New Theory About the State of Earth Billions of Years Ago: Clearer Insight Into Earth’s Hidden Crystals
Geologists have developed a new theory about the state of Earth billions of years ago after examining the very old rocks formed in the Earth’s…
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Scientists Discover Genetic Mutations Associated With Early Onset Dementia
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin today announced a significant advance in our understanding of an early onset form of dementia that may also progress our…
4-OCEANS Project: Assessing the Importance of Marine Life to Human Societies
Two researchers from Trinity College Dublin are among a four-strong team of principal investigators spearheading a new €10.4 million project funded by the European Research…
Maxwell’s Demon: A Uniquely Quantum Effect in Erasing Information Discovered
Researchers from Trinity have discovered a uniquely quantum effect in erasing information that may have significant implications for the design of quantum computing chips. Their…
Ultra-Fast Magnetic Switching Could Transform Fiber Optic Communications & Expand the Capacity of the Internet
Researchers at CRANN and Trinity’s School of Physics have discovered that a new material can act as a super-fast magnetic switch. When struck by successive…
Explosive Secret Discovered Hidden Beneath Seemingly Trustworthy Volcanoes
An international team of volcanologists working on remote islands in the Galápagos Archipelago has found that volcanoes that reliably produce small basaltic lava eruptions hide…
Innovative New Device Lights Up the Way for Quantum Technologies
Researchers at CRANN and Trinity’s School of Physics have created an innovative new device that will emit single particles of light, or photons, from quantum…
Vitamin D Determines Severity in COVID-19: Researchers Urge Government to Change Advice
Trinity College Dublin researchers point to changes in government advice in Wales, England and Scotland. Researchers from Trinity College Dublin are calling on the government…
Human ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ Immune Cell Discovered by Scientists
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have identified a rare, new cell in the immune system with “Jekyll and Hyde properties.” These cells play a key…
Throughout Earth’s History, Solar System Processes Controlled the Carbon Cycle
The world is waking up to the fact that human-driven carbon emissions are responsible for warming our climate, driving unprecedented changes to ecosystems, and placing…
Theoretical Physicists Find Deep Link Between Quantum Entanglement and Thermalization
How Supercomputers Helped Link Quantum Entanglement to Cold Coffee Theoretical physicists from Trinity have found a deep link between one of the most striking features…
“Venus Flytrap” Bio-Sensors Engineered to Snare Pollutants
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have created a suite of new biological sensors by chemically re-engineering pigments to act like tiny Venus flytraps. The sensors…
Solving a Riddle That Would Provide the World With Entirely Clean, Renewable Energy
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…
Physicists Create World’s Smallest Engine – 10 Billion Times Smaller Than a Car Engine
Theoretical physicists at Trinity are among an international collaboration that has built the world’s smallest engine – which, as a single calcium ion, is approximately…
Scientists Gain Better Understanding of Exotic Matter in Sun’s Atmosphere
Scientists from Ireland and France today announced a major new finding about how matter behaves in the extreme conditions of the Sun’s atmosphere. The scientists…
Scientists Report a Major Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s Disease
New research sheds light on a fundamental mechanism underlying the development of Alzheimer’s disease and could lead to new forms of therapy people with the…