https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us provides the latest news from Trinity College Dublin Ever wondered how some people seem able to keep up with the conversation they're having while also noticing what's being said across the room? New research suggests this ability isn't simply good hearing but may reflect the brain's remarkable capacity to briefly process more than one conversation at once. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-kinda-people-track-conversation.html Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:00:09 EDT news703402706 Researchers from Trinity's School of Engineering have successfully demonstrated the geopolymer, showcasing its potential as a scalable option for circular construction. https://phys.org/news/2026-07-ireland-cement-free-3d-geopolymer.html Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:40:01 EDT news703338214 Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have discovered that microglia—the main immune cells of the brain—play a critical role in maintaining the stability of neuronal networks in Alzheimer's disease. Crucially, this suggests treatments that indiscriminately suppress these cells could be counterproductive. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-brain-immune-cells-circuits-mouse.html Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:40:10 EDT news703329525 Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have uncovered new evidence that the communities of bacteria living in the uterus may play an important role in determining whether pregnancy is successful following assisted reproductive technologies (ART) such as IVF. Among the key findings was one notable surprise, which suggests the biological signals that have long been used to govern the timing of embryo transfer may be misleading. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-reveals-uterine-microbiome-impact-pregnancy.html Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:00:04 EDT news702563435 Researchers from Trinity have discovered how two deadly coronaviruses (SARS1 and MERS) outsmart one of our most important antiviral defenses by shutting down parts of the immune system. The findings help explain why certain therapies (using interferon) have performed poorly in past outbreaks and point toward new therapeutic strategies that could matter in future coronavirus emergencies. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-sars-mers-trigger-immune-antiviral.html Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:20:04 EDT news700994779 Trinity's Prof. Stefan Sint, along with collaborators from Germany, Spain and Italy, has published the most precise determination to date of the strong coupling constant. This parameter governs the interactions between quarks and gluons, the fundamental components of nuclear matter. The new result halves the error of all previous experimental measurements combined, setting a new benchmark for the Standard Model, which summarizes our current knowledge of elementary particle physics. https://phys.org/news/2026-06-precise-nuclear.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:20:05 EDT news700736867 Researchers at Trinity have found that a largely overlooked form of cancer evolution, which drives aggressive disease and poor patient outcomes, is far more widespread than previously thought. Comparing chromosome patterns in these tumors, the team also developed a new method for accurately distinguishing between two leukemias, which could provide information to better guide patient treatment decisions. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-shrunken-genomes-rapid-cancer-evolution.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:40:03 EDT news699620836 Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have identified key differences in how immune cells generate and use energy, a process known as cellular metabolism, in people with latent versus active tuberculosis (TB). The findings offer new insights into why some individuals control infection while others develop disease. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-immune-energy-signature-linked-tuberculosis.html Thu, 28 May 2026 15:20:05 EDT news699198841 A large-scale analysis of Grokipedia, the world's first AI-written encyclopedia, has found that while many Grokipedia articles closely resemble their Wikipedia counterparts, a substantial subset diverged markedly in style, sourcing and political leaning. https://phys.org/news/2026-05-grokipedia-news-sources.html Tue, 19 May 2026 13:20:01 EDT news698410201 New research led by Trinity College Dublin's AI Accountability Lab pinpoints the growing threat posed by the influence AI companies have over the rule of law, and people's lives, as well as outlining how society can stem the tide. https://phys.org/news/2026-05-big-ai-narrative-poses-significant.html Mon, 18 May 2026 16:00:02 EDT news698328842 A newly published study shows that while disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) may offer substantially greater health benefits than usual care, their real-world impact will depend on whether they are priced in ways that health systems can afford. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-alzheimer-therapeutic-advancements-financially-inaccessible.html Wed, 13 May 2026 15:14:20 EDT news697903873 Scientists from Trinity and Technical University of Denmark have developed a new radar-based technique that could address a critical gap in global conservation efforts, by transforming how we identify and track the insects that are actually responsible for pollinating plants. https://phys.org/news/2026-05-bee-specific-radar-tech-identification.html Sat, 09 May 2026 13:00:03 EDT news697298009 Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have published a major new review that brings fresh clarity to one of the deadliest forms of cancer—pancreatic cancer—by mapping how the disease operates at every level. The review is published in the journal Cancer Letters. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-pancreatic-cancer-playbook-reveals-survival.html Fri, 01 May 2026 11:40:08 EDT news696853021 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