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Variable venom – why are some snakes deadlier than others?

Comparing records of venom potency and quantity for over 100 venomous snake species shows that potency depends on what a species eats.

8 Jan 2019

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Professor Sylvia Draper wins prestigious chemistry award

Professor Draper, from Trinity’s School of Chemistry, won the 2018 Institute of Chemistry of Ireland David Brown award for her contribution to inorganic chemistry.

4 Jan 2019

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Trinity Innovation Awards 2018 – Celebrating Innovative Research

The University's leading researchers and inventors were acknowledged for their innovative research and entrepreneurship at the Trinity Innovation Awards 2018 special awards ceremony.

20 Dec 2018

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Ghost stories, twinkling stars and Christmas trees – Trinity’s festive research

The enduring appeal of the Christmas ghost story, twinkling stars and exoplanets and how climate change will affect Christmas trees were among topics explored at a festive research showcase recently.

19 Dec 2018

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In the age of GDPR, how can social computing data be legally used?

A new book addresses how social computing data can be used in emergency management and explores more broadly how the GDPR affects big data interpretation.

18 Dec 2018

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Trinity research sheds light on the workings of the unconscious brain

Research led by neuroscientists at Trinity College Dublin has found for the first time that regions of the brain responsible for complex thought do not shut off in the unconscious state.

18 Dec 2018

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Stair cheilte Fhoirgneamh an Mhúsaeim i gColáiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath nochta

Tá Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath, ag seoladh tionscadal taighde ceannródaíoch inniu a thabharfaidh an stair cheilte a bhaineann le ceann de na foirgnimh Victeoiriacha is mó aithne i mBaile Átha Cliath chun solais arís.

17 Dec 2018

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A new physiological mechanism for short-term memory storage in the brain

Scientists have discovered “a new form of short-term memory”.

17 Dec 2018

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Trinity academic selected for Prague UNESCO City of Literature residency

Justin MacGregor, Assistant Professor in Film Studies, School of Creative Arts, Trinity has been selected to be a Writer in Residence of Prague UNESCO City of Literature 2019.

12 Dec 2018

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Hidden history of Trinity’s Museum Building uncovered

The ‘Making Victorian Dublin’ project has launched a new interactive website documenting the remarkable craft and quarry networks in operation during the golden era of Irish decorative stone.

12 Dec 2018

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