Zoology researchers from Trinity, working with the Department of Agriculture, Food and The Marine (DAFM) and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), have unlocked the secrets of dispersing badgers.
Ecology
Nov 18, 2019
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Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have taken a giant stride towards solving a riddle that would provide the world with entirely renewable, clean energy from which water would be the only waste product.
Materials Science
Nov 8, 2019
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Chemists from have created a new material that self-assembles into 2-D networks in a predictable and reproducible manner. The material has a suite of new properties, which means it may have numerous applications—although ...
Materials Science
Oct 15, 2019
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A newly published report claims that both the market and non-market values of pollinators in Ireland are currently greatly underestimated.
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2019
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Researchers from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College have highlighted the positive links between dog ownership and higher levels of physical activity in middle-aged and older adults.
Plants & Animals
Aug 27, 2019
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Theoretical physicists at Trinity College Dublin are among an international collaboration that has built the world's smallest engine—which, as a single calcium ion, is approximately ten billion times smaller than a car ...
Quantum Physics
Aug 21, 2019
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The keeping of livestock began in the Ancient Near East and underpinned the emergence of complex economies and then cities. Subsequently, it is there that the world's first empires rose and fell. Now, ancient DNA has revealed ...
Archaeology
Jul 11, 2019
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Scientists have pinpointed the "pace" and "shape" of life as the two key elements in animal life cycles that affect how different species get by in the world. Their findings, which come from a detailed assessment of 121 species ...
Evolution
Jul 8, 2019
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It's the season for a cold, refreshing gin and tonic. We may question the health impact of one too many, but what is the environmental footprint of that classically delicious aperitif?
Environment
Jul 8, 2019
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A team of scientists led by experts from Trinity and a US-based NGO have just returned from the Bahamas where they learned all about the secret lives of the region's tiger sharks.
Ecology
Jun 7, 2019
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