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Wed 09 Sep 2009First prize in EU for Kinsale Young Scientists
THE WINNERS of the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2009 have secured a first prize at the EU Young Scientist Contest in Paris, France, it was announced last night.
John D O’Callaghan and Liam McCarthy (both 14), from Kinsale Community School, achieved the success for their project “The Development of a Convenient Test Method for Somatic Cell Count and its Importance in Milk Production”. The research involved developing a cheap, efficient way for farmers to detect infection in milk cows, using somatic cells as an indicator, based on the belief that a drop of washing-up liquid could help warn of infection in milk cows.
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