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Misinformation really does spread like a virus
How misinformation gets around can be effectively described using mathematical models designed to simulate the spread of pathogens, writes David Robert Grimes from the School of Medicine, and Sander Van Der Linden at University of Cambridge.
14 Nov 2024
Health|Research|Science|Society
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Genetic legacy of Jomon hunter-gatherers linked to increased BMI in modern Japanese
New research exploring the roots of modern Japanese populations has linked the genetic signature of Jomon hunter-gatherers to a higher BMI, underlining that ancient human ancestors can leave a genetic legacy with impacts on health in modern day populations.
14 Nov 2024
Health|Research|Science
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Can self-employment delay retirement? Only if you are healthy and wealthy
Self-employment can provide an alternative career transition to retirement, but only for those in good health and in high-paying careers, research from Trinity Business School reveals.
14 Nov 2024
Business|Research|Society
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Genetic changes linked to testicular cancer offer fresh insights into the disease
Scientists have identified new gene faults and evolutionary patterns contributing to testicular cancer. Their findings offer profound insights into the development of the disease and into potential treatment strategies.
13 Nov 2024
Health|Research|Science
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Researchers team up with CKDelta to take AI approach to tackling key challenges of utilities sector
Researchers from Trinity and the ADAPT Centre, funded by Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland, are partnering with CKDelta to take an AI-driven approach to addressing some of the key efficiency and sustainability challenges..
12 Nov 2024
Research|Science|Sustainability
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Ian Robertson: how to cope when the world is in turmoil
Taking action in spite of adversity is a powerful antidote to uncertainty, writes Ian Robertson, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, in an article first published in The Irish Times.
12 Nov 2024
Research|Society
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Top ten priorities for future research on reducing and stopping psychiatric meds
Study hopes to inform the research agenda and help future research to focus on the questions that are most important to key stakeholders.
11 Nov 2024
Health|Research
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Biodiversity COP: Global climate efforts and gains made, but no clear agreement
Dr Siobhan McQuaid writes about her experience of COP16, the latest biodiversity summit, in an opinion piece for the Journal. She says there are many reasons to have hope.
11 Nov 2024
Business|Environment|Society|Sustainability
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Trinity Celebrates its 2024/25 Sport Scholars
Trinity's new batch of Sport Scholarship students for 2024/2025 will be celebrated tonight at an event in the Dining Hall. During the event Trinity Sport student athletes will take part in a panel discussion on the ‘high-performance mindset’.
11 Nov 2024
Awards and Funding|Students
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New insights into the Denisovans – the new hominin group that interbred with modern day humans
Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered “hominin” group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day humans passed on some of their genes via multiple, distinct interbreeding events that helped shape early human history.
8 Nov 2024
Research|Science