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Eight Trinity researchers receive Irish Research Council Awards
Eight Trinity researchers have received awards from the Irish Research Council. The funds will support projects across diverse issues, including those affecting carers, senior citizens and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on wellbeing.
7 Apr 2021
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Rising Sika deer populations linked to bovine TB infections
Although TB infection rates have decreased in general in recent decades, county-level data shows a correlation between higher Sika numbers and local TB infections – with County Wicklow a particular hotspot.
6 Apr 2021
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Scientists pinpoint our most distant animal relatives
Their work finds strong evidence that sponges – not more complex comb jellies – were our most distant relatives.
31 Mar 2021
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New study raises fresh privacy concerns about Apple and Google mobile phones
Apple iPhones and Google Android phone share data with Apple and Google on average every four and a half minutes, even when the phone is not being used.
29 Mar 2021
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We must enhance environmental policy coherence to meet Sustainable Development Goals – new research
Economic, social, and environmental policies must be aligned and share common — and not contrasting — goals for this to happen.
29 Mar 2021
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The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan 2021-2025: an ambitious new plan to save our bees
The plan provides a new five-year roadmap to help bees, other pollinating insects, and our wider biodiversity – and promises to engage more stakeholders and address more specific actions.
26 Mar 2021
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Pandemic negatively affecting children and young adults from low-income families
Pandemic affects children and young adults from low-income families negatively in terms of internet access, quiet places to study and higher likelihoods of living with someone vulnerable to severe COVID-19 disease.
26 Mar 2021
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Pandemic experiences of older people brought to life through Poemathon
The Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) at Trinity collaborated with Poetry Ireland and Neuroscience Ireland to create a poem of 355 contributors which captures the mood of our older population.
24 Mar 2021
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Brain Awareness Week 2021: The developing brain’s response to stress
Dr Eva Jimenez-Mateos is bringing her knowledge of seizures in adults to neonatal care in order to understand how the brain responds to our first days of life.
21 Mar 2021
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Brain Awareness Week 2021: The lesser known Lewy Body Disorder
Researchers at the Global Brain Health Institute and St James Hospital are attempting to raise awareness of the disorder in Ireland and provide an education forum for the public and health professionals in Ireland,
19 Mar 2021
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