Archive for September 2009

Site finds flexible science courses

28 September 2009

BlueBrick.ie is a new website for finding part-time and other flexible courses in Ireland

Great prizes for best science raps

23 September 2009

The Science Raps Challenge is a new competition for Science Week 2009 to come up with the best rap music about science and technology.

Winning essay explores maths behind beauty

21 September 2009

Sam Hafford (19) from Castleknock College in Dublin is the overall winner of the RDS McWilliams Young Science Writers’ Competition 2009.

Podcasts look at science communication

17 September 2009

Science communication student Sean Marshall has begun publishing a series of podcasts called “Science Chat” for his MSc studies.

Young Scientist winners take top EU award

17 September 2009

Two schoolboys who took the top prize at this year’s BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition have also won first prize at the EU Young Scientist Contest.

Get clicking for Science Snaps competition

10 September 2009

This year’s annual Science Snaps photography competition for secondary schools is looking for entries in the run-up to Science Week 2009.

TCD scientists in malaria breakthrough

10 September 2009

Malaria kills between one and three million people, the vast majority of them young children in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Belfast invention means better weather forecasts

9 September 2009

A major breakthrough by engineers at Queen’s University Belfast could lead to more accurate global weather forecasts and a better understanding of climate change.

Teachers meet at ‘Frontiers of Physics’ conference

2 September 2009

This year’s Annual Conference for Teachers of Physics takes place on Saturday 26 September at Waterford Institute of Technology.