Katarzyna Siewierska

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27 NOV

“Trauma – Built to break” exhibition opens at Science Gallery Dublin

Katarzyna reviews the new exhibition at the science gallery that explores the theme of trauma.

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The new exhibition at the science gallery explores how trauma may affect our bodies, our brains and our minds. It conveys different ways of dealing with a traumatic experience and conveys its aftermath. Everyone experiences trauma, hence visitors of all …

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27 NOV

The first female director of CERN Dr Fabiola Giannoti visits Trinity

Katarzyna and Blaise describe Dr. Giannoti’s speech and question and answer session at the Philosophical Society.

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Dr Giannoti is the incoming director of CERN. She is the previous spokesperson of ATLAS project at CERN that was involved in the 2012 discovery of the Higgs Boson. She will take over the post of director from January 1 …

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27 OCT

Science Nobel Prize round-up

Katarzyna Siewierska outlines the winners of the Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry and physiology or medicine

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Nobel Prize in Physics

Awarded to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald “for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass”. Neutrinos are particles with extremely tiny mass produced in nuclear reactions. There are trillions of neutrinos …

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29 SEP

The Trinity Walton Club

There are many very talented young people in Ireland. They could become great scientists, engineers and mathematicians. But does the education system in Ireland allows these students to fulfil their potential? The School of Physics at TCD has come forward with an initiative called the Trinity Walton Club.

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The Trinity Walton Club, named after E.T.S. Walton, is a non-profit initiative aimed at post-primary school students in Ireland established through collaboration between the Schools of Physics, Mathematics, and Education at TCD. It began in 2014 with 60 students participating …

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01 SEP

Trinity Physics – The Discovery of Conical Diffraction

The 19th century was a very exciting time for Irish physics. The grounds of Trinity College Dublin were walked by some of the greatest Irish physicists in history. This story involves two of them, William Rowan Hamilton and Humphrey Lloyd.

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In the early 19th century, William Rowan Hamilton mathematically predicted a curious phenomenon called conical refraction and Humphrey Lloyd was the first person to demonstrate the effect experimentally. This achievement was a strong argument for the wave theory of …

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10 MAR

Review: LIFELOGGING at the Science Gallery

A new Science Gallery exhibition explores the many ways our lives are tracked everyday.

Science Header“LIFELOGGING – Do you count?”- the new exhibition at the Science Gallery Dublin – explores the many ways our lives and the world around us are tracked everyday. There are many interesting pieces that try to capture the direction society …

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08 FEB

Maths and me

Katarzyna Siewierska talks to Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin about her love for mathematics and physics, and her thoughts on the way they are taught in school.

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To begin, how did you first become interested in mathematics and physics?
Every time I come home to Mayo on a clear night I am astounded by the night sky and it always brings a smile to my face. I …

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02 NOV

Scientists to bring invisibility cloak to life

Research into cloaking devices has the potential to revolutionise physics.

Science HeaderInvisibility cloaks have been the object of human fantasy since ancient times. Ever since Harry Potter got one for Christmas, every child (and every adult) wanted to find one under their own Christmas tree. No one has found one yet, …