Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have seen an unfortunate return in the popularity of disposables: coffee cups, food containers, and masks to name a few. As the world began to slow to its pre-lockdown halt it was …
Lucy Fitzsimmons is the SciTech co-Editor of Trinity News, and a Junior Sophister student of Chemical Sciences.
Trinity researchers sequence genomes of Irish Vikings and uncover Norwegian origins
The research busts the blonde haired, blue-eyed Viking image and shows that natives also adopted the Viking way of life
Irish Viking genomes have been sequenced for the first time by a group of researchers from Trinity and the National Museum of Ireland. The research was part of a wider, six-year-long study of Viking genomes published today in the leading …
New material created by Trinity team could increase efficiency of data storage
The material has the potential to increase the capacity of the global fibre optic network tenfold
Trinity researchers from the School of Physics and the Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) have created a new material which has enabled them to perform magnetic switching at ultra-fast speeds. This could have significant effects on …
Trinity’s Prof Tomás Ryan awarded prestigious 2020 Lister Institue Research Prize
The funds will be used to further research into infantile amnesia
Prof Tomás Ryan, of the School of Biochemistry and the Trinity Institute of Neurosciences, is one of four awardees of the 2020 Lister Institue Research Prize. Prof Ryan is the first scientist in an Irish higher education institution to receive …
Potential new therapies for osteoporosis made possible by Trinity team discovery
The research into bone renewing mechanisms could be harnessed to treat osteoporosis
Trinity researchers at AMBER (the centre for Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research) and the Schools of Engineering and Pharmacy have discovered the long sought after mechanism by which exercise aids bone growth, which could help to develop new therapies for …
Oxford team led by Trinity alum sees major breakthrough in Covid-19 vaccine
The vaccine is the first to be declared safe and effective following human trials
A team of Oxford scientists led by Trinity alum Professor Adrian Hill have made a significant breakthrough with ongoing work on a Covid-19 vaccine as a first round of human trials indicate that the vaccine is safe and produces a …
Student engagement during lockdown took hardest hit in DEIS schools, finds Trinity study
Teachers suggest lack of resources and support at home as responsible for reduced engagement
A survey of secondary school teachers in Ireland about the impact of the pandemic on students’ learning carried out by a team of Trinity researchers found that lack of student interest, lack of home supports, and limited access to devices …
Trinity engineers model real-world driving emissions for vehicles in Dublin
Discrepancies between laboratory results and actual emissions are affecting CO2 targets
Emissions from in-use vehicles in Dublin are to be measured and modelled by a team of Trinity engineers to address discrepancies between estimated emission levels and actual levels from real-world driving.
In light of climate change and increasing air pollution …
Trinity study to investigate the widespread impact of COVID-19 on older people
TILDA research will provide detail on changes in physical and mental health
A study being carried out by Trinity based researchers at the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) will delve into the changes that COVID-19 has brought about in the lives of Ireland’s older people. 6,000 people, aged 50 years and …
Trinity researchers improve solar panel efficiency, reducing costs and carbon footprint
The cooling mechanism developed could make green energy a more viable solution
Trinity researchers from the School of Physics and the School of Engineering have been granted funding to further develop innovative cooling technology for solar panels.
Solar panels provide a greener alternative to other energy sources with much higher carbon footprints, …