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Dr Tomás Ryan wins 2020 Lister Institute Research Prize

Dr Ryan becomes the first scientist in an Irish institution to secure the highly prestigious Lister Institute Preventive Medicine Prize Fellowship.

10 Aug 2020

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Are we medically intervening in maternity care when we don’t need to?

The School of Nursing and Midwifery research provides an international perspective on key birth interventions.

6 Aug 2020

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At least 25% of small businesses earn more because of better ICT skills

The research has been published by the Trinity Business School.

4 Aug 2020

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Harnessing the beneficial effects of exercise on bone to create new therapies for osteoporosis

Around 300,000 people in Ireland have osteoporosis and many more may live with the disease undetected. It can be particularly problematic as we get older when bone regeneration becomes slower.

4 Aug 2020

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Trinity—UK collaboration awarded £1.6 million to unveil the secrets of quantum thermodynamics

The QuamNESS consortium puts together researchers in University of Bristol, Queens University Belfast and Trinity College Dublin under the support of an EPSRC-SFI grant to explore the thermodynamics of quantum machines and technologies.

4 Aug 2020

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Cure your “plant blindness” with a virtual stroll through Ireland’s diverse habitats

The wonderful flora of Ireland is featured in five-minute videos, each of which puts the spotlight on five species living in one of the country’s many varied habitats.

29 Jul 2020

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Aerobic exercise could have the final say on fatty livers

The study is the first to demonstrate significant improvements in MAFLD using an exercise-only intervention, without clinically significant weight loss.

28 Jul 2020

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The explosive secret hidden beneath seemingly trustworthy volcanoes

Some volcanoes hide chemically diverse magmas in their underground plumbing systems – including some with the potential to generate sudden explosive activity.

28 Jul 2020

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Spectacular death of white-dwarf star lights up nearby galaxy

Understanding how white dwarfs explode gives a more precise understanding of how iron is created and distributed throughout the Universe.

23 Jul 2020

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Driving immunometabolism to control lung infection

Researchers are looking at how an approach, already being tested in patients with COVID-19, could also be used in the fight against TB.

23 Jul 2020

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