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Researchers find inappropriate and unnecessary vitamin D testing in Dublin
Researchers found that one in four patients have their vitamin D frequently checked by their GP, and yet some remain deficient after several tests. Young adults and males were most likely to have low vitamin D but were retested the least.
4 Aug 2021
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The music of silence: imagining a song triggers similar brain activity to moments of mid-music silence
Researchers have discovered that our brains encode musical predictions even without music. These new insights into sensory prediction also have implications in clinical settings.
3 Aug 2021
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“That’s not another dogfish…” Researchers film large, prehistoric looking shark off Co. Clare coast
In what is a European first, a team of marine biologists from Trinity, Queen’s University Belfast and Fjordstrong have filmed a giant sixgill shark swimming in Irish coastal waters.
30 Jul 2021
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Three Ireland launches new STEM scholarship with Trinity to fund diversity and inclusion initiatives
The new partnership will fund the creation of 25 Three Ireland Scholarships for Women in STEM over five years and two Three Ireland Trinity Access Teacher Fellowships for three years.
30 Jul 2021
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Trinity begins work to add 1,600 student places to tackle society’s problems
Work will now begin on the Martin Naughton E3 Learning Foundry which will be built on the university’s existing historic campus. The 7,300m2 buildings will enable the university to teach in new ways which encourage teamwork, design, and project-based activities.
29 Jul 2021
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Trinity researchers and Inclusion Ireland bridge gap in playground communication
Researchers from the School of Psychology have collaborated with Inclusion Ireland to lead an innovative community initiative to assist children with communication difficulties to interact with their peers.
29 Jul 2021
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Explore the hidden SYSTEMS that surround us, at home with the Science Gallery
SYSTEMS the exhibition was scheduled to open in the summer of 2020 - but COVID-19 soon made those plans obsolete - so the Science Gallery have reimagined a way to explore and untangle the many complex systems around us, at home.
22 Jul 2021
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Geneticists pinpoint how a mutation causes devastating childhood cancer and successfully target tumour cells with tailored drug
This landmark work translates crucial new understanding of the genetics of diffuse midline glioma progression into a highly promising, targeted therapeutic approach, and offers significant hope of improved treatments in the future.
22 Jul 2021
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COVID-19 vaccine acceptance higher in low- and middle-income countries than richer countries
The study comes as vaccine hesitancy across the world is complicating policy decisions and endangering the progress made to date.
21 Jul 2021
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Rapidly diversifying birds in Southeast Asia – the Sulawesi babblers are teaching us fresh things about evolution
The work, led by zoologists from Trinity, makes new connections between animal behaviour, geology, and evolution – and underlines that species can diversify surprisingly quickly under certain conditions.
20 Jul 2021
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Researchers investigate the role of ketamine in the treatment of depression
Depression has been recognised by the World Health Organisation as the leading cause of disability globally. In Ireland, over 200,000 people experience a depressive episode each year.
15 Jul 2021
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Trinity names artists to create first sculptures of women for the Old Library
The sculptures will represent the scientist Rosalind Franklin, the folklorist, dramatist and theatre-founder Augusta Gregory, the mathematician Ada Lovelace and the pioneering women’s rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft.
14 Jul 2021
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The “Salt Sheep” of Chehrabad – ancient history brought to life by DNA from 1,600-year-old Iranian sheep mummy
This remarkable specimen has revealed sheep husbandry practices of the ancient Near East and underlined how natural mummification can affect DNA degradation.
14 Jul 2021
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Spotlight on: Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne
In the first of a brand-new Spotlight On series which will highlight some of the great research underway at Trinity, we meet Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne, Assistant Professor in Conflict Resolution, and hear about his research into the Palestinian Bedouin communities who many believe are at risk of forced displacement around Jerusalem.
13 Jul 2021
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Scientists blueprint bacterial enzyme believed to play “stealthy” role in suppressing immune response
Blueprints such as these allow drug designers to uncover potential weaknesses in bacterial arsenals as they seek to develop new therapeutics that may help us win the war against antibiotic resistance.
12 Jul 2021
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Trinity Researchers Raise Grave Concerns for Palestinian Bedouins
"This research is so vital because without spotlighting the imminent forced displacement of the Bedouin, their very livelihoods will be further destroyed.”
8 Jul 2021
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Scientists home in on recipe for entirely renewable energy
The Trinity team behind the work has taken a major leap forward in searching for the “holy grail” of green catalysts that would allow us to produce clean energy from water. The work could one day make a huge contribution to reducing humanity’s carbon dioxide emissions.
7 Jul 2021
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Frailty identification can positively impact Ireland’s future health and social care policy
The new TILDA study contains pertinent information for healthcare providers and planners to help prepare and improve the future of overall care for Ireland’s growing ageing population, using targeted interventions.
6 Jul 2021
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A biodiversity action plan to maximise the benefits of wind farms
The Nature+Energy project will develop new ways of accounting for the value of nature on wind farms and establish a state-of-the-art environmental monitoring system across the country that will revolutionise how we measure and monitor biodiversity.
5 Jul 2021
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Why are some fish warm-blooded? Research points to a crucial speed advantage
Warm-blooded fish, like the white shark, swim faster than cold-blooded relatives. This ability does not, however, allow them to live in broader temperature ranges – so they are likely just as vulnerable to rising ocean temperatures
1 Jul 2021
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