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Four Trinity-led projects secure funding to inspire STEM public engagement

Funding from the Research Ireland Discover Programme will enable project teams to enhance public engagement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

4 Apr 2025

Awards and Funding|Research|Science

Blended workforces creating high quality jobs in the project economy – new report

Blended workforces are creating high quality jobs in the project economy, according to the 2025 Project Economy report published today by Trinity Business School.

2 Apr 2025

Business|Research|Society

Unlocking nature's code: innovative research draws parallels between AI models and genetic encoding

Researchers propose an innovative analogy between AI models and genetic encoding to help us understand how genes encode the complex information that enables them to create an organism.

2 Apr 2025

Research|Science

Microplastics pollution from glitter can disrupt marine biomineralisation

New research reveals that PET-based glitter microplastics can actively influence biomineralisation processes in marine environments, raising fresh concerns about the long-term environmental impact of microplastic pollution on marine ecosystems.

1 Apr 2025

Environment|Research|Science

Public asked to help document Dublin’s old street signs

Led by the School of Histories and Humanities, the CLÓSCAPE project will document and preserve Dublin’s old bilingual street signs with their unique Gaelic typeface.

31 Mar 2025

Community|Culture|Research|Society

Iarrtar ar an bpobal cúnamh a thabhairt chun seanchomharthaí sráide Bhaile Átha Cliath a thaifeadadh

Tá dream taighde i gColáiste na Tríonóide ag iarraidh ar an bpobal cuidiú le tuairisc a choinneáil de sheanchomharthaí sráide Bhaile Átha Cliath, na comharthaí ar a mbíodh an Cló Gaelach in úsáid, a bhfuil a líon ar shráideanna na príomhchathrach ag dul i laghad go tréan.

31 Mar 2025

Culture|Research

Two Trinity projects awarded over €5million in latest awards from Research Ireland

These awards will contribute to the advancement of high-quality and high-impact research activities at the faculties of STEM and Health Sciences.

28 Mar 2025

Awards and Funding|Health|Innovation|Research|Science

Oral contraceptives and smoking impact steroid hormone levels in healthy adults

Steroid hormone levels are also influenced by other lifestyle choices and factors such as biological sex and age, according to new research that has just been published in leading international journal Science Advances.

28 Mar 2025

Health|Research|Science

GBHI's new Site Director gives introductory address

Iracema Leroi, the new Site Director of the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) at Trinity, set out a bold vision for the future, titled 'GBHI at Trinity: Advancing global brain health through interdisciplinary approaches and shared values.'

28 Mar 2025

Community|Health|Research

An unsavoury problem – dog faeces parasite most commonly found at park entrances and playgrounds

New research from zoologists at Trinity College Dublin has pinpointed park entrances and playgrounds in Dublin as hotspots for roundworm eggs, with subsequent analysis strongly implying they have come from dog faeces.

27 Mar 2025

Health|Research|Science