Articles
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Students from Trinity recognised by ‘Junior Nobel Prize’
The Undergraduate Awards is the world’s largest international academic awards programme, recognising excellent research and original work across the sciences, humanities, business and creative arts.
21 Dec 2016
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Comet craters — literal melting pots for life on Earth
Geochemists from Trinity College Dublin’s School of Natural Sciences may have found a solution to a long-debated problem as to where – and how – life first formed on Earth.
4 May 2016
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Provost’s Professional Staff Award Winners Announced
The inaugural awards celebrated outstanding contributions by professional staff whose creativity and dedication are an important element to the continuing success of the University.
17 Jun 2016
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The tale of the bats, dark matter and a plastic surgeon
Research by Dr David Orr from, a plastic surgeon specialising in the treatment of cleft lip and palate at Our Lady's Children's Hospital and St James's Hospital, zoologist and bat biology expert Professor Emma Teeling of UCD, and paleobiologist Professor John Finarelli of UCD has opened up a vital new avenue to investigate what genetic changes underlie clefting in children.
25 Oct 2016
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Agricultural Land-Use Reports Underestimate Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Ireland’s agricultural map is far more dynamic than annual reports imply, which has major implications for land use reporting.
10 Feb 2016
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Vitamin D map shows major differences in Dubliners’ deficiency
For the first time in Ireland, researchers have developed a visual map showing the vitamin D status of Dublin’s inhabitants.
2 Nov 2016
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Short films about ageing with an intellectual disability bring research to life
The research team from the intellectual disability supplement to the Irish Longitudinal study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA) has solved just that with the production of a series of short films featuring people with an intellectual disability, specifically designed for people with ID. The films depict research findings on the complex and unique health and social challenges facing Ireland’s population who are ageing with an intellectual disability through the lens of those who directly experience them.
6 Dec 2016
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Students Study Appliance of Science as They Become Physicists For a Day
Trinity masterclass for secondary schools let students engage with CERN data
14 Mar 2016
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Trinity Sports Stars in a League of Their Own
Badminton sports scholar Prakash Vijayanath won Sports Person of the Year at this year’s Trinity Sport Awards and Commons.
7 Apr 2016
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Researchers Make Groundbreaking Graphene Discovery
The self-assembly of graphene ribbons will herald exciting new technology developments.
14 Jul 2016