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The Conscious Cup Campaign: Reducing disposables while staying Covid-safe
The provost’s sustainability advisor explains how we can make sustainable changes on campus
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have seen an unfortunate return in the popularity of disposables: coffee cups, food containers, and masks to name a few. As the world began to slow to its pre-lockdown halt it was …
New study shows links between Dublin air pollution levels and stroke hospitalisation in the city
The research was co-authored by Trinity professor, Brian Broderick
Increased air pollution during winter months is linked to a rise in stroke-related Dublin hospital admissions, a new study has shown. The paper, published in the Cerebrovascular Diseases journal, by scientists from Trinity, the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, and …
Trinity researchers awarded prestigious funding for dementia research
TILDA researchers will collaborate with two other universities to better understand the causes of dementia
Trinity researchers have been awarded a highly competitive US National Institute of Health (NIH) grant to research determinants of physical and brain health in ageing. These scientists, as part of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), contribute key research …
Trinity researchers sequence genomes of Irish Vikings and uncover Norwegian origins
The research busts the blonde haired, blue-eyed Viking image and shows that natives also adopted the Viking way of life
Irish Viking genomes have been sequenced for the first time by a group of researchers from Trinity and the National Museum of Ireland. The research was part of a wider, six-year-long study of Viking genomes published today in the leading …
New material created by Trinity team could increase efficiency of data storage
The material has the potential to increase the capacity of the global fibre optic network tenfold
Trinity researchers from the School of Physics and the Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) have created a new material which has enabled them to perform magnetic switching at ultra-fast speeds. This could have significant effects on …
Trinity research outlines which toothbrush is best for the environment
A hypothetical continued recyclable plastic toothbrush would be better than bamboo toothbrushes
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have collaborated with the Eastman Dental Institute at University College London to produce a paper on the effects that toothbrushes have on the environment and human health. One of the findings in the paper states …
Trinity’s Prof Tomás Ryan awarded prestigious 2020 Lister Institue Research Prize
The funds will be used to further research into infantile amnesia
Prof Tomás Ryan, of the School of Biochemistry and the Trinity Institute of Neurosciences, is one of four awardees of the 2020 Lister Institue Research Prize. Prof Ryan is the first scientist in an Irish higher education institution to receive …
Trinity researchers examine medical intervention in maternity care
Two teams have reviewed different rates of childbirth intervention across various countries
Two Trinity led studies have investigated how a reduction in rates of caesarean section births could benefit maternity care services, and identified a significant variation in amounts of birth inducing drugs used in different countries.
The first study examined the …
Potential new therapies for osteoporosis made possible by Trinity team discovery
The research into bone renewing mechanisms could be harnessed to treat osteoporosis
Trinity researchers at AMBER (the centre for Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research) and the Schools of Engineering and Pharmacy have discovered the long sought after mechanism by which exercise aids bone growth, which could help to develop new therapies for …