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Scientists hunt for clues behind the development of curved spines
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin are assessing how the development of spinal ligaments provide mechanical stability and impact postural support in the spine – with a view to better understanding how developmental “missteps” may contribute to spinal deformations, such as the characteristic curved spines that develop in people with scoliosis.
1 Jul 2025
Health|Research|Science
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Trinity’s groundbreaking carbon capture tech takes off at Dublin Airport
Trinity's carbon capture tech initiates its first industrial-scale field test at Dublin Airport, demonstrating its potential for revolutionising carbon capture in aviation and e-fuel industries.
1 Jul 2025
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Craft My Street: young people reimagine Dublin with Minecraft in Smart Docklands pilot
In a city increasingly defined by data, design, and digital connectivity, a new pilot project is giving some of its youngest residents a powerful tool for change – Minecraft.
30 Jun 2025
Community|Research|Society|Students
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175,000 new historical records released by Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
Among new treasures freely available online today for the first time are 60,000 pre-and-post famine names for family historians to explore in the new Population Portal.
30 Jun 2025
Culture|Research|Science
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TSJCI receives prestigious Comprehensive Cancer Centre status
The Trinity St James's Cancer Institute's new designation - the first Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Ireland - places TSJCI at the forefront of cancer care in Ireland alongside other leading cancer centres in Europe.
26 Jun 2025
Awards and Funding|Community|Health|Research|Society
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Pervasive surveillance of people is being used to access, monetise, coerce, and control
Analyses of over 40,000 documents, computer vision papers and downstream patents spanning four decades indicates the extent of this surveillance and the rise of obfuscating language that helps to normalise such approaches.
25 Jun 2025
Culture|Research|Society
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers its first exoplanet
The exoplanet – TWA 7 b – is similar in mass to Saturn, and around 10 times lighter than anything we have previously been able to image from afar.
25 Jun 2025
Research|Science
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Trinity researchers secure Research Ireland Pathway awards
Four Trinity researchers have secured awards worth a combined total of €2.57 million under Research Ireland’s Pathway funding programme.
25 Jun 2025
Awards and Funding|Culture|Health|Research|Science
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Custodian of Romanian Crown visits Trinity
Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown, and His Royal Highness Prince Radu came Trinity today as part of their visit to Ireland.
24 Jun 2025
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Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro, the creator of Sfera con Sfera, has died
Catherine Giltrap, Curator and Head of the University Art Collections expressed her heartfelt sympathy to Pomodoro’s colleagues and family, and plans to continue with Trinity's preparations to commemorate 100 years since his birth in 2026.
23 Jun 2025
Arts|Community|Society