Thinking caps on for young scientists

THE prospect of following in the footsteps of Dublin teenager Abdusalam Abubakar, who was this week named one of Europe’s top young scientists, is looming large for thousands of students.

Thinking caps on for young scientists

They are already preparing entries for the 2008 BT Young Scientist & exhibition, being held in Dublin in the New Year.

Abdusalam claimed top prize in this year’s contest last January, and was awarded one of the three top prizes in the EU contest for young scientists in Spain on Monday. The third-year student at CBS Synge street in the capital only arrived in this country from Somalia two years ago, but has received major recognition for his mathematical code breaker project.

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