News & Events
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Cure your “plant blindness” with a virtual stroll through Ireland’s diverse habitatsThe wonderful flora of Ireland is featured in five-minute videos, each of which puts the spotlight on five species living in one of the country’s many varied habitats. -
Aerobic exercise could have the final say on fatty liversThe study is the first to demonstrate significant improvements in MAFLD using an exercise-only intervention, without clinically significant weight loss. -
The explosive secret hidden beneath seemingly trustworthy volcanoesSome volcanoes hide chemically diverse magmas in their underground plumbing systems – including some with the potential to generate sudden explosive activity. -
Spectacular death of white-dwarf star lights up nearby galaxyUnderstanding how white dwarfs explode gives a more precise understanding of how iron is created and distributed throughout the Universe. -
Driving immunometabolism to control lung infectionResearchers are looking at how an approach, already being tested in patients with COVID-19, could also be used in the fight against TB. -
Professor Aljosa Smolic wins prestigious innovator awardThe award recognises pioneers of transformative technologies and showcases innovations that have had great impact on human experiences or are anticipated to do so in the near future. -
Meet the super-nutritious new pasta with a greener footprintScientists have shown the tasty new pasta made from chickpeas greatly improves the environmental sustainability and nutritional quality of one of humanity’s most popular food chains. -
Scientists find new link between delirium and brain energy disruptionThe research suggests that therapies focusing on brain energy metabolism may offer new routes to mitigating delirium, which is particularly common in the elderly and in those hospitalised with COVID-19. -
Four Trinity researchers announced in the top twelve emerging new health researchers in the countryThe fellowship awards were announced by the Health Research Board. -
Research highlights increased loneliness in lock-down for the over-70sThe joint report from TILDA and ALONE highlights the effects of COVID-19 measures on our older population. -
Transforming innovative research into practice to benefit older peopleNovel collaboration between TILDA, NCPOP, HSE and RCPI is to benefit Ireland’s older people through innovative Frailty Education Programme. -
Improving the learning experience for students with intellectual disabilitiesThe generous gift to the Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities (TCPID) has come from The Rory McDonagh Trust. -
Professor Anna Davies wins ERC Public Engagement with Research Award for social media outreachThe success was linked to engagement around the ShareCity project, which assesses the practice and sustainability potential of city-based food sharing economies. -
Scientists create new device to light up the way for quantum technologiesTheir innovative new device will emit single particles of light, or photons, from quantum dots that are the key to practical quantum computers, quantum communications, and other quantum devices. -
Researchers kick off Ireland’s first project to measure real-world driving emissions using remote sensingThe team will measure and model real-world emissions from more than 150,000 vehicles at four locations over a 16-week period in Dublin. -
Astrophysicists investigate a cosmic mystery – the disappearance of a massive starThe star's absence, discovered with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, could indicate that it either became less bright and partially obscured by dust, or that it collapsed into a black hole without producing a supernova. -
Documenting the toll of COVID-19 on Ireland’s older peopleTrinity researchers to study how people 50 years and older in Ireland have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Navigating pregnancy in a global pandemic, Trinity researchers supporting womenThe course offers support and trusted evidence-based information to women at a time when face-to-face antenatal classes are cancelled due to COVID-19. -
Scientists sequence oldest complete dog genome – 9,500-year-old Siberian sledge dog, ZhokovSledge dogs are much older and adapted to Arctic conditions much earlier than previously thought, according to the new ancient genomics study. -
Professor Mathias Senge awarded prestigious international fellowshipHis collaborative research with the Technical University of Munich will advance molecular design and control of nanomaterials with tunable electronic, photonic, and chemical functionalities.