Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences – Page 6

Stand Number: 3508

Project title: An investigation into how different materials absorb impact

Overview: A measurement of how several different materials can reduce the force in collisions.

School Name: Greystones Community College

School County: Wicklow

Stand Number: 3509

Project title: Chemical compounds and their balance with nature in mushrooms

Overview: Understanding chemicals which are also found in natural foods such as mushrooms.

School Name: Coláiste na Mí

School County: Meath

Stand Number: 3510

Project title: Failed stars or hidden opportunities? An investigation into the likelihood of brown dwarfs supporting life within their orbits.

Overview: Our project focuses on the celestial bodies known as brown dwarfs and their likelihood of supporting life within their orbits.

School Name: Ardscoil Ris

School County: Limerick

Stand Number: 3511

Project title: "Inner Strength": An investigation of crystal structures and how they scale.

Overview: The strongest materials in the world owe their toughness to their structure. We aim to find out if these structures apply elsewhere.

School Name: Ardscoil Ris

School County: Limerick

Stand Number: 3512

Project title: Echolocation

Overview: A study on the mechanics of echolocation, how humans with visual impairments and animals benefit from it, and a model demonstrating how echolocation works.

School Name: Loreto College Swords

School County: Dublin

Stand Number: 3513

Project title: “Flow and Glow” - Utilising flow cavitation and plasma to eliminate forever chemicals from water

Overview: We will attempt to create plasma in a cavitating water flow and use it to eliminate forever chemicals.

School Name: Loreto College The Green

School County: Dublin

Stand Number: 3514

Project title: An Investigation Into Chlorine Alternatives

Overview: We are investigating whether chlorine is safe or not and if we should actually be using it

School Name: Our Lady's Bower

School County: Westmeath

Stand Number: 3515

Project title: An investigation into micro-plastic degradation in aquatic habitats using UV and heat energy, and their potential for reducing potable water contamination.

Overview: Our 2023 study on atmospheric micro-plastics led to a new project on photo- and thermal-degradation in aquatic environments, aiming to reduce contamination in water sources.

School Name: St Mary's Secondary School Mallow

School County: Cork

Stand Number: 3516

Project title: Cén tionchar a bhíonn ag timpeallacht snámha ar éifeachtacht na snámhóirí?

Overview: Déanann an tionscadal seo imscrúdú ar thionchar gnéithe ar fheidhmíocht snámhóirí. Na bhfachtóirí a ndearnadh iniúchadh orthu bhí doimhneacht linne, teocht, leithead lána ,slaodacht Srl.

School Name: Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair

School County: Donegal

Stand Number: 3517

Project title: Investigating the movement of medicines across a semipermeable membrane

Overview: Absorbing medicines in the digestive system and transporting them to their site of action is very important. This project investigates medicine movement across semi-permeable membranes.

School Name: St Mary's College

School County: Derry-Londonderry