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International study shows creative experiences delay brain aging
Engaging in creative experiences such as music, dance, visual arts, and even specific video games can slow brain aging and promote healthier brain function, according to a trailblazing international study published today in Nature Communications
3 Oct 2025
Health|Research|Society
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Avista partners with Trinity to offer intellectual disability nursing student placements
This new academic partnership builds upon existing research links between Avista and the Trinity Centre for Ageing and Intellectual Disability (TCAID) which is situated within the School of Nursing & Midwifery.
2 Oct 2025
Community|Health
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Bone health screening game changer for people with intellectual disability
New research at IDS-TILDA at the School of Nursing and Midwifery has led to improved outcomes for people with intellectual disability who are unable to access a traditional DXA bone scan.
1 Oct 2025
Health|Research|Society
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START headlines a week of Trinity festivals connecting research, researchers and the public
Trinity is excited to welcome the public to a week of festival activities, events and demos headlined by the START (Start Talking About Research Today) Festival, which takes centre stage on Friday.
23 Sep 2025
Arts|Culture|Environment|Health|Research|Science|Society
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Scientists discover how nanoplastics disrupt brain energy metabolism
Scientists from the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) have discovered how nanoplastics – even smaller than microplastics – disrupt energy metabolism in brain cells. Their findings may have implications for better understanding a suite of neurodegenerative diseases.
15 Sep 2025
Environment|Health|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Parents see quality of life improvements in children with impaired walking thanks to mobility assistance dogs
Parents report improvements in physical activity, social engagement and family life in their children in the first qualitative assessment of its type led by researchers from Trinity.
12 Sep 2025
Health|Research|Science
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Social lifetime experiences have long-lasting effects on mental and brain health
Lifetime significant experiences, in particular the social ones, are the fabric of our identity. But what about their impact in our health?
12 Sep 2025
Health|Research|Society
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Trinity spin-out ProVerum secures $80 million in funding to accelerate commercialisation of innovative medical device
The largest investor funding round ever raised by a company to have spun out from an Irish university will help develop a device that reshapes enlarged prostates and relieves symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia.
9 Sep 2025
Awards and Funding|Health|Innovation|Research|Science
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TILDA findings highlight the urgent need to rethink health and social care for older people
The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) has released its ‘Wave 6’ findings which points to challenging times for Ireland’s older population.
9 Sep 2025
Health|Research|Society
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Immunotherapy before surgery offers a potential new treatment for rare cancer
An early phase clinical trial published in Nature Medicine show that patients with mesothelioma - a rare cancer of the lining of the lung - who received a combination of two immunotherapy drugs before surgery had successful surgeries and encouraging early outcomes
8 Sep 2025
Health|Innovation|Research