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Trinity team secures SFI Infrastructure Programme funding for brain health research
Researchers from Trinity hope to improve brain health for people of all ages after securing approximately €1.7 million in funding via the Science Foundation Ireland Infrastructure Programme. The money will buy a next-gen, powerful computer and associated equipment that will open doors to new research approaches.
17 Jan 2024
Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science
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Scientists reverse amnesia caused by head injury in early model study
A model (mouse) study designed to shed light on memory loss in people who experience repeated head impacts, such as athletes, suggests the condition could potentially be reversed.
16 Jan 2024
Health|Research|Science
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AI could make cities autonomous, but that doesn’t mean we should let it happen
Trinity's Prof Federico Cugurullo believes we should be very careful before handing control of our cities to AIs. He writes about AI urbanism and the challenges ahead in this piece for The Conversation.
4 Jan 2024
Culture|Science|Society|Sustainability
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RTE films Christmas broadcast with Gaia in the Old Library
News presenter Samantha Libreri picked Trinity College Dublin’s Old Library, which is currently home to a revolving sculpture of the globe called Gaia, as the backdrop for a Santa news item shown on Christmas Eve.
24 Dec 2023
Science|Society
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Wells and Wellbeing – new book links the water science and traditions behind Irish holy wells
Dr Bruce Misstear, Fellow Emeritus in Trinity’s School of Engineering, recently launched a new book – Wells and Wellbeing, The Hydrogeology of Irish Holy Wells.
21 Dec 2023
Culture|Environment|Science
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12 things we learned in 2023, thanks to Trinity research
In the last year Trinity’s researchers have made significant contributions to their fields, enriching our culture, building better futures and increasing our understanding of the world we live in.
20 Dec 2023
Culture|Health|Research|Science
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Yes, climate change is a crisis. But let’s stop using the language of war
We talk about the need for improved flood defences, the need to protect ourselves against the forces of nature. But what we really need is to work with nature, writes Prof Iris Möller in an analysis piece first published in The Irish Times.
19 Dec 2023
Research|Science|Sustainability
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Trinity researchers win distinguished IRC Advanced Laureate Awards
Seven researchers across a range of disciplines at Trinity have been announced as successful applicants to the Irish Research Council (IRC) Advanced Laureate Awards (ALA) programme.
12 Dec 2023
Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science|Society
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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
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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