https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us provides the latest news from Trinity College Dublin An early ninth-century manuscript containing a text of the first known poem in the English language has been discovered in Rome by researchers from Trinity College Dublin. The newly-discovered manuscript in the National Central Library of Rome of Caedmon's Hymn dates from between the years 800 and 830, making it the third oldest surviving text of the poem. https://phys.org/news/2026-04-earliest-poem-english-language-rome.html Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:20:06 EDT news696682021 Scientists from Trinity College Dublin and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences have created new "hybrid" immune cells with the potential to help new bone form after a break by simultaneously promoting blood vessel and bone growth. The discovery could one day help bones regrow more quickly as well as improve outcomes for a huge number of patients, since about 10% of all bone fractures currently fail to heal properly. https://sciencex.com/news/2026-04-hybrid-immune-cells-bone-fracture.html Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:20:01 EDT news696609746 Playing the piano, foreign travel and socializing with friends are among the most powerful ways to reduce the risk of developing dementia, according to new research from Trinity College Dublin. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-dementia-instrument-foreign.html Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:00:07 EDT news695994095 A new study reveals that some of the ocean's most powerful predators are running hotter, and that they are likely paying an increasingly steep price for it. The significance of this headline finding is the "double jeopardy" in which it places these iconic animals, which have high fuel demands due to their lifestyle and physiology, as they now face a future of warming oceans and declining food resources. https://phys.org/news/2026-04-bodied-sharks-tunas-jeopardy-seas.html Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:00:04 EDT news695547961 Scientists have created a new "molecular map" uncovering how an important human receptor involved in blood clotting and inflammation works—an advance that could help us design better drugs for conditions such as pulmonary arterial hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers. The study, led by an international team including researchers from Trinity College Dublin and published in Nature Communications, used advanced cryo-electron microscopy to capture high-res images of the thromboxane A2 receptor while it was active and primed to send signals across the membrane to the cell interior. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-molecular-treatments-heart-lung-diseases.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:20:03 EDT news694798081 An international study published across 34 countries shows that the biological age of the brain can be accelerated or delayed by environmental risk (air pollution, public housing conditions) and protective factors (socioeconomic equality, access to health care). The stronger effects arise from interactions among environmental, social, and political conditions. The paper is published in Nature Medicine. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-global-combined-pollution-inequality-brain.html Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:00:03 EDT news694350782 Researchers at Trinity have developed a new light-based technology on a tiny chip that could help make the data centers behind cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and global internet services faster and more efficient. In the new research, recently published in Nature Communications, the Trinity team reported one such promising advance with collaborators at the University of Bath and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL). https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-chip-scale-technology-power-faster.html Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:40:06 EDT news694182002 New research from a team at Trinity College Dublin has unearthed a cheap and environmentally friendly new option for removing pollutants from our water. The key? Oyster shells that would ordinarily end up in landfill sites after consumption. The research, just published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, shows that waste seashells—especially those from oysters—can capture and remove rare earth elements from polluted water. And what's more, they do it entirely naturally, turning them into stable mineral crystals. https://phys.org/news/2026-03-discarded-oyster-shells-rare-earth.html Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:40:01 EDT news693745987 As antibiotic resistance continues to rise worldwide, scientists are searching for new strategies to combat infections. This latest research at Trinity Translational Medicine Institute at Trinity College Dublin combats this problem by focusing on strengthening an individual's own defense systems rather than relying solely on antimicrobial drugs. This approach aims to boost immune function to help clear infections more effectively. The study is published on World TB Day in the journal JCI Insight. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-antibiotics-treatment-host-bacteria.html Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:50:05 EDT news693581038 Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have found that a machine learning model could help clinicians predict which people with depression are more likely to improve with digital cognitive behavioral therapy compared to antidepressant medication. The study, led by researchers in the School of Psychology, also describes how digital cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can be personalized sooner than in other settings, such as face-to-face therapy. This is because it's already digital and measurements can be built in from the start. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-machine-people-depression-treatment.html Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:40:07 EDT news693144782 Research, led by teams at Trinity College Dublin and the FutureNeuro Research Ireland Center, has pinpointed the mechanism linking some sports injuries to poor brain health in retired athletes. The research, published in Science Translational Medicine, has identified a breakdown in the blood-brain barrier (BBB) as the key link between repetitive head injuries (RHIs) and long-term brain health issues in this cohort. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-leaky-brain-barrier-revealed-driver.html Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:00:17 EDT news693053813 A new Trinity study is the first-of-its-kind in Ireland to specifically focus on women to address the disproportionately poor physical health of this population when compared to the general population. The study published by Trinity College researchers from the School of Medicine in the journal BMJ Open, explored the effect of an exercise program in a Dublin day center for women who are dealing with challenging issues. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-trauma-gender-sensitive-crucial-women.html Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:00:03 EST news691411304 Animals don't just see the world differently from one another, they experience time itself at dramatically different speeds. That is according to a new study that considered 237 species across the animal kingdom, and which revealed that how fast an animal lives and moves strongly predicts how quickly it can visually process the world around it. https://phys.org/news/2026-02-fast-paced-demand-faster-vision.html Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:00:11 EST news691061156 Many patients with metastatic cancers receive therapy that is initially highly effective, often resulting in complete remission. However, cancer cells have a remarkable capacity to evolve resistance to currently available therapies. As a result, resistant cells eventually proliferate, causing the tumor to recur, leading to treatment failure and ultimately patient death. