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Ukraine – changing how we bear witness to war

The role of the traditional war correspondent and the Ukrainian and Russian uses of social media took place in Trinity Long Room Hub recently.

27 Apr 2022

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Boosting brain health: researchers launch online programme for athletes

The new course is designed to help sportspeople improve their mental and physical health and protect key cognitive functions such as problem solving, focus and decision making.

26 Apr 2022

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Medical device and digital health startups pitch for a place on Medtech Innovator’s Showcase and Accelerator programme

The event taking place today, in Trinity Business School, will feature pitches from the best-in-class medical device and digital health companies in the region, selected from hundreds of applicants internationally.

25 Apr 2022

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Researchers discover drug-resistant environmental mould is capable of infecting people

The researchers found six cases of people infected with a drug-resistant form of a fungi called Aspergillus fumigatus that could be traced back to spores in the environment.

25 Apr 2022

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Trinity researchers to use machine learning techniques to optimise wind farm performance

The project will assess the aerodynamics of wind farms and develop new controllers to optimise power production. These new controllers will use operational wind farm data to adaptively “learn” the best way to control wind farms.

19 Apr 2022

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Irish scientists tag giant porbeagle shark off Donegal coast

The huge female specimen, estimated to weigh 400-500 lb, is the largest ever recorded in Irish waters and likely to be 25-30 years old. The scientists believe the Donegal coast may act as a globally important reproductive area for this species, which is critically endangered in European waters.

19 Apr 2022

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Scientists identify new approach to preventing seizures

Epilepsy is a chronic central nervous system (CNS) disorder affecting approximately 1% of the population and 50 million people worldwide. It is characterised by recurrent, spontaneous seizures caused by disrupted electrical activity in the brain.

14 Apr 2022

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New research sheds fresh light on the ‘800-pound gorilla’ of presenteeism

Employees who are unwell only engage in presenteeism when they have not met their daily work goals, according to new research from Trinity Business School.

13 Apr 2022

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EU research bodies encouraged to adopt ‘world class’ resource to enable AHSS integration & interdisciplinarity

A European Commission review of the Horizon 2020-funded SHAPE-ID project endorses its finding that widespread change to the science system is needed to enable interdisciplinary research.

13 Apr 2022

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Trinity immunologists unravel battle plans of deadly coronaviruses

The immunologists, led by Dr Nigel Stevenson, have discovered how SARS and MERS proteins block the induction of antiviral proteins, which prevents us from mounting a strong innate immune response against infection.

12 Apr 2022

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