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Ancient amphibians had their bones cooked
Scientists have solved a decades-long mystery as to why ancient tetrapods – amphibian-like creatures that lived over 300 million years ago – preserved in one of Ireland’s most important fossil sites seemingly had their bones cooked after they died.
7 Dec 2022
Environment|Research|Science
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Genetic causes of bone tumours discovered in 1,000-year-old Irish skeletons
Two men buried long ago in a medieval graveyard in Co. Donegal had a genetic condition called Multiple Osteochondromas, which causes benign bone tumours. One of the disease mutations is a new discovery, so this is the first time such information has been unlocked from ancient genomic data.
5 Dec 2022
Health|Research|Science
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Scientists homing in on why COVID-19 affects people so differently
Researchers from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm, St. James’s Hospital Dublin and Trinity are getting closer to understanding what makes some people so vulnerable to COVID-19-induced illness, which in turn may guide the development of new therapeutic strategies.
1 Dec 2022
Health|Research|Science
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Using technology to transform how we identify neurodegenerative disease
In a new study published in Translational Psychiatry, researchers at the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) and the School of Psychology at Trinity College describe how technology can help detect early signs of cognitive decline in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
30 Nov 2022
Health|Research|Science
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New badger research has implications for managing bovine TB
Badgers living with helminth parasite infections are more likely to have tuberculosis (TB), according to new research, which may influence policymakers trying to manage TB infection within cattle and wildlife populations
29 Nov 2022
Environment|Research|Science
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New early detection programme offers new insights for frailty detection
A newly-launched research programme - FRAILMatics - is discovering new objective signals of frailty that could translate into the next generation of transdisciplinary diagnostics for ageing adults.
29 Nov 2022
Health|Innovation|Research|Science
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Three Trinity researchers win prestigious European Research Council Starting Grants
Dr Kenneth Silver, Dr Colm Delaney and Dr Elaine Corbett were among just seven researchers in Ireland to receive the coveted awards worth up to €5 million from the ERC.
22 Nov 2022
Awards and Funding|Business|Research|Science
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Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland team awarded prestigious Ellis Prize
The Archives and Records Association (UK and Ireland) has awarded the prestigious Ellis Prize to the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland. Considered the ‘Oscar’ for the recordkeeping sector, the award has been given for only the tenth time in 50 years.
21 Nov 2022
Arts|Awards and Funding|Research|Science
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15 ways to reforest the planet: international scientists call for decade of global action
Scientists are calling for a “decade of global action” to reforest the planet following the publication of new research involving botanists from Trinity. The landmark issue of the Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions reveals the latest scientific advances in forest restoration with the aim of benefiting people as well as nature.
14 Nov 2022
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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WATCH: Learning from major climatic events in the past
Professor Micha Ruhl, from the School of Natural Sciences, talks about his work. This video features as part of the Trinity Research Stories campaign.
7 Nov 2022
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability