Young Scientist: Enthusiasm, imagination, energy... and good science are what judges are looking for

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.

Nobody claimed to have found the Philosopher’s Stone but the excitement of discovery got pulses racing at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition yesterday.

One of the judges, Professor Joe Barry, a public health expert at Trinity College Dublin, said he always looked forward to meeting the brightest and best students at the annual event in the RDS.