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# btyste - Friday 14 January, 2022



# BTYSTE

# BTYSTE

Two Dublin students take home this year's top award at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition

Jan 14th 2022, 2:59 PM 27,545 Views 18 Comments

Aditya Joshi and Aditya Kumar won for their project entitled “A New Method of Solving the Bernoulli Quadrisection Problem”.

# btyste - Friday 8 January, 2021



# Young Scientist

# Young Scientist

This 17-year-old student has won this year's BT Young Scientists top award

Jan 8th 2021, 2:26 PM 36,552 Views 25 Comments

Gregory Tarr won for his project entitled “Towards detecting state-of-the-art deepfakes”.

# btyste - Thursday 7 January, 2021



# Young Scientist

# Young Scientist

A Cork student's idea for steering wheel technology that will alert drivers when they are fatigued

Jan 7th 2021, 6:30 PM 35,086 Views 21 Comments

The project is on display at the virtual BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition this week.

# btyste - Wednesday 15 January, 2020



# Feature

# Feature

Ireland has talent, but when it comes to tech and science it needs to tackle gender imbalances

Jan 15th 2020, 11:24 AM 517 Views 0 Comments

Ireland’s smart economy ambitions stem from its educated youth, it needs to be nurtured early

# btyste - Saturday 11 January, 2020



# Well Well Well

# Well Well Well

Bacteria and turbidity: Young Scientists develop solution to monitoring private wells

Jan 11th 2020, 11:00 AM 10,669 Views 3 Comments

Currently, the EPA recommends that wells are tested once a year, but there is no legal requirement to do so.

# btyste - Thursday 9 January, 2020



# Slurry Pit Saver

# Slurry Pit Saver

This Young Scientist hopes to prevent slurry pit deaths with infrared beams and mobile alerts

Jan 9th 2020, 8:00 PM 9,488 Views 12 Comments

The device sends an alert to people nearby if a person falls into a slurry pit.

# btyste - Wednesday 8 January, 2020



# BT Young Scientist

# BT Young Scientist

Instagram 'likes' and whether or not money makes people happy explored at Young Scientist Exhibition

Jan 8th 2020, 6:30 AM 7,981 Views 6 Comments

Climate change is also examined by many of the projects at this year’s competition.

# btyste - Saturday 12 January, 2019



# BTYSTE

# BTYSTE

We tracked the progress of these Young Scientist projects - here's how they got on

Jan 12th 2019, 7:30 AM 12,897 Views 6 Comments

More than 4,200 students entered the competition this year.

# btyste - Friday 11 January, 2019



# Not Stout

# Not Stout

This Young Scientist project is turning algae into pints of the black stuff (crude oil, that is)

Jan 11th 2019, 6:20 AM 12,640 Views 11 Comments

Greg Tarr has developed a more efficient method of making biofuel.

# btyste - Monday 31 December, 2018



# Ireland's Young Scientists

# Ireland's Young Scientists

The young Irish scientists trying to help contain the Fall armyworm

Dec 31st 2018, 6:30 PM 14,506 Views 2 Comments

The moth has been ruining crops across Africa since 2016.

# btyste - Sunday 9 December, 2018



# BTYSTE

# BTYSTE

Climate change and social media - Here's what's in store for the BT Young Scientist Exhibition

Dec 9th 2018, 12:39 PM 7,296 Views 6 Comments

The BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2019 takes place from 9-12 January at the RDS in Dublin.

# btyste - Wednesday 17 January, 2018



# BT Young Scientist

# BT Young Scientist

'You can't stop a student from competing because their mother is a scientist'

Jan 17th 2018, 6:15 AM 57,371 Views 86 Comments

Dr Tony Scott, co-founder of the BTYSTE, said this year’s winner has an “amazing” level of knowledge.

# btyste - Sunday 14 January, 2018



# Young Scientist

# Young Scientist

How much bacteria lives on a pedestrian crossing button?

Jan 14th 2018, 8:30 AM 21,028 Views 21 Comments

Despite the stainless steel surface, they’re thriving.

# btyste - Saturday 13 January, 2018



# Young Scientist

# Young Scientist

How a brain-like computer could be used to mark exams

Jan 13th 2018, 5:30 PM 10,094 Views 5 Comments

It’s almost as accurate as a human.



# Young Scientist

# Young Scientist

'Hopefully projects like these will inspire more young scientists'

Jan 13th 2018, 9:15 AM 6,976 Views 3 Comments

We checked in on two BTYSTE projects we’ve been following.

# btyste - Friday 12 January, 2018



# BTYSTE

# BTYSTE

Cork teenager wins BT Young Scientist after discovering blackberry antibiotic in his back garden

Jan 12th 2018, 9:06 PM 57,789 Views 53 Comments

15-year-old Simon Meehan had been working on his project for two years.


# Parenting
# Parenting
'People don't realise how dangerous it is for kids': Students develop alarm to stop hot car deaths
Jan 12th 2018, 6:30 AM 8,351 Views 9 Comments
It alerts a child’s parents if they are left in a car.

# btyste - Thursday 11 January, 2018



# That's Bananas

# That's Bananas

Could banana peel be Ireland's next alternative fuel?

Jan 11th 2018, 7:45 PM 16,891 Views 19 Comments

These Young Scientists think so.

# btyste - Monday 1 January, 2018



# Hel-mate

# Hel-mate

This Young Scientist project could help spot concussion injuries during sport

Jan 1st 2018, 6:00 PM 12,764 Views 3 Comments

It attaches to the back of a helmet and transmits data to a team medic.

# btyste - Sunday 31 December, 2017



# Young Scientist

# Young Scientist

These Limerick students have developed a device to help track Alzheimer's patients

Dec 31st 2017, 4:00 PM 13,640 Views 6 Comments

Alzheimer’s Alert will alert carers to the patient’s movements.

# btyste - Friday 13 January, 2017



# BTYSTE

# BTYSTE

A 16-year-old who built an encryption program has been named Ireland's top young scientist

Jan 13th 2017, 10:20 PM 22,529 Views 32 Comments

Over 1,100 students from 375 schools across the island of Ireland competed for the title.



# Parental Guidance

# Parental Guidance

These Young Scientists asked parents about their attitude to the HPV vaccine

Jan 13th 2017, 7:10 PM 23,954 Views 51 Comments

The girls asked parents with daughters to fill out a survey on the HPV vaccine – and found out some interesting results.

# btyste - Wednesday 6 January, 2016



# Nurse Nappy

# Nurse Nappy

This 5th year student has invented a nappy that tells if babies are sick

Jan 6th 2016, 4:00 PM 45,142 Views 20 Comments

Just one of the hundreds of impressive projects from Irish teenagers this year at the BT Young Scientist expo.

# btyste - Sunday 11 January, 2015



# It Could Be You

# It Could Be You

Here's what you should be doing if you want to win the lottery

Jan 11th 2015, 9:15 AM 36,128 Views 58 Comments

Órla Molloy and Neasa Early from Drogheda have looked into patterns surrounding number repetition.

# btyste - Saturday 10 January, 2015



# Golden Ratio

# Golden Ratio

Is there a scientific way to tell how good looking you are?

Jan 10th 2015, 5:00 PM 25,029 Views 30 Comments

Three young scientists at this year’s BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition examining the maths of attractiveness.

# btyste - Friday 10 January, 2014



# BTYSTE

# BTYSTE

Dublin student Paul Clarke wins top prize at BT Young Scientist

Jan 10th 2014, 11:01 PM 37,647 Views 53 Comments

The student from St. Paul’s College, Raheny won for his study of graph theory in mathematics.

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