Record entries for Young Scientist competition

A RECORD number of students have entered projects in the 40th Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, which gets underway in Dublin this week.

A total of 1,040 entrants will be hoping to emulate 2003 winner Adnan Osmani, whose high-speed internet browser astounded the judges and international computer scientists.

Since then, the Mullingar man has done the Leaving Certificate and is now studying computer engineering at Sheffield University in Britain.