News & Events
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Ancient DNA rewrites early Japanese history – modern day populations have tripartite genetic originTrinity's eye-opening research is published in leading international journal Science Advances and refines previously accepted views of a dual-genomic ancestry.
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Dr Michelle Browne secures L’Oréal-UNESCO UK and Ireland For Women in Science 2021 Rising Talent fellowshipDr Browne’s research is focused on the production of green (clean) hydrogen in water electrolysers for the generation of electricity.
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Scientists create 3D-printed, microscopic gas sensors—painters’ pallets without even a hint of pigmentThe sensors could be used in connected, low-cost devices for homes, or integrated in wearable devices used to monitor human health.
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Further evidence that vitamin D might protect against severe COVID-19 disease and deathResearchers from Trinity College and the University of Edinburgh found that ambient UVB radiation at an individual’s place of residence preceding COVID-19 infection was strongly protective against severe disease and death.
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Legal experts raise data-protection red flags around key COVID-19 decisions taken in IrelandIn common with previous reports from the Observatory is the concern that there is a general lack of transparency in Ireland’s response to the pandemic and, as a result, it isn’t easy to ensure important decisions satisfy various legal requirements.
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Quantum chemists conjure recipe to turn gold, silver and copper into vessels of green energyCompounds based on these metal elements and hydrogen are very promising candidates for hydrogen storage. Such hydrogen could be used on board vehicles, for example.
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The Irish Childhood Cancer Survivorship Project: Trinity researchTo coincide with Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we look at how Trinity researchers are designing an electronic Irish childhood cancer survivorship database.
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Left-hooks, doorings, poor road surface conditions, LUAS tracks and kerbs often involved in Irish cycling collisionsNew research into cycling road traffic collisions has identified a list of common collision scenarios for Ireland and underlined previously underappreciated issues on our roads.
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Citizen engagement workshops invite public to explore artificial intelligence, our future and how we create itDiscuss AI is a multi-programme initiative run by the SFI ADAPT Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology.
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Understanding the variability in responses to COVID-19 illness in older adultsResearchers from the School of Medicine and Tallaght University Hospital are represented amongst an international consortium of leading clinical research institutes investigating the variability in older people's responses to COVID-19.
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Sleepy Surgeons: The effect of sleep deprivation on surgical performanceResearchers say that the way we deliver emergency healthcare work alongside normal work in Ireland has to change. The study is published in the Journal of Surgical Research.
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New TILDA report reveals hopes and resilience of older adults through COVIDResearch gives voice to those most affected by policy restrictions during the COVID pandemic and calls into question society's attitudes to ageing.
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Cancer-killing cells are diverted into fat and away from tumours in obese cancer patientsScientists have, however, discovered a key biological pathway that – when targeted with drugs – can reduce the extent to which the cancer-killing cells are erroneously diverted.
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Researchers find inappropriate and unnecessary vitamin D testing in DublinResearchers found that one in four patients have their vitamin D frequently checked by their GP, and yet some remain deficient after several tests. Young adults and males were most likely to have low vitamin D but were retested the least.
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The music of silence: imagining a song triggers similar brain activity to moments of mid-music silenceResearchers have discovered that our brains encode musical predictions even without music. These new insights into sensory prediction also have implications in clinical settings.
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“That’s not another dogfish…” Researchers film large, prehistoric looking shark off Co. Clare coastIn what is a European first, a team of marine biologists from Trinity, Queen’s University Belfast and Fjordstrong have filmed a giant sixgill shark swimming in Irish coastal waters.
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Trinity researchers and Inclusion Ireland bridge gap in playground communicationResearchers from the School of Psychology have collaborated with Inclusion Ireland to lead an innovative community initiative to assist children with communication difficulties to interact with their peers.
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Geneticists pinpoint how a mutation causes devastating childhood cancer and successfully target tumour cells with tailored drugThis landmark work translates crucial new understanding of the genetics of diffuse midline glioma progression into a highly promising, targeted therapeutic approach, and offers significant hope of improved treatments in the future.
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Explore the hidden SYSTEMS that surround us, at home with the Science GallerySYSTEMS the exhibition was scheduled to open in the summer of 2020 - but COVID-19 soon made those plans obsolete - so the Science Gallery have reimagined a way to explore and untangle the many complex systems around us, at home.
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COVID-19 vaccine acceptance higher in low- and middle-income countries than richer countriesThe study comes as vaccine hesitancy across the world is complicating policy decisions and endangering the progress made to date.