UCC lab is like 'MasterChef' for science to attract TikTok generation 

The €400,000 science studio enables filming and recording of live science experiments, broadcasting of remote classes, and staging of virtual reality science lessons

Greeshma Alakkandy, Keith Hurney, Fredriciz Myagudi, Edel Whelton, Kenneth Cooke, and Emma O’Sullivan Carroll in UCC’s new science studio. Picture: Daragh McSweeney/Provision

It is like the MasterChef set but for science — University College Cork (UCC) has opened a new science studio to help to connect with the TikTok generation, the first studio of its kind in the country.

The new €400,000, fully functioning science lab features several 4K definition smart cameras mounted in the ceiling and soundproofed walls to enable the filming and recording of live science experiments, the broadcasting of remote classes, and the staging of virtual reality science lessons.