Top Stories
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Irish higher education sector contributed €10.6 billion to the economy
New study suggests 150,000 jobs in Ireland are dependent on the sector – with each role in higher education supporting another seven jobs indirectly.
31 Dec 2015
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Scientists Sequence First Ancient Irish Human Genomes
Genetic influxes are likely to have brought cultural changes to Ireland including the transitions to agriculture, Bronze metalworking and possibly the western Celtic language.
28 Dec 2015
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‘Botanical Big Data’ Helps Predict How Plants Respond to Environmental Change
Pace of life and reproduction strategies explain much of the variation seen in how plants persist and recover from disturbance.
21 Dec 2015
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Trinity in War and Revolution: 1912-1923
A new book by Dr Tomás Irish reveals how Trinity students, staff and alumni experienced this tumultuous period which transformed Dublin, Ireland, and the wider world.
21 Dec 2015
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Last Christmas, I Gave You My [Credit] Card…
Online retailers are using algorithms to store and assess customer data, which means we could be losing out financially.
17 Dec 2015
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Scientists Blueprint Tiny Cellular ‘Nanomachine’
The blueprints show how a tiny membrane protein processes cellular duties in an extraordinary feat of nature.
17 Dec 2015
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The End of the Fossil Fuel Age?
A public discussion in Trinity this evening took stock of the historic global deal on climate change which was struck at the United Nations summit in Paris last weekend.
16 Dec 2015
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New Book Shows How to Improve the Lives of People With Disabilities
'Disability and Human Rights' aims to inform and stimulate policy and debate in the disability field
16 Dec 2015
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Marathon Reading of Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’
The Papal Nuncio and Italian Ambassador were among speakers at the 6-hour marathon event which was organised to mark the 750 Anniversary of Dante’s birth.
14 Dec 2015
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‘Life Expectancy for Those With Intellectual Disability Used to be Nine Years. Today it is 50 and Beyond’
Professor Mary McCarron, Trinity’s First Professor of Ageing with Disabilities, delivers her inaugural address
11 Dec 2015