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ELPIS study brings hope to patients of rare genetic condition, CDD
Trinity College spin-out company (2019), Ulysses Neuroscience is bringing hope to patients of a rare genetic condition: CDKL5 deficiency disorder (CDD), through an award funded project, ELPIS,
30 Jul 2024
Health|Innovation|Research
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UKCRF Poster Prize winning entry from the Wellcome-HRB CRF at St James’s Hospital
The prize is an acknowledgment of the hard work and continuous efforts of the CRF to improve its processes, and validates the dedication that the CRF put into enhancing the quality of their work and patient care.
30 Jul 2024
Awards and Funding|Health|Innovation
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Ancient DNA analyses imply brucellosis evolved with development of farming
Scientists analysed ancient DNA extracted from an 8,000-year-old sheep bone and detected the Brucella melitensis pathogen. Brucellosis affects millions of people every year and causes significant harm to the welfare of livestock.
26 Jul 2024
Research|Science
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Elon Musk says he’s a ‘cultural Christian’ – why some leading thinkers are embracing Christianity
In The Conversation, Simon McCarthy-Jones considers the implications of why some conservatives are embracing Christianity but struggle to accept Christianity’s central supernatural claims, like Christ’s resurrection.
26 Jul 2024
Culture|Society
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Electrical currents may make body’s cancer-killing cells even better killers
The scientists behind the discovery hope their promising findings may open the door to new combined therapies for people living with certain brain tumours, such as glioblastoma.
25 Jul 2024
Health|Research|Science
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“Shark fitbit” provides first-ever data detailing basking shark response to boat strike
Data showing the immediate response of marine megafauna (e.g. whales, and large sharks) to boat strikes, which pose an increasing threat world-wide, had never been recorded before.
24 Jul 2024
Environment|Research|Science
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Trinity team’s wastewater heat recovery solution earns runner-up prize in Sustainable Development Goals Challenge
The REHEATZ team, led by Professors Aonghus McNabola, Padraig Carmody and Paul Coughlan have worked to develop the first hybrid wastewater heat recovery technology for application in Zambian food production.
22 Jul 2024
Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Sustainability
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Irish scientists pinpoint new drug target for RSV
The scientists have discovered how the dangerous Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) defuses our immune response and, in doing so, have pinpointed an exciting new target for drug developers.
18 Jul 2024
Health|Research|Science
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Physicists develop new theory describing the energy landscape formed when quantum particles gather together
Understanding the exact shape of energy landscapes of quantum particles can potentially make computer simulations of materials far more accurate. Such simulations are helping to design next-gen materials for use in physics, chemistry, and green technologies.
17 Jul 2024
Research|Science
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Irish peat soils – vital for the environment – are far more vast than we realised
Irish researchers have unveiled a new Irish Peat Soils Map (IPSM), which estimates that peat soils cover an area of 1.66 million hectares, which equates to over 23% of the country.
15 Jul 2024
Environment|Research|Science