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Government announces €104 million investment for science research

Trinity is a partner institution with three of the four research centres announced today by Science Foundation Ireland as recipients of the funding.

14 May 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Innovation|Research|Science

Scientists pinpoint new vaccine “booster” that promotes potent anti-tumour immunity

Scientists from Trinity have made an important breakthrough that offers promise for developing new immune therapies for cancer.

9 May 2024

Health|Research|Science

Ryanair and Trinity extend sustainable aviation research partnership

Ryanair, Europe’s no. 1 airline, announced today the extension to the end of the decade and made a further €2.5 m donation (€4 m total) to fund the Ryanair Sustainable Aviation Research Centre.

9 May 2024

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Tailored vaccine could one day treat eczema in children

New research from a multi-disciplinary team at Trinity suggests a “tailored vaccine” might hold the key to treating bacteria-driven flares in children.

8 May 2024

Research|Science

Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water launches as over 100 stakeholders come together to shape a more sustainable future

The new Co-Centre will deliver solutions to the most pressing challenges posed by climate change, biodiversity decline and water degradation across Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

8 May 2024

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

It flickers, then it tips – study identifies early warning signals for the end of the African Humid Period

A newly published study shows that at the end of the African Humid Period (AHP) intense dry and wet events alternated – or “flickered” – regularly over a period of around 1,000 years before a dry climate prevailed around 6,000 years ago.

7 May 2024

Environment|Research|Science

Five things our research uncovered when we recreated 16th century beer (and barrels)

Susan Flavin and Charlie Taverner, Dept of History write in The Conversation about their ERC-funded FoodCult project which is investigating the food and diet of early modern Ireland.

23 Apr 2024

Culture|Research|Science|Society

Scoil na Fisice i gColáiste na Tríonóide ag ceiliúradh 300 bliain a bunaithe

Tá cuimhneacháin spreagúla a bhaineann le Ernest Walton, duine de na heolaithe is mó tionchar in Éirinn, le feiceáil i dtaispeántas speisialta i Leabharlann Choláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath agus Scoil na Fisice ag ceiliúradh 300 bliain a bunaithe, le sraith d’imeachtaí tarraingteacha, a bhfuil go leor acu oscailte don phobal.

18 Apr 2024

Research|Science

School of Physics celebrates 300-year anniversary as inspiring Ernest Walton exhibition opens

Memorabilia belonging to Walton, one of Ireland’s most influential scientists, is on display in a special exhibition in the Library as the School of Physics celebrates its tercentenary with a series of engaging events, many of which are open to the public.

18 Apr 2024

Research|Science

Stellar surprise – astronomers uncover methane emission on a cold brown dwarf for the first time

Astronomers have pinpointed methane emission on a brown dwarf. Their discovery, which was a major surprise for such a cold, distant world, was made using the next-gen James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

17 Apr 2024

Research|Science