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Trust in scientists in Ireland lower in younger generation

Trust in scientists in Ireland is ahead of global averages, but lower among younger people, according to new research from the School of Education.

22 May 2025

Research|Science|Society

Breakthrough in childhood brain cancer research reveals possible new target for therapies

An international group of scientists has identified a key molecular process that drives a deadly form of childhood brain cancer, potentially offering a much-needed, new therapeutic target.

21 May 2025

Health|Research|Science

Leabhar Laighean le cur ar taispeáint i Seomra Fada tar éis mórthionscadal caomhnaithe

Tá leathanaigh ó cheann de na lámhscríbhinní is tábhachtaí a scríobhadh i nGaeilge sna meánaoiseanna agus atá againn go fóill, Leabhar Laighean, le cur ar taispeáint inniu [Dé Céadaoin an 21 Bealtaine] mar chuid de thaispeántas nua i Leabharlann Choláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath tar éis mórthionscadal caomhnaithe.

21 May 2025

Arts|Culture|Research

Book of Leinster on display in Long Room following conservation project

Written in Old and Middle Irish in the 12th century, the Book of Leinster, or Leabhar Laighean, is an important source of Irish literature and history from the medieval period.

21 May 2025

Arts|Culture|Research

Professor Patrick Geoghegan announced as new Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub

Professor Patrick Geoghegan, School of Histories and Humanities, will succeed Professor Eve Patten whose term as Director ends in June.

21 May 2025

Arts|Culture|Research

Professors Jennifer McElwain and Jonathan Coleman elected Fellows of the Royal Society

Prof. McElwain’s research on fossil plants has shaped our understanding of how the atmosphere has changed over millions of years, while Prof. Coleman developed a transformative technique for producing 2D nanomaterials like graphene from layered solids such as graphite.

20 May 2025

Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Science

Sandbox AQ scholarship students represent Trinity at NYU-Abu Dhabi Hackathon

Gaurang Belekar and Sara Taha from the MSc in Quantum Science and Technology in Trinity’s School of Physics took part in the 13th annual NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Hackathon for Social Good, where Gaurang’s team won 2nd prize for canQr, a quantum tool to optimise cancer drug design.

19 May 2025

Innovation|Research|Science|Students

Ancient ocean sediments link changes in currents to cooling of Northern Hemisphere 3.6 million years ago

New research from an international group has for the first time shown a strong correlation between the two. Differences in sediment composition imply profound changes in the circulation of deep water currents occurred at this time in Earth's history.

16 May 2025

Environment|Research|Science

Trinity Long Room Hub announces O’Mahony Music Research Fellowship

The new fellowship in music is dedicated to music and music-related research and will be awarded annually.

16 May 2025

Awards and Funding|Research

Plastic manufacturing technologies jeopardise food safety and the environment

AMBER Centre researchers based in Trinity have discovered that the way many everyday plastics are manufactured builds unseen stress into the material—stress that later drives the release of tiny plastic particles into our food and the environment.

13 May 2025

Environment|Health|Research|Science|Sustainability