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Breakthrough in childhood brain cancer research reveals possible new target for therapies

An international group of scientists has identified a key molecular process that drives a deadly form of childhood brain cancer, potentially offering a much-needed, new therapeutic target.

21 May 2025

Health|Research|Science

Trinity Walton Club celebrates 10 years of transforming STEM education in Ireland

Trinity Walton Club (TWC) has delivered STEM learning experiences to over 7,000 students in its first decade of operation. TWC launched its new impact report as club leaders, educators and alumni gathered to mark the milestone.

20 May 2025

Science|Students

Professors Jennifer McElwain and Jonathan Coleman elected Fellows of the Royal Society

Prof. McElwain’s research on fossil plants has shaped our understanding of how the atmosphere has changed over millions of years, while Prof. Coleman developed a transformative technique for producing 2D nanomaterials like graphene from layered solids such as graphite.

20 May 2025

Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Science

Sandbox AQ scholarship students represent Trinity at NYU-Abu Dhabi Hackathon

Gaurang Belekar and Sara Taha from the MSc in Quantum Science and Technology in Trinity’s School of Physics took part in the 13th annual NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Hackathon for Social Good, where Gaurang’s team won 2nd prize for canQr, a quantum tool to optimise cancer drug design.

19 May 2025

Innovation|Research|Science|Students

Ancient ocean sediments link changes in currents to cooling of Northern Hemisphere 3.6 million years ago

New research from an international group has for the first time shown a strong correlation between the two. Differences in sediment composition imply profound changes in the circulation of deep water currents occurred at this time in Earth's history.

16 May 2025

Environment|Research|Science

Plastic manufacturing technologies jeopardise food safety and the environment

AMBER Centre researchers based in Trinity have discovered that the way many everyday plastics are manufactured builds unseen stress into the material—stress that later drives the release of tiny plastic particles into our food and the environment.

13 May 2025

Environment|Health|Research|Science|Sustainability

Fat-rich fluid fuels immune failure in ovarian cancer

New research led by Irish scientists has uncovered how lipid-rich fluid in the abdomen, known as ascites, plays a central role in weakening the body’s immune response in advanced ovarian cancer.

9 May 2025

Health|Research|Science

Professor John G Byrne added to Royal Irish Academy Dictionary of Irish Biography

Prof. Byrne, founder of Trinity’s Department of Computer Science and Head for 32 years, who was known by many as the “Father of Computing in Ireland”, was a distinguished computer scientist, dedicated public servant and Senior Fellow at Trinity.

9 May 2025

Research|Science

From ashes to concrete

Engineers have devised a means of transforming biomass ash byproduct into high-quality concrete, which reduces carbon emissions by over 50%.

6 May 2025

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Glitter’s sparkle hides a darker side – it can change the chemistry of our oceans

Drs. Juan Diego Rodriguez-Blanco and Kristina Petra Zubovic from Trinity's School of Natural Sciences write about some important research of theirs in this piece first published by The Conversation.

2 May 2025

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability