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Your voice may reveal how fast and how well you’re aging

A new study shows that machine-learning clocks based on speech can estimate chronological age and may also offer a window into brain aging, biological aging, cognitive health, cumulative burden, and dementia.

30 Sep 2026

Health|Research|Science

Ardán nua cumarsáide Gaeilge do pháistí uathacha

Tá uirlis nua Ghaeilge forbartha ag taighdeoirí i gColáiste na Tríonóide a chuirfidh ar chumas leanaí uathacha ó phobail Ghaeilge páirt níos iomláine a ghlacadh ar scoil agus sa phobal. 

29 Sep 2026

Community|Culture|Research|Society

New Irish language tool makes school more accessible for autistic children

A new Irish language tool developed by researchers at Trinity's ABAIR initiative is allowing autistic children from Irish-language communities participate more fully in school and their communities. 

29 Sep 2026

Community|Culture|Research|Society

New research shows how human impacts increase risk of emerging infectious disease outbreaks

Global fragmentation of ecosystems and changing patterns of rainfall have increased the risk of diseases spreading to humans from animals, mosquitoes and ticks, according to a new study involving a Trinity scientist.

24 Sep 2026

Environment|Health|Research|Science

New Trinity research suggests a simple pill could prevent sight loss in common form of diabetes-driven eye condition

Researchers at Trinity, in collaboration with Breye Therapeutics, have found that an oral medication (Danegaptide) can protect against vision-threatening damage in Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (NPDR), which is a leading cause of blindness in working-age adults.

24 Sep 2026

Health|Research|Science

Seven Trinity research projects secure HRB investment

The funding comes as the HRB is investing €12 million in 29 investigator-led research projects to support innovative and internationally competitive research across patient-oriented research (POR), population health research (PHR) and health services research (HSR).

23 Sep 2026

Awards and Funding|Health|Innovation|Research

Landmark Lancet series brings arts and cultural engagement into mainstream global health

A landmark new collection in leading journal The Lancet is calling for arts and cultural engagement to become an integral part of how health is understood, promoted and delivered worldwide.

22 Sep 2026

Arts|Culture|Health|Research

Bumblebee DNA extracted from museum specimens points to severe genetic declines over time

DNA extracted from over 100 specimens in five museums, including the Natural History Museum, London, was used to study the history of the moss carder bumblebee, which is threatened with extinction in the UK.

18 Sep 2026

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Neuroscience offers new insights into how our brain solves ‘the cocktail party problem’

Sara Carta and Prof. Giovanni Di Liberto from Trinity's School of Computer Science and Statistics write about the implications of their work that shows some people can briefly follow more than one conversation at once. This was first published by The Conversation.

18 Sep 2026

Research|Science|Society

Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity, Christopher O’Sullivan, reopens Trinity College Dublin Herbarium

Trinity’s Herbarium contains up to half a million preserved plant specimens, representing three centuries of Irish botanical research. Its transformation was supported through a €1.5 million investment from the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

17 Sep 2026

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability