The Web Summit Careers Night, an evening of talks designed to inspire and engage the next generation of entrepreneurs, took place in the RDS on Wednesday night. The event boasted a 3000 strong audience and brought speakers from a variety …
Trinity researchers to create Bitcoin regulation system
College scientists are working on a way to make Bitcoin transactions safer. A student at the heart of the research explains how.
Bitcoin, an online peer-to-peer payment network, has grown dramatically in popularity since its introduced as open-source software in 2009. The aim of its inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto, was to cut out the middle man – the credit card company or bank …
Undergraduate science journal announced
A new student-run undergraduate science journal was announced this morning. The Trinity Student Scientific Review (TSSR), modelled on the Trinity Economic Review, aims to allow undergraduate students to be published and gain recognition for their work, in addition to offering …
Live blog: GenSoc’s “We are our DNA” debate
Join Online SciTech Editor, Luke McGuinness, live from 8pm as he covers GenSoc’s first debate, entitled “We are our DNA”, in association with the MetaFizz and TheoSoc. Bringing in experts from a variety of fields, it hopes to discuss whether …
Prof. Nicola Marples, teaching hero
Professor Nicola Marples of the Department of Zoology was among 53 teachers from across the country to be awarded a ‘teaching hero’ award at the second annual awards on 30th September. Over a third of all awards went to lecturers
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Discover Research at Trinity
Aiming to show how fun and accessible research in all disciplines can be, a number of events will be taking place across campus tomorrow evening as part of Discover Research Dublin.
Researchers and volunteers will be on hand with live …
Discover science on Culture Night
Culture Night, the public event that celebrates culture and creativity across Ireland, is fast approaching, and in order to make the most of it, a bit of forward planning is advised. For those of you who just can’t get enough …
Making society management easier
Hive, a new system in society management, has made its college-wide debut this Freshers’ Week. The system, which runs through a free app for students and through an online site for committee members and organisers, has many advantages over the …
TCD researchers enlist public help
Luke McGuinness
Online Science & Tech Editor
You may have previously heard of crowd-sourcing – gathering resources, services or content from a large group of people, in particular in an online forum. Coined in 2005, a mixture of “crowd” and …
How to get the person of your dreams – with a little help from science
Luke McGuinness
Online Science & Tech Editor
Love is, rather unromantically, little more than a complex biological process, drawing from fields including evolutionary biology and neuroscience, and involving substances such as oxytocin, the chemical responsible for many of the experiences …