How Do Rare Earth Elements Form? Scientists Create Synthetic Rocks To Find Out
New light has been shed on the formation of increasingly precious rare earth elements (REEs) by researchers from Trinity College Dublin. They accomplished this by…
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Surprising Discovery Shows How Slowing of Continental Plate Movement Controlled Earth’s Largest Volcanic Events
Major volcanic events occurred millions of years ago that caused such climatic and biological upheaval that they drove some of the most devastating extinction events…
Immunologists Unravel Secret Battle Plans of Deadly Coronaviruses
Immunologists from Trinity, who have worked on coronaviruses for the past decade, have just unraveled new secrets behind the viruses’ battle plans – providing new…
Novel Approach to Preventing Seizures Identified – Significant Advance in Our Understanding of Epilepsy
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have announced a significant advance in our understanding of epilepsy, as they have identified a potential method of preventing damaging…
Why Do We Forget? New Theory Says “Forgetting” Is Actually a Form of Learning
We create countless memories as we live our lives but many of these we forget. Why? Counter to the general assumption that memories simply decay…
Physicists Unlock Secret to Synchronization – From Flashing Fireflies to Cheering Crowds
Physicists from Trinity College Dublin have unlocked the secret that explains how large groups of individual “oscillators” – from flashing fireflies to cheering crowds, and…
More Evidence That Vitamin D Protects Against Severe COVID-19 Disease and Death
New research from Trinity College Dublin and University of Edinburgh has examined the association between vitamin D and COVID-19, and found that ambient ultraviolet B…
Ancient DNA Extracted From Human Bones Rewrites Early Japanese History – Modern Day Populations Have Tripartite Genetic Origin
Ancient DNA extracted from human bones has rewritten early Japanese history by underlining that modern day populations in Japan have a tripartite genetic origin –…
COVID Mu: Everything You Need To Know About the New Coronavirus Variant
The World Health Organization (WHO) has added another coronavirus variant to its list to monitor. It’s called the mu variant and has been designated a…
Ancient DNA From 1,600-Year-Old Iranian Sheep Mummy Brings History to Life
A team of geneticists and archaeologists from Ireland, France, Iran, Germany, and Austria has sequenced the DNA from a 1,600-year-old sheep mummy from an ancient…
Geneticists Reveal How Mutation Causes a Devastating Childhood Cancer – Use Drug To Reverse Its Effects
Geneticists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered how a specific genetic mutation called H3K27M causes a devastating, incurable childhood cancer, known as diffuse midline glioma…
Answers to a Fundamental Puzzle: Why Are Some Fish Warm-Blooded When Most Are Not?
New research from marine biologists offers answers to a fundamental puzzle that had until now remained unsolved: why are some fish warm-blooded when most are…
It’s Electrifying! How Earth Could Be Entirely Powered by Sustainable Energy
Can you imagine a world powered by 100% renewable electricity and fuels? It may seem like a fantasy, but a collaborative team of scientists has…
First Tales of the Earliest Domesticated Goats Revealed by 10,000-Year-Old DNA
New research has revealed the genetic makeup of the earliest goat herds. The findings, assimilated from DNA taken from the remains of 32 goats that…
Secondary Infections Inflame the Brain, Worsening Cognition & Memory in Alzheimer’s Disease
New research into Alzheimer’s disease (AD) suggests that secondary infections and new inflammatory events amplify the brain’s immune response and affect memory in mice and…
Why Is COVID-19 So Hard to Treat? A Comprehensive Review of What We Know
Growing Evidence Points to Unique Infectious Profile A comprehensive review into what we know about COVID-19 and the way it functions suggests the virus has…
Hydroxyl Molecule Signature Detected in an Exoplanet Atmosphere for the First Time
An international collaboration of astronomers led by a researcher from the Astrobiology Center and Queen’s University Belfast, and including researchers from Trinity, has detected a…
Researchers Tackle the Enigmatic “Spiders” From Mars
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have been shedding light on the enigmatic “spiders from Mars,” providing the first physical evidence that these unique features on…
