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€3M TechConnect project sets sights on transforming human-tech collaboration in the digital era

How emerging technologies like AI and robotics can be harnessed to enhance human work, rather than replace it, is the focus of the new €3M TechConnect research project led by Trinity Business School.

14 Nov 2024

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Misinformation really does spread like a virus

How misinformation gets around can be effectively described using mathematical models designed to simulate the spread of pathogens, writes David Robert Grimes from the School of Medicine, and Sander Van Der Linden at University of Cambridge.

14 Nov 2024

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Genetic legacy of Jomon hunter-gatherers linked to increased BMI in modern Japanese

New research exploring the roots of modern Japanese populations has linked the genetic signature of Jomon hunter-gatherers to a higher BMI, underlining that ancient human ancestors can leave a genetic legacy with impacts on health in modern day populations.

14 Nov 2024

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Can self-employment delay retirement? Only if you are healthy and wealthy

Self-employment can provide an alternative career transition to retirement, but only for those in good health and in high-paying careers, research from Trinity Business School reveals.

14 Nov 2024

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Tugann athruithe géineolaíochta nua a bhfuil nasc idir iad agus ailse uiríoch léargas nua ar an ngalar

Tá dream eolaithe tar éis lochtanna géine agus patrúin éabhlóide a mbíonn baint acu le hailse uiríoch a thabhairt chun suntais. Tugann toradh a gcuid saothair léargas domhain ar fhorbairt an ghalair agus ar straitéisí cóir leighis ina leith.

13 Nov 2024

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Genetic changes linked to testicular cancer offer fresh insights into the disease

Scientists have identified new gene faults and evolutionary patterns contributing to testicular cancer. Their findings offer profound insights into the development of the disease and into potential treatment strategies.

13 Nov 2024

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Researchers team up with CKDelta to take AI approach to tackling key challenges of utilities sector

Researchers from Trinity and the ADAPT Centre, funded by Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland, are partnering with CKDelta to take an AI-driven approach to addressing some of the key efficiency and sustainability challenges..

12 Nov 2024

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Ian Robertson: how to cope when the world is in turmoil

Taking action in spite of adversity is a powerful antidote to uncertainty, writes Ian Robertson, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, in an article first published in The Irish Times.

12 Nov 2024

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Top ten priorities for future research on reducing and stopping psychiatric meds

Study hopes to inform the research agenda and help future research to focus on the questions that are most important to key stakeholders.

11 Nov 2024

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New insights into the Denisovans – the new hominin group that interbred with modern day humans

Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered “hominin” group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day humans passed on some of their genes via multiple, distinct interbreeding events that helped shape early human history.

8 Nov 2024

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