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Trinity researchers have discovered a rare, new cell in the immune system with “Jekyll and Hyde” characteristics that could lead to more effective vaccines in the prevention of infections such as MRSA, an infection-causing bacterium that is resistant to some …
If you are like me, you probably order the same pint of beer almost anywhere you go. You become accustomed to the taste of a particular lager you fancy, even though they often have largely the same taste. In some …
The Lough Ree ESB power plant, one of the largest in Ireland, was temporarily shut down earlier this year when it was discovered that the plant was causing severe damage to the local environment.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) discovered …
A group of scientists from Trinity’s School of Physics have helped build the world’s smallest engine, an engine ten billion times smaller than a typical car engine. Trinity’s QuSys group, led by Professor John Goold, worked as part of a …
A research team from the University of Glasgow has taken the first ever images of a phenomenon known as quantum entanglement. This phenomenon has been studied extensively by physicists since it was first described by Albert Einstein in 1935. When …
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing mission. With so many memorable moments from this mission that have stayed with us, it has left a huge impact on pop culture. The American flag standing …
If you read the headlines on most news websites lately, you are bound to have come across some kind of deadly warning about climate change and how we don’t have long left to save the planet. Climate change is a …
A research team from the Academic Unit of Neurology at Trinity have identified noticeable changes in the patterns of electrical brain wave activity in motor neurone disease (MND) patients.
This ground-breaking discovery will help to develop new methods of treating …
A Trinity research team from the Trinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI) have identified the cancer killing abilities of a specific type of immune cell, which may offer a new therapeutic strategy in the fight against cancer.
Trinity researchers based in …