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Trinity salutes Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner, Sir Fraser Stoddart
Honorary degree recipient from Trinity, Sir Stoddart, received the prize along with Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Bernard L Feringa for work in producing tiny molecular machines.
5 Oct 2016
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‘What has nature ever done for us? Global experts on natural capital explain…
Economists, accountants and environmentalists come together in Dublin this week to put nature at the heart of future political and economic decision-making.
4 Oct 2016
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SHARECITY team launches first global database on ICT-enabled food-sharing
Dublin has 42 ICT-enabled food-sharing enterprises while London leads the way globally with 198.
4 Oct 2016
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‘Trinity Access 21’ students aim to reduce voting age
Along with senators Lynn Ruane and Fintan Warfield, students aim to reduce voting age to 16
3 Oct 2016
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Does having mixed ancestry help protect you from motor neurone disease?
Could the key to unlocking the secret of motor neurone disease lie in the collaboration between two small island nations, Ireland and Cuba? Researchers from Trinity College Dublin are heading to Latin America to begin a major new research project which will examine whether the likelihood of developing motor neurone disease (MND/ALS) is reduced in people with mixed ancestral backgrounds.
3 Oct 2016
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Nobel Prize Winner William Campbell returns to his alma mater
Professor Campbell’s interest in parasitology first started in Trinity where he studied zoology.
30 Sep 2016
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What we can learn from the 1950s
Public lecture hears how entertainers Little Richard and John Wayne enable us to understand American politics, culture and society past and present
28 Sep 2016
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Examine your brainwaves and listen to the sun at PROBE
It features music, debate, comedy, storytelling, screenings, and live experiments.
27 Sep 2016
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Scientists make major breakthrough in understanding inflammation
The action of cells that spark inflammation causes a 're-wiring' of their mitochondria, which amplifies the inflammation response.
23 Sep 2016
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Revisiting the ‘haunted acres’
Battlefield archaeology conference to hear how historical conflicts still have a relevance today
22 Sep 2016
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Trinity Wins Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality Award
Trinity is the Number 1 Public Sector Employer in Ireland for LGBT Inclusion, and 5th overall in the Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality in Ireland in 2016.
22 Sep 2016
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Inside Trinity
The 19,985 people that work, live and study on campus are the primary focus of a new documentary 'Inside Trinity'.
22 Sep 2016
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People with intellectual disability taking multiple medicines with side effects
Research from Trinity College Dublin and Aston University, UK finds difference in prescribing practices for older people with intellectual disabilities compared to general population of older adults.
22 Sep 2016
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Trinity is Europe’s leader in producing entrepreneurs
Trinity is PitchBook’s highest-ranked university in Europe -- the only one in the Top 50 -- for producing undergraduates who go on to found companies receiving venture capitalist backing.
21 Sep 2016
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New study launched to discover how ‘super’ immune system can prevent hepatitis c
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin are seeking volunteers who were exposed to anti-D contaminated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) between 1977 and 1979 as they attempt to discover why some people are naturally protected from HCV infection, while others are not.
20 Sep 2016
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Author celebrates ‘beauty and repression’ of Ireland in the 1850s
Author celebrates 'beauty and repression' of Ireland in the 1850s
19 Sep 2016
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What’s the point of doing philosophy?
Peter Simons, Chair of Moral Philosophy, has just been nominated as 'one of the 50 most influential living philosophers'
14 Sep 2016
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New company Inflazome will tackle chronic inflammatory diseases
The company, based on collaboration between Trinity and the University of Queensland, has raised €15 million to develop new therapeutics.
12 Sep 2016
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Two out of three ain’t bad… or is it?
New research highlights how efficient our third-level institutions are
12 Sep 2016
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Chemists devise revolutionary 3D bone-scanning technique
The technique provides 3D images of an unparalleled resolution without using X-rays and should have major implications for the diagnosis and treatment of bone injuries.
8 Sep 2016