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New discovery has important implications for treating common eye disease
Scientists from Trinity have discovered that the molecule TLR2, which recognises chemical patterns associated with infection in the body, also seems to play an important role in the development of retinal degeneration.
20 Feb 2020
Research
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Trinity Long Room Hub celebrates 10 years as flagship research institute
The Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute yesterday celebrated its 10th anniversary by highlighting the contribution of the Arts and Humanities to public debates in Ireland and internationally over the past ten years.
20 Feb 2020
Research
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Scientists make fresh call for policy makers to protect pollinators
More than 20 pollinator experts from 18 different countries looked at a range of wildlife habitats on farmland and found that despite investing in Ecological Focus Areas are failing to provide all the resources insect pollinators require.
17 Feb 2020
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Genes from scratch – far more common and important than we thought
The majority of unique genes in the species the scientists looked at do not result from simple divergence from genes existing in others. This is surprising -- as is the discovery that genes evolving from scratch can have the potential to confer significant advantages to species adapting to their environments.
17 Feb 2020
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10 nominations for the University of Dublin Seanad elections 2020
Ballot papers will be issued by registered post to electors registered on the 2019 Electoral Register in the constituency on Friday 28th February. The poll will close on Tuesday 31st March.
14 Feb 2020
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Trinity team to help image uncharted polar regions of the Sun
The Trinity team has played a pivotal role in developing the software that processes and analyses data from Solar Orbiter.
14 Feb 2020
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Bioengineers take step towards being able to mend a broken heart
Their patch withstands the mechanical demands and mimics the electrical signalling properties that allow our hearts to pump blood rhythmically round our bodies, essentially taking us one step closer to being able to mend a broken heart.
13 Feb 2020
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Understanding how a protein wreaks havoc in the brain in Parkinson’s disease
Researchers from Trinity have just published research that may one day lead to better treatments for this debilitating illness, which affects around 12,000 people in Ireland and between 7 and 10 million people worldwide.
12 Feb 2020
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‘Rule breaking’ plants may be the climate change survivors
An international team involving Trinity's Professor Yvonne Buckley found the success of plantain was due to multiple introductions around the world, which forced genetic diversity to propagate throughout the wider species.
11 Feb 2020
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Scientists show how solar system processes have impacted the carbon cycle throughout Earth’s history
Periodic changes in the shape of Earth’s orbit around the Sun were partly responsible for changes in the carbon-cycle and global climate around two major events in Earth's history.
11 Feb 2020
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