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Our very own Professor Mathew Campbell, of the Neurovascular Genetics Laboratory in Trinity College, Dublin, is leading the way in understanding the blood brain barrier (BBB) and how it functions in health and disease. Dysfunction of the BBB has long …
A team of ancient DNA researchers at Trinity have found evidence of matrilocality — a societal system in which married men migrate to live with their female partner’s community — in Iron Age Britain. The study was published in the …
Galway University Hospital (GUH) recently launched a virtual hospital trial in a ground-breaking endeavour bringing engineering and medicine together to rethink healthcare. Speaking with Dr. Derek O’Keeffe, the project’s principal investigator, Trinity News heard how this ongoing innovation is reshaping …
The Order of Time (2017), Carlo Rovelli
Time passes – doesn’t it? In this exploration of the quantum physics of time Italian physicist Carlo Rovelli takes the reader from core concepts right to the edge of current research in clear, …
I recently read The Silent Spring by Rachel Carson – a sad admission for a third-year environmental science student. This book is the starting point for anyone interested in environmental conservation, and largely precipitated the entire culture of environmental monitoring …
Two articles published by campus publications have bemoaned the reverence in which STEM is held above the Humanities in the last two months alone. The articles, maybe not surprisingly, were written by students of the humanities, and took the position …