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Even a brief experience of poverty is enough to harm a child's development

A one-off experience of poverty is enough to impact on a child’s development, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the Dept of Sociology.

11 Dec 2023

Research|Society

Revolutionising urban futures: Trendhunters reimagines Dún Laoghaire

Smart Dún Laoghaire is relaunching its futurism engagement programme, Trendhunters, which aims to integrate futures thinking more into Dublin’s smart city environment.

8 Dec 2023

Community|Research|Society

Seti: how we’re searching for alien life at previously unexplored frequencies

Is there life beyond Earth? The question has turned out to be one of the hardest to answer in science. Find out how astrophysicists from Trinity are seeking ET in this piece published by The Conversation.

7 Dec 2023

Research|Science

SandboxAQ funds two Quantum Science and Technology MSc scholarships for under-represented students

As part of an ongoing collaboration these scholarships, available to students from the Global South, will help train the future quantum workforce and bring greater diversity to the quantum ecosystem.

6 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Research|Science|Students

University alliance to foster impactful translational research

The Translational Medicine Alliance Ireland (TMAI) brings together the strengths of multiple institutions, creating a collaborative ecosystem to address the complex hurdles associated with translating scientific discoveries into practical healthcare applications and interventions.

3 Dec 2023

Health|Innovation|Research

Long Room echoes with medieval chant to launch manuscript project

The Library of Trinity College Dublin celebrated the launch of the Manuscripts for Medieval Studies Project which is making precious medieval manuscripts freely available to the public for the first time.

1 Dec 2023

Arts|Culture|Research

Why reading nursery rhymes and singing to babies may help them to learn language

New research shows that babies learn from rhythmic information – the changing emphasis of syllables in speech – which, unlike phonetic information, can be heard in the womb.

1 Dec 2023

Research|Science

Why the Fed should treat climate change’s $150B economic toll like other national crises it’s helped fight

Climate disasters are now costing the United States US$150 billion per year, and the economic harm is rising. Trinity's Prof. Martin Sokol co-authored this piece for The Conversation.

30 Nov 2023

Environment|Research|Society

Bees are still being harmed despite tightened pesticide regulations

A new study has confirmed that pesticides, commonly used in farmland, significantly harm bumblebees – Ireland’s most important wild pollinators. In a huge study spanning 106 sites across eight European countries, researchers have shown that despite tightened pesticide regulations, far more needs to be done.

29 Nov 2023

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

The Health-Wealth Divide in Ireland: Leaving no one behind

Over 1,000 delegates including health professionals, researchers and policymakers, from across Ireland and Northern Ireland and beyond, will come together online today for the 2023 Joint North South Public Health Conference.

29 Nov 2023

Health|Research|Society