A Neutron Walks into a Bar!

Mary Mullaghy August 28, 2012

“Science 140″ is a project that has been using crowdsourcing on Twitter to gather fun and unusual science definitions and explanations within 140 characters – the length of a tweet.

The three-month project is now coming to fruition with a book of the best tweets and definitions. Called “A Neutron Walks Into a Bar”, the book will be released on 18th October and is now available to pre-order on Amazon. All royalties will go to Cystic Fibrosis Research. We hope to have some copies as spot prizes at the ISTA Senior Science Quizzes in November!

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ISTA are delighted to support Science 140 project!

ISTA are delighted to support the “Science 140″ project. Using crowdsourcing on Twitter to gather fun and unusual science definitions and explanations within 140 characters,
the three-month project has now come to fruition with a book of the best tweets called “A Neutron Walks Into a Bar”.
 
All royalties will go to Cystic Fibrosis Research. We will have copies as spot prizes at the ISTA Senior Science Quizzes in November! Also available to order on Amazon. A good Christmas present!
Mary Mullaghy November 6, 2012

Biology PDST

Booking for meetings in DNA Profiling & Advanced IT are now open. There is also a Repeat of the Resource Roadshow. Application Form attached must go through the Limerick Office.

1.      DNA Profiling – Killorglin Intermediate School – 8th March – 7pm
2..     DNA Profiling – Colaiste Mhuire, Ennis – 14th March – 7pm
3.     Advanced IT – Dublin West Education Centre – 12th March – 7pm
4.       Advanced IT – Cork Education Support Centre – 13th March – 7pm
5.      Repeat Resource Roadshow (first presented in November 2011) – Laois Education Centre – 15th March – 7pm

Mary Mullaghy November 17, 2012

Winners of BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

The winner of the 48th annual BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2012 were Leaving Cert students Eric Doyle and Mark Kelly, from Synge Street CBS, Dublin 8 have taken home the top prize for their project entitled, “Simulation accuracy in the gravitational many-body problem” in the Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences category, senior section.

Eric & Mark were presented with a cheque for €5,000, tickets to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the opportunity to represent Ireland at the 24th European Union Young Scientist competition taking place in Bratislava in September and a Waterford crystal trophy.
Almost 1,200 students from 30 counties covering 550 projects from 221 schools nationwide competed for the coveted title ‘Winner of the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2012.’
Colm O’Neill, CEO, BT Ireland said, “The passion and enthusiasm we have seen from the students taking part this week has been outstanding. This year’s exhibition was bigger and better than ever before and the reaction from the students, teachers and visitors to the RDS this week has been amazing. We live in a continually changing world and what we have seen from the students this week is that they have the foresight and innovation to come up with real problem solving ideas that can help Ireland to grow and develop into the future. Huge congratulations to Eric & Mark and all the winners. I look forward to watching their progress in the coming years,” he added.
Professor Pat Guiry, Head Judge, Chemical, Physical & Mathematical category said, “The project develops a novel mathematical approach which has a diverse range of applications from satellite placement to predicting network congestion in telecommunications. In the opinion of the judging panel, an exceptional level of mathematical proficiency was demonstrated. Starting from Euler’s investigation in 1760 on the motion of planets, they simulated this complicated “many-body” problem using advanced computation and evaluated the accuracy of the solutions. Of particular note, they included an in-built accuracy estimation in their solution.”
Mary Mullaghy February 10, 2013

Winners of BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

The winner of the 48th annual BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2012 were Leaving Cert students Eric Doyle and Mark Kelly, from Synge Street CBS, Dublin 8 have taken home the top prize for their project entitled, “Simulation accuracy in the gravitational many-body problem” in the Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences category, senior section.

Eric & Mark were presented with a cheque for €5,000, tickets to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the opportunity to represent Ireland at the 24th European Union Young Scientist competition taking place in Bratislava in September and a Waterford crystal trophy.
Almost 1,200 students from 30 counties covering 550 projects from 221 schools nationwide competed for the coveted title ‘Winner of the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2012.’
Colm O’Neill, CEO, BT Ireland said, “The passion and enthusiasm we have seen from the students taking part this week has been outstanding. This year’s exhibition was bigger and better than ever before and the reaction from the students, teachers and visitors to the RDS this week has been amazing. We live in a continually changing world and what we have seen from the students this week is that they have the foresight and innovation to come up with real problem solving ideas that can help Ireland to grow and develop into the future. Huge congratulations to Eric & Mark and all the winners. I look forward to watching their progress in the coming years,” he added.
Professor Pat Guiry, Head Judge, Chemical, Physical & Mathematical category said, “The project develops a novel mathematical approach which has a diverse range of applications from satellite placement to predicting network congestion in telecommunications. In the opinion of the judging panel, an exceptional level of mathematical proficiency was demonstrated. Starting from Euler’s investigation in 1760 on the motion of planets, they simulated this complicated “many-body” problem using advanced computation and evaluated the accuracy of the solutions. Of particular note, they included an in-built accuracy estimation in their solution.”
Mary Mullaghy November 25, 2020

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