A total of 3 awards – 2 special awards and 1 category award – were picked up by Irish students attending the annual Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), last week in Phoenix, Arizona. The event, which is the world’s largest high school science research competition, was attended by more than 1,700 young scientists selected […]
It’s been described as the discovery of a lifetime, the announcement that scientists have observed gravitational waves caused by the collision of two black holes 10 billion light years away (and 10 billion years ago!) What’s all the excitement about? We’ve collected some videos to explain it all. First, scientists from Cardiff University splash around in a […]
On Friday January 22nd the National Grand Final of the Intel Mini Scientist will take place in the Science Gallery in Dublin. For the past number of months almost 6,000 students from across Ireland have been taking place in the Mini Scientist competition and the Grand Final will see the top 22 projects compete for […]
The Science and Home Economics Departments joined forces in Ennis Community College and Gaelcholáiste an Chláir last week, as the Clare schools, which share a campus, hosted an Open Night for prospective students and their families. Ms Lordon, who teaches both Science and Home Economics, organised the Transition Year Home Economics students to create something […]
City of Physics is year long initiative which builds on the Dart of Physics campaign of 2013. That was an idea by Dr Shane Bergin and Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin who won a small grant to put some physics-themed ads on Dublin’s DART commuter line. The result was an award-winning media campaign that got national attention and international support. […]
Just published by TED-Ed, this animated video tells the story of the International Space Station. [youtube]https://youtu.be/bJ3oTTm_Pdo[/youtube] TED-Ed: The International Space Station is roughly the size of a six-bedroom house and weighs more than 320 cars — it’s so large that no single rocket could have lifted it into orbit. Instead, it was assembled piece […]
I’m looking forward to The Martian, the new film starring Matt Damon which opens this week. The word is that if you like your science fiction with the emphasis on science, rather than fiction, it promises to be a rewarding experience. Yesterday, NASA announced the results of research which shows that liquid water has been observed on the surface […]
Reagecon, one of the largest producers of physical and chemical standards in the world, has targeted annual export revenues of €50 million by 2020 and the creation of 40 new jobs over the next 12-24 months. Founded in Shannon in 1990, the Irish-owned company develops, manufactures and exports physical and chemical standards and reagents for […]
We all know the Oscars celebrate the best in Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. What you may not know is that the Academy runs a dedicated awards ceremony two weeks before the main event, dedicated to ‘the science bit‘! The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced yesterday that […]
A team led by Professor Georg Duesberg, Investigator at AMBER, the Science Foundation Ireland funded materials science centre based at Trinity College Dublin, in collaboration with the group of Dr. Andreas Holzinger at Université Grenoble Alpes and Professor Maryam Tabrizian from Montreal McGill University, Montreal, have produced a new graphene biosensor. This new biosensor has demonstrated […]