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-landmark-evolutionary-strategy-treatment-resistance.html Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:00:04 EST news691082932 In a study published today, Friday, February 13, 2026, in the journal Nature Aging, researchers show that blood-based biomarkers can support accurate dementia diagnosis across diverse populations when integrated with cognitive and neuroimaging measures. Blood-based biomarkers are emerging as one of the most promising advances for the global diagnosis of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration. These tests offer a more accessible, scalable, and cost-effective alternative to traditional diagnostic tools such as brain imaging or cerebrospinal fluid analysis. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-blood-based-strong-dementia-diagnosis.html Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:40:01 EST news690206423 New research from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Aging (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin shows that falls represent a major and growing problem for the health system in Ireland. Despite tens of thousands requiring medical care each year following a fall, there is a significant lack in appropriate services. This important study, The DEFINED Study: Determining the burden of falls among community-dwelling older people in Ireland to inform falls care delivery, is published in the journal BMJ Open. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-older-people-ireland-require-medical.html Thu, 12 Feb 2026 19:10:06 EST news690124117 Trinity research shows that depending on how schemes are designed and delivered, well-being impacts can be positive or negative. Time spent in nature and peer discussion groups are key to fostering positive well-being outcomes. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-good-farmer-agri-environment-schemes.html Thu, 05 Feb 2026 12:35:21 EST news689517302 Babies as young as two months old are able to categorize distinct objects in their brains—much earlier than previously thought—according to new research from neuroscientists at Trinity College Dublin. The research, which combined brain imaging with artificial intelligence models, enriches our understanding of what babies are thinking and how they learn in the earliest months of life. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-newborn-mind-babies-categorize-brain.html Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:06 EST news689244902 Scientists have found that blocking microglia (specialist immune cells in the brain) prevents infant forgetting ("infantile amnesia") and improves memory in mice, suggesting that microglia may actively manage memory formation and dictate what, and when, we forget. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-blocking-immune-cells-brain-infantile.html Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:00:02 EST news688055281 High blood pressure becomes more common after age 40, yet new research from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin shows that many people in Ireland with hypertension are still not optimally diagnosed or treated based on European Guidelines. The study is published in Open Heart. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-ongoing-diagnosis-high-blood-pressure.html Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:13:37 EST news687708782 Physicists from Trinity College Dublin believe new insights into the behavior of light may offer a new means of solving one of science's oldest challenges—how to turn heat into useful energy. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-energy-sunlight.html Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:55:24 EST news687182101 Imagine wearable health sensors, smart packaging, flexible displays, or disposable IoT controllers all manufactured like printed newspapers. The same technology could underpin communication circuits, sensors, and signal-processing components made entirely from solution-processed 2D materials. https://phys.org/news/2025-12-framework-2d-materials-printable-electronics.html Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:20:04 EST news684166621 Irish planetary scientists have christened a spider-like feature on Jupiter's icy moon Europa as "Damhán Alla," which translates to "spider" or "wall demon." https://phys.org/news/2025-12-damhn-alla-newly-christened-spider.html Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:46:25 EST news684589561 Higher plant diversity in agricultural grasslands increases yields with lower inputs of nitrogen fertilizer. That is the headline finding of a landmark, international study led by Trinity College Dublin that paints a promising picture for more sustainable agriculture. https://phys.org/news/2025-12-diversity-agricultural-grasslands-boosts-yields.html Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:00:10 EST news683975161 Trinity researchers have led a new collaborative study, combining large genetic datasets with satellite weather data and uncovering more than 30 distinct genes that influence vitamin D status, many of which were not previously known. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-distinct-genes-vitamin-d-status.html Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:13:24 EST news683979181 Scientists have discovered how a mitochondrial mutation rewires immune function in a model of inherited primary mitochondrial disorders, which often lead to severe disability and death. They have discovered that this single inherited mutation causes whole-body issues in an animal model after its immune response is sparked into action. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-mitochondrial-mutation-rewires-immune-function.html Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:19:27 EST news683378341 Researchers from Trinity and UCD have designed and road- or "river"-tested a new barrier modification system that enables fish to travel up and downstream while simultaneously generating green energy for local consumption. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-fish-friendly-river-barriers-green.html Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:34:35 EST news683296442 Trinity St James's Cancer Institute (TSJCI) researchers demonstrated the power of a structured, quality-assured Barrett's Esophagus Registry to prevent and detect early esophageal cancer. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-proof-concept-esophageal-cancer.html Mon, 24 Nov 2025 18:10:02 EST news683213099 A new study, called the MENCALLHELP2 project, has explored the content, nature and characteristics of call data received by the Men's Aid Ireland national helpline service over one calendar year (2022) https://phys.org/news/2025-11-male-vulnerability-ridiculed-contemporary-societies.html Fri, 21 Nov 2025 12:58:06 EST news682952283 Humans bring gender biases to their interactions with Artificial Intelligence (AI), according to new research from Trinity College Dublin and Ludwig-Maximilians Universität (LMU) Munich. https://phys.org/news/2025-11-humans-gender-bias-interactions-ai.html Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:27:03 EST news682871221