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Shark shock – scientists discover filter-feeding basking sharks are warm-bodied like great whites
Approximately 99.9% of fish and shark species are “cold-blooded”, meaning their body tissues generally match the temperature of the water they swim in – but researchers have just discovered the mighty basking shark is a one-in-a-thousand exception.
20 Jul 2023
Environment|Research|Science
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Trinity team installs world's first user adjustable pole-piece electron microscope lens at Sandia National Laboratories
A team of researchers from the Ultramicroscopy Research Group at Trinity has recently completed the installation of a world-first UAP transmission electron microscope lens.
19 Jul 2023
Innovation|Research|Science
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Hubs offering electric cars, e-bikes and e-cargo bikes to test potential of shared e-mobility to decarbonise transport
Researchers from Trinity, together with collaborators from the Atlantic Technological University (ATU), ESB and Enterprise Rent-A-Car, will lead a €1.35 million shared electric mobility project.
19 Jul 2023
Awards and Funding|Environment|Research
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Dr Tamara Boto wins Wellcome Career Development Award 2023
Assistant Professor in Physiology, Trinity College Institute for Neuroscience, Dr Tamara Boto studies how features of importance, or salience, are processed in the brain, and how they affect memories, in health and disease.
19 Jul 2023
Awards and Funding|Research
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Prof Christine Casey wins prestigious ERC Advanced Grant
Professor Casey, School of Histories and Humanities, has won a European Research Council Advanced grant valued at €2.5 million to explore collective achievement in classical architecture of Ireland & Britain.
13 Jul 2023
Arts|Awards and Funding|Culture|Research
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Understanding the challenges of participation in nursing home research: New Trinity study
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have this week launched a survey to find out why gathering this data for nursing home research is proving difficult.
11 Jul 2023
Community|Health|Research
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Fresh insights into how glucose drives tuberculosis vaccine responses offer hope for improved efficacy
BCG is a live bacterial vaccine, of limited effectiveness for tuberculosis, but it's the only one we've got. However, scientists in the TB Immunology group at Trinity College Dublin and St. James's Hospital have provided fresh insights into the behaviour of a crucial cell in vaccine mechanisms, which may offer a fresh target for scientists seeking to improve vaccine efficacy.
6 Jul 2023
Health|Research|Science
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The weeds shall inherit the Earth
Human land use is now comparable to climate in driving global patterns of plant occurrence, with new research showing that species are not affected equally; slow-growing plants like trees are less able to cope with more intensive human land use than disturbance-tolerant species like grasses.
4 Jul 2023
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Scientists discover how anti-viral cytokines can blunt the immune response to tuberculosis
A new study, published in the journal Cellular Immunology, is closing the research gap on the actions of an important protein of the immune system; type 1 interferon, whose actions remain poorly understood.
3 Jul 2023
Health|Research
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The tide of medicinal plants and natural products is rising: conference hears
Trinity hosts the 71st GA2023 conference to explore the opportunities of unlocking nature’s pharmacy
3 Jul 2023
Environment|Health|Innovation|Research|Sustainability