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The Conversation: Wildflower once used to treat wounds and sore throats shows promise in fighting dangerous superbugs

Prof. John J Walsh, Pharmacy speaks on the latest collaborative research which has now shown that not only does tormentil have antimicrobial activity, it may also be powerful enough to fight microbes that are resistant to modern antibiotics

8 Apr 2026

Health|Research|Science|Society

Scientists unveil molecular map that could unlock new treatments for heart and lung diseases

The map uncovers how an important human receptor involved in blood clotting and inflammation works. This advance could help us design better drugs for conditions such as pulmonary arterial hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers.

7 Apr 2026

Health|Research|Science

Researchers show physical and social environmental exposures shape biological brain age worldwide

The latest findings from the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) at Trinity College identify important brain health implications for prevention, public health, and policy.

6 Apr 2026

Health|Research|Society

Trinity-led project will build a more trustworthy Internet for public knowledge

Researchers from Trinity and the ADAPT Centre are leading a new interdisciplinary research programme to investigate whether public trust in expertise has been weakened by the way institutions have adapted to the internet.

2 Apr 2026

Research|Science|Society

'Age is an advantage': independent contractors aged over 60 earn 72% more than equivalent employees

Independent contractors aged over 60 years earn 72% more than employees in equivalent occupations, according to new research from the Ireland’s Project Economy survey conducted by the Trinity Business School.

2 Apr 2026

Business|Research

Trinity team's new chip-scale light technology could power faster AI and data centre communications

Researchers at Trinity have developed a new light-based technology on a tiny chip that could help make the data centres behind cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and global internet services faster and more efficient.

31 Mar 2026

Innovation|Research|Science|Sustainability

Seashell saviours – Trinity team finds discarded oyster shells can clean polluted water by removing "rare earths"

New research from a team at Trinity College Dublin has unearthed a cheap and environmentally friendly new option for removing pollutants from our water. The key? Oyster shells that would ordinarily end up in landfill sites after consumption.

26 Mar 2026

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Earlier detection, better outcomes: Irish researchers target rising bowel cancer rates with new blood test

Researchers from Trinity, Dublin City University and University College Dublin will use funding of €670,000 from Enterprise Ireland’s Commercialisation Fund to develop a breakthrough blood-based screening test.

26 Mar 2026

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

Why are there no gigantic dragonflies terrorising the skies today?

Gigantic dragonfly-like insects – the “griffinflies” – ruled the skies around 300 million years ago, but they have long been consigned to evolution’s graveyard.

25 Mar 2026

Environment|Research|Science

Young Dublin authors bring tales of new adventures to Trinity’s Old Library

An exhibition of 55 handmade books written and illustrated by Dublin primary school students marks the culmination of the Trinity Access Programmes Bookmarks initiative.

25 Mar 2026

Community|Culture