Fall in girls’ top A-level grades linked to mental health crisis
Sam Tuckett, an associate director for post-16 and skills at the institute, said girls were more susceptible to…
ATLAS breaks its own record with new search for double-Higgs production
Producing two Higgs bosons in a single proton-proton collision is among the rarest processes at the LHC. Yet…
What Ireland’s super rich could learn from Martin Naughton – The Irish Times
When the IRA announced its first ceasefire in August 1994, I was a junior reporter on The Irish…
The record-breaking journey that made astronaut Christina Koch a GWR ICON
Christina took up new challenges during her travels. Already an experienced rock climber, she took up ice climbing…
STEM: Are we engineering equality – or ignoring reality?
For more than a decade, policymakers have insisted that the gender imbalance in STEM is a problem waiting…
More than 550,000 students reached through Microsoft Stem and artificial intelligence programme – The Irish Times
More than 550,000 students have now been reached through Microsoft’s Dream Space programme, the company said at their…
ATLAS observes new Bc meson excited state
The ATLAS Collaboration reports the first observation of the Bc*+ meson – a new composite particle state containing…
School dropout turned educator helps open doors for disadvantaged students – The Irish Times
Dubliner Brian Gunnery could not wait to get to get out of school and left at age 15,…
ATLAS maps the rare four-way intersections of the weak force
Despite its resounding success at describing high-energy phenomena, the Standard Model of particle physics provides no explanation for…
Like Elon Musk, he coded at 12 and rose to Google CMO—now he warns Gen Z that AI has made the skill obsolete
Learning to code was once the fast-track ticket to success. It’s the self-taught skill that launched the careers…
NASA Artemis Watch 2.0 – An ESP32-S3-powered, NASA-inspired wearable kit for education
CircuitMess NASA Artemis Watch 2.0 is a programmable, NASA-themed smartwatch based on an ESP32-S3 WiFi and Bluetooth module…
How Irish women can successfully start their own business in a system stacked against them – The Irish Times
Entrepreneurship is different for women, says Prof Maura McAdam of DCU Business School. “Women entrepreneurs’ journeys are very…