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Competitiveness is hardwired into our biology. Just think of how many Monopoly games you have had with a crazed family member, or the number of competition-based reality shows you can watch in TV. Vince Lombardi, an American football player, famously …
A sonic microscope, rotating fir branches, and portraits made out of yeast were only some of the artworks on display at the Science Gallery during the launch of their new exhibition, Open Labs. Visitors and participants gathered for the launch …
Uncontrollable crying fits. Shortness of breath. Loss of appetite, inability to stay focused, chronic rumination…Being diagnosed with a broken heart is more likely to come from a friend over a bottle of red wine than in a doctor’s office, but …
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Ents Officer candidate Jerico Alcaras took over The Globe last night with his event, “Intergalactic”. The event featured acoustic performances from Sean Kelleghan and Nobody’s Heroes vocalist Neo Morake, followed by a live set …
Every year, athletes from all over the world gather at the start of the Pennine Way National Trail in the UK to compete in the Montane Spine Race, a 268 mile long ultramarathon that stretches from Edale in Derbyshire to …
Sniffy noses, coughs, sleepy eyes, fatigue, fever. This time of the year, many of us come down with a bug or flu or the cold. But the common illnesses that we get in these cold winter months are often mixed …
Professor Anna Davies of the School of Natural Sciences was awarded the Researcher of the Year award from the Irish Research Council (IRC) last night.
Prof Davies, who is also the principal investigator at Trinity’s Environmental Governance Research Group, won …
Dr Laura Cleaver and Dr Aline Vidotto are recipients of the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant Awards valued at €2 million each, it was announced today.
The awards bringing Trinity’s total number of ERC grants awarded under the EU …
Trinity researchers scooped four out of eight awards at the annual Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Science Summit, held last night at the Ballsbridge Hotel. The awards marked the beginning of Science Week, a campaign organised by SFI.
Professor John Boland, …
Trinity scientists have made a major discovery that confirms why the body’s immune surveillance systems stutter and fail in the presence of excess fat, in a study recently published in journal Nature Immunology.
The researchers studied natural killer cells from …