Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have shown that although insects are made from one of the toughest natural materials, their legs and wings can wear out over time. The findings have been just published in the Journal of ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 09, 2013 not rated yet 0

A significant breakthrough in the understanding of embryonic stem cells has been made by scientists from the Smurfit Institute of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin. The Trinity research group led by Dr Adrian Bracken and ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Nov 30, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0

More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and rising temperatures cause rice agriculture to release more of the potent greenhouse gas methane (CH4) for each kilogram of rice it produces, new research published ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Oct 23, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Scientists at CRANN, the nanoscience institute based at Trinity College Dublin, have partnered with world-leading brewing company SABMiller on a project to increase the shelf life of bottled beer in plastic ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Sep 18, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 8

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have recently shown that the legs of grasshoppers and crabs have the ideal shape to resist bending and compression. If human leg bones were built the same way, they ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 12, 2012 4 / 5 (4) 11 |

Researchers in the Trinity Botany Department's Herbarium, together with Thai collaborators, have just discovered eight species, three subspecies and four varieties of the plant genus Eriocaulon from Thailand, all new to Science.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 05, 2012 not rated yet 0

A new international study has investigated how diseases are shared among species of primates with a view to predicting what diseases may emerge in humans in the future. The findings aim to help in the fight against these ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 27, 2012 not rated yet 0

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have shown that the wings of insects are not as fragile as they might look. A study just published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE now shows that the characteristic networ ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Aug 23, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 9 |

(Phys.org) -- Scientists from the Smurfit Institute of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the genetic processes underlying flower development. The research funded by Science ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Aug 12, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

The findings of the largest survey to date on the perception of safety among cyclists in Dublin have been published by engineering researchers at Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork and University of Hong Kong.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Jul 31, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

(Phys.org) -- Scientists at Trinity College Dublin, using a highly specialised crystallography technique have solved a large protein structure that will increase our understanding of energy generation and storage in cells. ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jul 18, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

New groundbreaking research by scientists at Trinity College Dublin has found that exposure to nanoparticles can have a serious impact on health, linking it to rheumatoid arthritis and the development of other serious autoimmune ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Jun 11, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0

(Phys.org) -- Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have shown that insects are made from one of the toughest natural materials in the world. The study’s findings have been recently published in the ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 18, 2012 5 / 5 (5) 1

(Phys.org) -- New collaborative research has revealed the most efficient method to date for packing spherical objects into a cylinder. Dr Ho-Kei Chan, a Research Fellow from the Foams and Complex Systems ...

Physics - General Physics

Apr 24, 2012 4.5 / 5 (4) 0

Scientists have discovered multiple gene switches in Salmonella that offer new ways to curb human infection. The discovery of the mechanisms of gene regulation could lead to the development of antibiotics to reduce the le ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Apr 23, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |