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Keeping it cool – Trinity team greatly enhancing viability of solar panels
The technology in development will result in an immediate 10% increase in energy output and slow the solar panel degradation so that its lifetime could double from 20 to 40 years.
28 May 2020
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Rapid COVID-19 response support for industry launched
AMBER, in conjunction with Consult Trinity, part of Trinity Research and Innovation has launched theCOVID-19 rapid response support initiative.
27 May 2020
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Birds, bees and butter – biodiversity crucial for shea production in West Africa
Shea yields are likely to benefit from a diversity of trees and shrubs, which has implications for managing a crop typically harvested and sold by women in rural areas, and which helps finance education for children.
26 May 2020
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Numeracy in the now: videos to help teach primary maths at home
A new series of easy and accessible videos focused on numeracy for young children has been released online by researchers from Trinity.
21 May 2020
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Managing the health of vulnerable groups during COVID-19
The project will provide immediate virtual support for those with Motor Neuron Disease (MND) and Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD).
21 May 2020
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COVID-19 crisis is causing people to exercise more
With more than 50% of people now meeting recommended physical activity guidelines, this represents a significant, positive increase compared to what was seen in the last Healthy Ireland Survey conducted in 2019.
18 May 2020
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Trinity appoints leading quantum technology scientist, Professor Ortwin Hess
Professor Hess will lead novel research into room-temperature quantum technologies, together with a network of collaborators from Australia, Finland, Germany, Japan, South Africa, the UK and US.
14 May 2020
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Trinity research helping policy makers make safer decisions on reopening our communities
Over the last number of weeks, Ireland has taken public health measures such as closing schools and businesses and encouraging social and physical distancing to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Planning for easing of such restrictions is difficult because we don’t know how many people in the community have been infected with the […]
14 May 2020
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Employees fear contracting COVID-19 if using public transport to get to work
Three-quarters of employees among 500 people surveyed across Ireland are concerned about contracting COVID-19 if they were to use public transport to get to work.
14 May 2020
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How blocking iron drives the lung immune system to control infection
Researchers have discovered how the iron chelator, DFX, which functions by attaching to iron, drives the immune system to deal with tuberculosis.
13 May 2020
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