Articles
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Pandemic negatively affecting children and young adults from low-income families
Pandemic affects children and young adults from low-income families negatively in terms of internet access, quiet places to study and higher likelihoods of living with someone vulnerable to severe COVID-19 disease.
26 Mar 2021
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Akara secures European Innovation Council funding to build germ-killing robots in Dublin
The Trinity spinout will use the funding to create a robot production facility, which will drastically increase the company’s output to an estimated 100 robots per year. Central to efforts will be their robot, Violet, which uses Ultraviolet UVC radiation to eliminate germs in hospital settings including COVID-19, MRSA and influenza.
14 Oct 2021
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‘Behind the Headlines’ on the changing culture of work
As part of its ‘Behind the Headlines’ series, the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute gathered a panel of industry and academic experts and author Caitríona Lally to discuss the changing culture of work.
23 Nov 2021
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Discovery pinpoints new therapeutic target for atopic dermatitis
The new pathway that could be targeted with therapies offers a welcome new possibility for fighting AD. This is especially important in an era in which antimicrobial resistance is an emerging global threat.
11 Jan 2021
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Humanities Horizons Lecture, The Age of the Technocene: Why we need the Arts and Humanities in the 4th Industrial Revolution
This evening, Wednesday 21 April, the Long Room Hub's annual Humanities Horizons Lecture will take place online.
21 Apr 2021
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Findings reveal stark health impacts of ‘cocooning’ for older people
The study showed that 1 in 5 older persons did not leave their home since being advised to 'cocoon', while over 57% reported loneliness.
25 Jan 2021
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Explore the hidden SYSTEMS that surround us, at home with the Science Gallery
SYSTEMS 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.
22 Jul 2021
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Trinity graduate chasing EU Sustainable Energy Award success for world-first hydropower station in mine
The technology uses modular water pumps to create low-cost, small-scale hydropower stations capable of exploiting untapped energy within existing water pipes.
28 Sep 2021
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Trinity welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron
President Macron visited the Book of Kells and met students to discuss topics that included post-COVID Europe, climate change and digital equality for all citizens. President Macron’s discussions with students took place in Trinity’s beautiful Public Theatre, which was designed by George III’s architect Sir William Chambers and completed in 1786.
26 Aug 2021
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Why spite could destroy liberal democracy
Simon McCarthy-Jones, Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology at Trinity, with a timely piece first published by The Conversation.
3 Aug 2021