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Posted on: 31 October 2025 Two landmark international studies led by Professor Ignacio Martin-Loeches have been recently published in The Lancet and Nature Medicine - placing Irish critical care research firmly on the global stage.

Posted on: 23 October 2025 Researchers wanted to know what allows the infection to hang on or come back, and whether it develops new tricks or resistances while living inside the lungs. Researchers at Trinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI) and the Irish Mycobacterial Reference Laboratory at St James's Hospital have uncovered how the bacterium Mycobacterium avium -a leading cause of difficult-to-treat chronic lung infections -changes and adapts inside patients over many years of illness.

Posted on: 22 October 2025 Researchers from Trinity College, St Patrick's Mental Health Services, Queen's University Belfast, Ireland, investigate use of twice-weekly ketamine infusions as an add-on treatment for inpatients with serious depression Findings from a randomised and blinded clinical trial investigating repeated ketamine infusions for treating depression have revealed no extra benefit for ketamine when added onto standard care for people admitted to hospital for depression.

Posted on: 21 October 2025 This "UTPC" seemingly applies to all species and dictates their responses to temperature change. It essentially "shackles evolution" as no species seem to have broken free from the constraints it imposes on how temperature affects performance. All living things are affected by temperature, but the newly discovered UTPC unifies tens of thousands of seemingly different curves that explain how well "species work" at different temperatures.

Posted on: 09 October 2025 Researchers wanted to understand how steroids selectively affect human macrophages, which are a key cellular player in the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb); the bacteria which causes TB. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health challenge, affecting over 10 million people annually worldwide, with 1.25 million people dying of TB every year.

Astronomers have detected the explosive, highly toxic gas phosphine (PH3), in the atmosphere of an ancient brown dwarf (Wolf 1130C) located 54 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Cygnus. Phosphine has long been recognised as a possible biosignature for anaerobic life, given that there are few natural sources in terrestrial planet atmospheres.

Posted on: 03 October 2025 Engaging in creative experiences like music, dance, visual arts, and even specific video games can slow brain aging and promote healthier brain function, says a trailblazing international GBHI study from published in Nature Communications Although creativity has long been celebrated for its cultural and personal value, this study is the first large-scale scientific evidence directly linking creative engagement to direct measurable protection of brain health.