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Strong demand for Trinity degrees in CAO applications
3,307 places are being offered to students to study at Trinity.
22 Aug 2016
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Trinity College to shape Internet of Things future
Trinity is the first Irish university to join LoRa Alliance
16 Aug 2016
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Unearthed: the cannibal sharks of a forgotten age
Scientists have used fossil evidence to determine that a 300-million-year-old shark species cannibalised its own young.
11 Aug 2016
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Pre-emptive action — not reactive mitigation — needed to save pollinators
The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan is now releasing guidelines to enable public and private bodies to help conserve pollinators across the island of Ireland.
9 Aug 2016
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Breastfeeding twice as likely after home births than hospital births
A new study by academics in Trinity College Dublin has found that there is a strong positive relationship between planned birth at home and breast feeding: breastfeeding was twice as likely after planned home births compared to hospital births. The research involved the largest population cohorts comprehensively examined to date for an association between breast feeding outcomes and place of birth in low risk pregnancies.
9 Aug 2016
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Summer school explores Beckett’s ongoing relevance
Exciting public programme aimed at those with casual interest in Beckett
8 Aug 2016
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Scientists seek next-gen whooping cough vaccines
The €28 million project will bring together scientists from 22 countries, with the pre-clinical work led by those from Trinity.
8 Aug 2016
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New study provides picture of rare kidney disease in Ireland
Researchers in Trinity College Dublin have published the first study to report national incidence rates of a rare kidney disease, anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) disease. Their study, published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, also showed clustering of cases in time and space, which suggests that there may be an unidentified environmental trigger for the onset of the disease. Professor and Consultant of Nephrology at Trinity’s School of Medicine, Mark Little.
8 Aug 2016
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New insights into a billion-person problem: Ascaris roundworm infection
Scientists have shed new light on Ascaris infection, which affects 1 billion people worldwide. Targeting specific liver proteins may offer new preventative options.
5 Aug 2016
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Trinity set to cheer on Green Machine
Pav encouraging all to come out and show support for Ireland men’s hockey team
3 Aug 2016