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TILDA works with WHO to address knowledge gaps on measurements of ageing
Regius Professor Rose Anne Kenny was one of four speakers to deliver a presentation at the launch of the WHO and Age and Ageing ‘Special Issue’ on Measurements of Healthy Ageing
6 Nov 2023
Health|Research
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First winners of Joly Cancer Leadership Programme award named
The first two awardees under the Joly Cancer Leadership Programme are Dr Nina Orfali, Consultant Haematologist, and Mr Michael Kelly, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon.
3 Nov 2023
Health|Research|Science
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Late not great – imperfect timekeeping places significant limit on quantum computers
New research from a consortium of quantum physicists, led by Trinity College Dublin’s Dr Mark Mitchison, shows that imperfect timekeeping places a fundamental limit to quantum computers and their applications.
31 Oct 2023
Research|Science
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It’s time for Irish legislation to keep vulnerable adults safe
The inaugural International Adult Safeguarding Conference highlighted the need to create protective and intervention systems across sectors and to introduce adult safeguarding legislation.
27 Oct 2023
Health|Research|Society
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Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels delivers masterclass to Trinity computer science students
Amazon.com Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Dr Werner Vogels delivered a Masterclass entitled ‘From Research to Production: Applying Distributed Computing Concepts to the Real World’ to students on the MSc programme in Computer Science on his recent visit to Trinity.
26 Oct 2023
Innovation|Research|Students
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ET phone Dublin? Astrophysicists scan the Galaxy for signs of life
The astrophysicists, from Trinity and the Breakthrough Listen team and Onsala Space Observatory in Sweden, are scanning the Universe for “technosignatures” emanating from distant planets that would provide support for the existence of intelligent, alien life.
24 Oct 2023
Research|Science
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New project chases net-zero renewable energy systems for the Atlantic Area
Researchers from Trinity are leading a €3.2 million project (HY4RES) that will see them develop hybrid renewable energy systems for the green transition of the Atlantic area of Europe.
19 Oct 2023
Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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People with ID often diagnosed late when cancer is well advanced
Many people with intellectual disability are diagnosed with cancer when it has already spread (metastasized) and the odds of survival are lower, writes Martin McMahon for The Conversation
18 Oct 2023
Health|Research
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Mental health of staff working in nursing homes declined further despite COVID-19 pandemic restrictions easing
Follow-on findings from an initial study showed that nursing home staff working after Ireland’s pandemic restrictions had been lifted reported substantially higher levels of post-traumatic stress, moral injury, low mood and suicidal thinking than during the pandemic.
16 Oct 2023
Health|Research|Science
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Free Agents: How evolution gave us free will
Kevin Mitchell, Professor in Trinity’s School of Genetics and Microbiology and the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, launched his fascinating new book at a special event in Trinity this week.
12 Oct 2023
Culture|Research|Science