Young Scientist entries soar

THERE IS a record number of entries for this year’s Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, with student projects coming from…

THERE IS a record number of entries for this year’s Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, with student projects coming from all 32 counties.

Details of student participation in what ranks as one of the largest and longest-running science fairs in the world were released yesterday by main sponsors BT.

A total of 1,588 student projects was entered for the event in the four categories: technology; chemical, physical and mathematical sciences; biological and ecological sciences; and social and behavioural sciences.

These will be reduced to just 520 by the time the exhibition gets under way next January, this itself a record number of projects on display at the RDS, Dublin.

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The exhibition takes place in the Main Hall, RDS, from January 12th-16th, 2010. More information is available from www.btyoungscientist.com or at 1800 924 362.

Dick Ahlstrom

Dick Ahlstrom

Dick Ahlstrom, a contributor to The Irish Times, is the newspaper's former Science Editor.