If you’re looking for an idea on how to creatively use garden space to help our changing climate, three Trinity students have it. The project is aptly named “No Mow Gardens” and strives to move away from a culture of …
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Could AI help students pick their CAO courses?
A UCC startup hopes to help students make the difficult choice by analysing past data
What CAO courses to put on their list is arguably the hardest decision students have to make in the course of their secondary education. At the time, the list of third-level courses seems to be fixing the course of their …
Trini-Screen: How research at Trinity’s Covid-19 screening programme could accelerate testing
The service uses LAMP analysis techniques which, when used alongside current HSE methods, could get results back faster
Trini-Screen, Trinity’s own campus-based Covid-19 screening programme, is still in its early days, but with backing from campus residents, it has the potential to change the way we test for the virus in the future.
Plans for on-campus testing were …
Managing and reimagining forestry in Ireland
Our forests must be managed sustainably amid the threat of the climate crisis
Deforestation, wildfires, and ash dieback are just a few of the alarming issues to be read about in today’s news regarding international forestry. Apocalyptic images of burning orange skies and 50m flames have become a common appearance on social media, …
Green Labs in Trinity: working towards sustainable science
Trinity PhD students are working together to change outdated and unsustainable lab practices
Science labs are some of the most waste intensive workplaces in the world, and the Trinity labs are certainly not exempt from this. The average science lab uses 10 times more energy per annum than the average office space, and …
Re-imagining our forests
A change is underway in Irish forestry policy, and in our landscape itself
While the climate crisis has occupied the public consciousness, with mixed success, for the best part of the last two decades, biodiversity loss has increasingly risen in prominence alongside it in recent times. Once fashionable, neatly rolled lawns are increasingly …
The Science behind the New Book of Kells display
New innovations in the case will help to preserve the artefact for future generations
Trinity unveiled its new Book of Kells display case in the Old Library in September, introducing a case that was exclusively designed by Goppion, an Italian manufacturing and design company that has created one of a kind display cases for …
Sunday longread: The science behind the new College Green wildflower meadow
The Trinity Campus Pollinator Plan is committed to helping bees
Trinity has shown its commitment to the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan (AIPP) by creating the Trinity Campus Pollinator Plan. Its aims include replacing lawns on campus with wildflower gardens, reducing the use of pesticides, and creating spaces for pollinators. These actions …
Let’s demystify vaccine design
From research to design, here’s the process that goes into creating vaccines
Vaccines are among the safest medical products in the world due to rigorous trials tracking their safety and effectiveness. Recently, we have seen an unprecedented global effort in the search for a vaccine to the Covid-19 virus.
As the Covid-19 …
Selling hand sanitisers and face masks was like selling gold dust
Working as a student in a pharmacy during Ireland’s lockdown has brought its share of challenges
A regular Saturday morning in January, I clock in and greet my manager, and my attention is immediately drawn to a poster sellotaped to the counter. After a read my initial thought is “this is going to cause a lot …