Four secondary school students investigating ways of growing crops in space are to have their project tested on a low gravity flight.

Organisers of the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition are reminding people about tomorrow's deadline.

Education Minister Richard Bruton has admitted the Cabinet is divided on plans to potentially allow unrestricted access to abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, saying ministers’ views “reflect the people at large”.

Having whittled down the entries for the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition from 2,031 to 550, the judges will have a tough job crowning the overall winner tomorrow night.

Tests carried out by two students which showed significant contamination of seawater at two popular West Cork beaches will go on display at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition from today.

Unforeseen social events, such as the global economic crisis of 2008, the election of Donald Trump in the US, Brexit in the UK, and fake news have undermined our faith in what is true, but some opinions are better-informed than others, writes Clodagh Finn

A school in West Cork is playing a major role in helping to reverse the decline in the local bee population. 

A regenerative flatworm could play a role in developing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

President Michael D Higgins has urged Ireland’s budding scientists to share their knowledge with those in other parts of the world who need it, writes Evelyn Ring. 

Having whittled down the entries for the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition from 2,048 to 550, judges will find it difficult to crown the overall winner as the standard is very high.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has insisted Health Minister Leo Varadkar must stop being “some sort of detached analyst” and take responsibility for health service crises if the problems are to be addressed.

The Government’s high-profile investigation into the mother-and-baby homes scandal will have an “extremely broad scope” and may involve “interim reports during its lifetime”.

Having whittled down the entries for the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition from 2,077 to 550 last October, the judges will crown an overall winner this evening — which won’t be easy because the standard is up across the board, writes Evelyn Ring.

As it opens to the public today and now entering its 51st year, Evelyn Ring goes behind the scenes at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition to find out what ideas and innovations some of Ireland’s most industrious and talented young students have come up with

The number of people killed in workplace accidents rose again last year, with the number of fatalities in the farm sector soaring by 87%.

Two budding scientists concerned about the effect of electricity pylons on crops have found that electromagnetic radiation from wifi has a significant effect on plant growth.

The BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition gets underway today.

Three teenagers from Cork have scooped a top prize at the EU’s Young Scientist competition.

In the industrial age, 80% of people were hired for their skills from the neck down, but in today’s information age, 80% are hired for their attributes from the neck up.

The Irish whizz kid who, at just 12, became the world’s youngest app developer has unveiled a new game that’s set to be another smash hit.

More than half of secondary students believe that money is the biggest barrier between them and third-level education.

Our budding teenage scientists are translating their bright ideas into more and more projects with the potential to become successful businesses.

A TEENAGER who forced the Government to tear up its budget plans to cut disability allowance for young people is among the top contenders in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.

THERE was a sharp whiff of irony in the air yesterday as the opening of this year’s BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition by Taoiseach Enda Kenny clashed with the return of TDs to Dáil Éireann after their three-week Christmas holiday.

Denis Lehane previews the BT Young Scientist Exhibition

A TEENAGER who developed software that tracks the movement of a tennis player has won the top prize in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.

TWO budding scientists, too young to drive a car, used a go-kart for their study of distracted motorists — one of 520 projects entered in this year’s BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.

IT could have been a scene like the end of a Boyzone concert, or a celebrity walking the red carpet at the Oscars, but no, this was Ireland’s very own top chat show host Ryan Tubridy mobbed by dozens of school kids screaming “we love you Ryan”.

TÁNAISTE Mary Coughlan has admitted this year is going to be tough for science and technology students hoping to succeed in the business world but insisted a raft of government support was there to help aspiring young entrepreneurs.

It is a hairy issue, but a team of budding young scientists today claimed to have proved blondes really are more dumb.

TWO farmers’ sons from Co Cork have won Europe’s most prestigious competition for young scientists.

PAUL HARRINGTON, 12, put in the boot to show off his project at this year’s BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.

TEACHERS have warned that students might be unable to take part in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in January because government cutbacks will mean schools cannot pay a substitute for teachers to bring them to the event.

Judges will pick Ireland’s most promising young scientist today from hundreds of schoolchildren all bidding for the prestigious award.

SUMMER access to college science facilities and lab technicians shared between schools are among Fine Gael’s proposals to encourage more young people to study science subjects.

DAIRY scientists and agri advisers are forever producing systems to help farmers get more milk from their dairy herds.

STUDENTS who developed a simple home test kit that measures nitrate levels in drinking water believe it could be used to avoid a potentially fatal blood disorder in infants known “blue baby” syndrome.

THE RDS was buzzing yesterday with a new form of electricity: the industry, laughter and conversation of young people with science on their minds.