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Trinity researchers build open source ventilator with international non-profit consortium

The LibreRespire ventilator was developed to make an affordable, robust, medical-grade, open-source solution freely available to low and middle-income countries.

19 Aug 2020

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Trinity researchers secure funding from Irish Research Council’s enterprise partnership scheme

Eleven Trinity College Dublin enterprise-focused research projects were among 50 that received a total of €4.3 million in funding under the Irish Research Council’s 2020 Enterprise Partnership Scheme.

17 Aug 2020

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Ecosystem ‘tipping points’ unhelpful for developing environmental policies – largest ever synthesis of global climate change research

The scientists behind the work believe policy makers should readdress the use of thresholds in ecosystem management and instead act according to the precautionary principle.

17 Aug 2020

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Trinity teams receive Enterprise Ireland funding to commercialise research

The funding will enable researchers to commercialise therapies for both whooping cough and common retinal disease.

11 Aug 2020

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Dr Tomás Ryan wins 2020 Lister Institute Research Prize

Dr Ryan becomes the first scientist in an Irish institution to secure the highly prestigious Lister Institute Preventive Medicine Prize Fellowship.

10 Aug 2020

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Are we medically intervening in maternity care when we don’t need to?

The School of Nursing and Midwifery research provides an international perspective on key birth interventions.

6 Aug 2020

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At least 25% of small businesses earn more because of better ICT skills

The research has been published by the Trinity Business School.

4 Aug 2020

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Harnessing the beneficial effects of exercise on bone to create new therapies for osteoporosis

Around 300,000 people in Ireland have osteoporosis and many more may live with the disease undetected. It can be particularly problematic as we get older when bone regeneration becomes slower.

4 Aug 2020

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Trinity—UK collaboration awarded £1.6 million to unveil the secrets of quantum thermodynamics

The QuamNESS consortium puts together researchers in University of Bristol, Queens University Belfast and Trinity College Dublin under the support of an EPSRC-SFI grant to explore the thermodynamics of quantum machines and technologies.

4 Aug 2020

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Cure your “plant blindness” with a virtual stroll through Ireland’s diverse habitats

The 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.

29 Jul 2020

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