Sex is everywhere. Sex sells. Sex is sold. Sex made you. It’s alternatively known as coitus, copulation, and sexual intercourse. It is performed by humans and all other sexually-reproducing animals. It can take many forms and exist in many different …
Genetics for the modern world
Global development could benefit from GM Crops
In this world of 7.5 billion people, humanity faces a myriad of problems. These range from continuing extreme poverty, curable diseases still causing premature deaths, the destruction of ecosystems that support our existence and much more. At this present moment, …
Why science still needs folklore
Discovery of an antimicrobial bacteria in Co. Fermanagh shows how local cures can translate into medicine
From antiquity to present day, people have sought out ways in which to heal themselves, to cure the disease of relatives, and to repair injuries. Some of the earliest written records of medicinal practises in Ancient Egypt tell us that …
Trinity researchers to investigate retired athletes from rugby and rowing
The multidisciplinary team will assess how elite athlete’s health is affected by concussion and retirement
A new Trinity research project will seek to address how a career as an athlete affects long term physical and mental health. The research is in collaboration with Rugby Players Ireland and Rowing Ireland and is being carried out by …
Climate change will define our future
The effects of a warming planet are closer to you than you think
Rise up, or the tides will. Climate change is here, it will get worse, and we will face its increasingly devastating effects as we age. We are the generation born into a world sickening from carbon emissions, but we are …
Trudy Mackay to be awarded the Dawson Prize in Genetics
The prestigious award is one part of George’s Dawson’s legacy at Trinity
Trudy Mackay, Director of Clemson University’s Center for Human Genetics (CHG) and a world-leading authority on quantitative genetics, will be awarded the Dawson Prize in Genetics tomorrow at the Stanley Quek Theatre in TBSI. Mackay will give a public lecture …
Behind the medals of a biomedical engineering PhD
Robert Gaul explains how his award-winning research on arteries may change the treatment of cardiovascular disease
Robert Gaul is in the midst of wrapping up his PhD at Trinity, for which he has already landed two major biomedical engineering awards. Earlier this year, Gaul received the Biomedical Research Medal for his work from Engineers Ireland, having …