that could protect aircraft and speed up internet connections
The new, biologically produced material, will be a material of choice for next-generation optoelectronic and photonic devices.
6 Sep 2019
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Innovation Workspace set to deliver €6 million in investment
Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace, a new cutting-edge innovation facility, co-located in the Trinity College Business School, has been officially launched.
5 Sep 2019
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Trinity raises Green Flag for the environment
Trinity’s ‘Green Flag’ was officially raised by the Provost, Dr Patrick Prendergast in recognition of the campus’s green status.
3 Sep 2019
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Fr Tony Coote Assistant Professor in MND announced
Trinity College announces the Tony Coote Assistant Professor in Motor Neuron Disease (MND).
3 Sep 2019
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Trinity scientists among world’s elite
Eighty-one scientists from Trinity feature in a new citation metrics database that systematically and objectively ranks 100,000 of the most-cited scientists across the globe.
29 Aug 2019
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Why dogs really are a person’s best friend: new TILDA research
Walking your dog is linked to greater physical activity and social participation according to new TILDA research.
26 Aug 2019
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Inspirational Book of Kells Creative Competition launched
Trinity College has announced the launch of the inspirational Book of Kells Creative Competition for 2019. The nationwide competition is calling on artists and writers of all ages this autumn to submit entries in art or writing inspired by the famed book. The competition, now in its third year, has received imaginative artistic interpretations of […]
26 Aug 2019
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Low levels of dietary vitamins linked to frailty in older adults
Researchers at TILDA have found that lower levels of dietary vitamins and antioxidants are associated with frailty in older adults.
23 Aug 2019
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Physicists create world’s smallest engine
The engine is approximately ten billion times smaller than that of a car, and could one day help recycle waste heat and thus improve energy efficiency.
22 Aug 2019
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Research award to improve outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients
Professor Maeve Lowery's award from the Pancreatic Cancer Research Foundation (PCRF) will all for improved outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer.
14 Aug 2019
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Trinity student wins worldwide F&D essay competition
Lyndsay Walsh, Master’s in Development Practice student, has won the inaugural IMF Finance & Development (F&D) global essay contest.
11 Aug 2019
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Irish 3 year olds are consuming up to 10 teaspoons of sugar a day
A new study from the Dublin Dental University Hospital at Trinity has shown that Irish 3 year olds are consuming, on average, 10 level teaspoons a day of 'free sugars'.
9 Aug 2019
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Vitamin D is not linked to low blood pressure in older adults, TILDA
Researchers from TILDA have shown in the largest study to-date that vitamin D is not associated with low blood pressure on standing (orthostatic hypotension) in older adults.
8 Aug 2019
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Scientists make major breakthrough in understanding common eye disease
Scientists at Trinity College have announced a major breakthrough with important implications for sufferers of a common eye disease – dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) – which can cause total blindness in sufferers, and for which there are currently no approved therapies. The scientists discovered that a key component of the cells lining the retinal blood […]
8 Aug 2019
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Brain activity analysis could tailor therapies for MND
Ground breaking investigation into human brain activity will help to develop treatments for the disease that affects over 350 people in Ireland.
1 Aug 2019
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Older people who go to church have better mental health
A new study released by the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) uncovers some of the relationships between faith and mental health in Ireland.
1 Aug 2019
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Chemistry researcher secures ERC award to develop advanced CO2 capture technologies
The Proof of Concept (POC) grant as top-up funding to explore the commercial or innovation potential of the results of their ERC-funded research.
25 Jul 2019
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The impact of genetics on motor neurone disease
A team of Trinity researchers are decoding the causes of motor neuron disease in a new study which shows the impact of genetics on the disease.
23 Jul 2019
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