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SEAI grants of almost €700,000 awarded to two Trinity professors

David Igoe, an assistant professor in the School of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering at Trinity College Dublin, was awarded €348,950 from SEAI’s research and development programme to lead a research project exploring the dynamic interactions between the foundations and soils for offshore wind turbines. Eleanor Denny, an associate professor in the Economics Department at Trinity College Dublin, was awarded a research grant of €348,000 from SEAI’s research and development programme to conduct research into electric vehicles and consumer investment behaviour.

23 Dec 2019

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Robotics expert honoured in MIT Review’s Innovators Under 35 Europe list

Conor McGinn, Assistant Professor in Trinity’s School of Engineering and lead developer of Ireland’s first socially assistive robot, Stevie, is among the 35 outstanding innovators honoured.

20 Dec 2019

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Global study unearths myriad meanings for “nature” in different cultures

After studying what “nature” means in more than 60 different languages, including some indigenous peoples’ languages, it is easier to see why unifying environmental and conservation policies is so hard.

19 Dec 2019

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Understanding autism: new research dispels common assumptions

Ruth Byrne from Trinity College Dublin and Kinga Morsanyi, from Queen's University Belfast explore new insights into the autistic mind and what it’s like to have autism.

13 Dec 2019

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New research pinpoints which of the world’s trees are climate change-ready

Trinity scientists have found that with rising CO2 levels, evergreen trees and shrubs are more efficient in using water than deciduous plants in cooler climate locations.

12 Dec 2019

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Acmhainní ar líne do mháithreacha seolta ag staidéar MAMMI

Tá sraith acmhainní ar líne faoin máithreachas atá saor in aisce agus atá dírithe ar mhná, ar mháithreacha agus ar ghairmithe cúraim sláinte, seolta ag Scoil an Altranais agus an Chnáimhseachais i gColáiste na Tríonóide.

11 Dec 2019

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An fáth go bhfuil nasc idir ‘oíche mhaith codlata’ agus an tsláinte

Tá léirithe ag taighdeoirí de chuid Choláiste na Tríonóide nach bhfuil roinnt daoine fásta in Éirinn ag fáil ‘oíche mhaith codlata’, rud a mhéadaíonn an baol go dtarlóidh drochthorthaí sláinte dá bharr.

11 Dec 2019

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Three Trinity researchers win prestigious European Research Council awards

Researchers from Trinity College won three of the six grants awarded to researchers at Irish universities.

10 Dec 2019

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Major funding for the conservation of the Dutch Fagel Collection at the Library of Trinity College Dublin

The European partnership between the Library of Trinity College Dublin and the KB, the National Library of the Netherlands, will enable open access to one of the most important libraries in modern Europe.

9 Dec 2019

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Pioneering Trinity ecologist wins IRC Early Career Researcher of the Year

Pioneering ecologist, Dr Jeremy J Piggott, Assistant Professor in Zoology in Trinity College Dublin’s School of Natural Sciences, has won the prestigious 2019 Irish Research Council Early Career Researcher of the Year award.

6 Dec 2019

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