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Researchers develop device that increases heart function after heart attack

Their implantable tool that can deliver therapy directly to the heart multiple times from a port under the skin.

12 Jun 2018

Hospital birth culture emphasises technology over support – Trinity academic

Fear, lack of support, and hospital staffing can have greater influence on epidural use than a woman’s level of pain, according to a new book on the future of maternity care co-authored by Trinity academic and midwife Dr Elizabeth Newnham.

12 Jun 2018

Second annual SciFest@TCPID student exhibition

The second annual SciFest@TCPID event was recently hosted by Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities (TCPID) in association with Abbott Ireland.

11 Jun 2018

Bioengineers identify safer way to make rugby tackles

Video analysis, 3D motion analysis lab trials and model-based image-matching techniques show that tackling the lower trunk of the ball carrier’s body -- not the upper trunk or upper legs – is safer for head injury prevention.

6 Jun 2018

Could the future of the Korean peninsula look like Ireland?

An international documentary on how the Irish peace process could offer insights for the Korean peninsula was made by Korean MBC channel with assistance from academics from the Irish School of Ecumenics.

5 Jun 2018

New consortium will train experts in neonatal brain injury care

A Trinity-led team will use funding from a Health Research Board Collaborative Doctoral Award to train PhD students to monitor and care for babies with neonatal brain injury.

1 Jun 2018

Students win €50,000 Investment Fund for Entrepreneurs

Trinity Students win €50,000 Investment Fund for Entrepreneurs for their new product that fights hospital infections

1 Jun 2018

Revolutionary healthcare proposal – DigiTwins – seeking EU Flagship success

DigiTwins is onto the second stage (of three) in the competition for EU Flagship status; if successful, it would be financed by Horizon 2020 funding worth €1 bn over 10 years.

1 Jun 2018

Conference on Religion in Irish Primary Schools

Educationalists and Sociologists discussed religion in Irish Primary Schools at aÂ Trinity Conference.

31 May 2018

Language-learning projects can help revise destructive understandings of history

Language learning has the potential to build empathy between groups in conflict and help revise destructive understandings of history, according to researchers in Trinity College Dublin, who have conducted a study of the Turas Irish-language centre in East Belfast.

31 May 2018

Trinity welcomes the Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, Mr Lee Nak-yon, visited Trinity College Dublin today.

28 May 2018

President Higgins gives address on Africa Day

The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins gave a keynote address on ‘Africa-Ireland Relations: Current and Future’ at a special event in celebration of Africa Day.

25 May 2018

Trinity unveils plans for E3 Institute in Engineering, Energy and Environment

Plans for the €60 million new E3 Institute to be funded by major Irish philanthropic donation and Government funding.

25 May 2018

Rugby’s Silvester is Sports Person of Year

Annual awards celebrate year's sporting highlights

24 May 2018

Trinity Student wins 2018 Mary Mulvihill Award

Trinity's environmental science student Katie Carbonara is the 2018 winner of the Mary Mulvihill Award, the science media competition for third level students that commemorates the legacy of science journalist and author Mary Mulvihill (1959–2015).

23 May 2018

Healthcare researchers to tap into AI for innovative solutions

The Trinity Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation has expanded its research collaboration with IBM Research Ireland, and this will result in exciting new healthcare research collaborations

22 May 2018

Link between long-term memory and neurodegenerative disease

Scientists have just discovered that a small region of a cellular protein that helps long-term memories form also drives the neurodegeneration seen in motor neuron disease (MND).

22 May 2018

Precious Irish-language manuscripts showcased at conference and exhibition

Medieval Brehon law texts detailing bee-keeping laws and the Irish ‘book of genesis’ are among precious Irish-language manuscripts will be the focus of an academic conference and exhibition in Trinity College Dublin on Thursday opening today, Thursday, May 17th, 2018.

17 May 2018

Tribute to one of Ireland’s greatest playwrights – Tom Murphy

Marking his sad passing, we are revisiting his wonderful contribution to Irish theatre captured in an online Library exhibition Tom Murphy: a Life in the Theatre based on his papers acquired by the Library of Trinity College.

16 May 2018

Introduction of free GP care for U6s led to significant increase in service use

A new study, conducted by researchers at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at Trinity’s School of Medicine, has found that the introduction of free GP care has led to a significant increase in visits by children under 6 years to both daytime and out-of-hours services.

15 May 2018