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Trinity partners with ESB in new pilot e-bike project in Dublin suburbs

Researchers from Trinity’s School of Engineering are working with ESB, micro-mobility providers Bleeper and Moby, innovation partner Dogpatch Labs and co-founding partner Interreg North-West Europe to examine a new pilot e-bike project in the Dublin suburbs.

18 Aug 2022

Environment|Research|Sustainability

Reduction in brain tissue oxygenation placing older adults with multiple health conditions at risk of faints and falls

Researchers from Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing (MISA) and the Department of Medical Physics at St James’s Hospital and Trinity College have discovered that brain tissue oxygenation is lower in frailer older adults with multiple health conditions (multi-morbidity), putting them at risk of faints and falls. Brain oxygenation - the measure of oxygen in brain tissue - reflects the balance between oxygen delivery and consumption and is vital for the maintenance of normal brain function and tissue integrity.

17 Aug 2022

Health|Research

Trinity hosts 16th International Gothic Association Conference

From Bram Stoker to Oscar Wilde to J.S. Le Fanu, the history of gothic literature is entwined with Trinity College Dublin. So, it was only a matter of time before the International Gothic Association (IGA) made its way to the city.

11 Aug 2022

Arts|Research

Inflation: why it’s happening and why interest rates are going up to combat it

Supriya Kapoor, Assistant Professor of Finance at Trinity, writes an explainer piece about a pertinent topic, first published by The Conversation.

5 Aug 2022

Business|Research|Society

Formula Trinity takes Silverstone by storm

Students from Trinity recently bagged three awards at the Formula Student competition held at the famous Silverstone race circuit in the UK.

3 Aug 2022

Innovation|Research|Students

HRB Emerging Investigator Awards for three Trinity academic researchers

Trinity has won three of nine new Emerging Investigator Awards for Health (EIA) 2022 from the Health Research Board (HRB). All three awardees are from the School of Medicine at Trinity.

28 Jul 2022

Awards and Funding|Health|Research

Crypto crash: market volatility is testing investor will but crypto-enthusiasts still see a future

Investing in cryptocurrencies is like riding a rollercoaster with large appreciations followed by sudden dips, says Prof Brian Lucey in this piece he co-authored with Prof Andrew Urquhart, University of Reading, for The Conversation.

28 Jul 2022

Business|Research|Society

Female and financially stretched students most likely to be affected by Covid-19 stress

A new study examining Covid-19 stress among Irish college students has shown that certain sociodemographic groups were more likely to experience Covid-19-related stress.

28 Jul 2022

Health|Research|Science

World Head and Neck Cancer Day 2022

For World Head and Neck Cancer Day, we explore this cancer type that makes up 6% of all diagnoses worldwide with Professor Sinead Brennan, Consultant Radiation Oncologist and Clinical Associate Professor in Clinical Medicine at Trinity.

27 Jul 2022

Health|Research

Trinity study finds up to one in four children in Dublin are vitamin D deficient

Scientists found deficiency was most prevalent in females, older children (aged over 12), children from socio-economically disadvantaged areas and during winter months.

27 Jul 2022

Health|Research