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TCD Physicists Discover a New Form of Light

Physicists from Trinity College Dublin’s School of Physics and the CRANN Institute, Trinity College, have discovered a new form of light, which will impact our understanding of the fundamental nature of light. One of the measurable characteristics of a beam of light is known as angular momentum. Until now, it was thought that in all […]

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Trinity Ranked in Top 25 Oldest Universities Globally

Trinity College Dublin has been ranked 21st in the world  in the just published Times Higher Education top list of 25  leading world universities over the age of 400. Trinity Provost Dr Patrick Prendergast says: “We have always been immensely proud of Trinity’s historical legacy. Our mission in delivering excellence in teaching and scholarship extends over […]

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New Longitudinal Report Shows the Challenging Reality of Ageing with an Intellectual Disability in Ireland

A new report launched this week by the Intellectual Disability Supplement to TILDA (The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing) conducted by academics from the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, has highlighted the serious, complex and unique health and social challenges facing Ireland’s intellectual disability population.  For the first time in history, people in Ireland […]

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Trinity College Dublin’s MSc in Translational Oncology Wins Best New Course Award

The MSc in Translational Oncology, offered by Trinity College Dublin’s School of Medicine, was awarded Best New Course 2014 at the Grad Ireland Postgraduate Course of the Year Awards on April 30th. The Grad Ireland judges deemed the programme to have an “excellent mentoring structure, with a great balance between research and practice in a vital knowledge […]

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Trinity is Ranked Number One in Ireland by Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities

Trinity College Dublin has been ranked number one in Ireland in the recently published Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) for 2014. It has moved to 151-200 in the world in 2014 compared with 201-250 in 2013, an increase of up to 50 places and the highest ever score of any Irish university in […]

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Trinity Scientists Make Major Breakthrough in Eye Disease Therapy

Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have made a major breakthrough with important implications for people affected by the eye disease Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), which can cause central blindness in sufferers. The scientists found that a component of the immune system, ‘IL-18’, acts as a guardian of eyesight by suppressing the production of damaging blood […]

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