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Trinity welcomes Professor Karen Wiltshire as first CRH Chair of Climate Science
An expert in coastal research and a Trinity alumna, Professor Wiltshire returns to the university from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany, where she served as Vice-Director in combination with a professorship in Shelf Sea Ecology at the University of Kiel.
19 Aug 2024
Environment|Innovation|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Scientists revolutionise microscopy by reimagining the logic of imaging
Their new method significantly reduces the time and damaging radiation used to image fragile specimens.
2 Aug 2024
Innovation|Research|Science
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Trinity researchers to receive Grow Phase funding under the National Challenge Fund
Patrick O’Donovan, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, announced the first nine teams to receive Grow Phase funding under the €65 million fund to work on solutions to major environmental and societal issues.
31 Jul 2024
Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Ancient DNA analyses imply brucellosis evolved with development of farming
Scientists analysed ancient DNA extracted from an 8,000-year-old sheep bone and detected the Brucella melitensis pathogen. Brucellosis affects millions of people every year and causes significant harm to the welfare of livestock.
26 Jul 2024
Research|Science
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Electrical currents may make body’s cancer-killing cells even better killers
The scientists behind the discovery hope their promising findings may open the door to new combined therapies for people living with certain brain tumours, such as glioblastoma.
25 Jul 2024
Health|Research|Science
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International experts shed new light on old conundrum of quantum measurement
Almost 100 leading experts from around the globe came to Trinity last week to discuss recent cutting-edge theoretical advances in hitherto unconnected fields – particularly from quantum foundations and quantum thermodynamics.
25 Jul 2024
Research|Science
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Léiríonn "Shark fitbit" sonraí den chéad uair riamh maidir le freagairt liamháin ghréine tar éis buille ó bhád
Taifeadadh na chéad sonraí cinnte riamh i dtaighde nua de fhreagairt liamhán gréine atá i mbaol tar éis do bhád ceann a bhualadh.
24 Jul 2024
Environment|Research|Science
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“Shark fitbit” provides first-ever data detailing basking shark response to boat strike
Data showing the immediate response of marine megafauna (e.g. whales, and large sharks) to boat strikes, which pose an increasing threat world-wide, had never been recorded before.
24 Jul 2024
Environment|Research|Science
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Irish scientists pinpoint new drug target for RSV
The scientists have discovered how the dangerous Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) defuses our immune response and, in doing so, have pinpointed an exciting new target for drug developers.
18 Jul 2024
Health|Research|Science
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Physicists develop new theory describing the energy landscape formed when quantum particles gather together
Understanding the exact shape of energy landscapes of quantum particles can potentially make computer simulations of materials far more accurate. Such simulations are helping to design next-gen materials for use in physics, chemistry, and green technologies.
17 Jul 2024
Research|Science