D Tuesday, February 16, 2010 News Conor Houlihan (left), ten, and Kieran Houlihan, seven, with a replica of the Dunbrody Ship at the launch of Waterfords hosting of The Tall Ships Races in 2011. More than 500,000 people are expected in Waterford for the return of the race, giving the city a 35million boost next year, it emerged yesterday. The four-day spectacle will see 70 vessels dock in the city, which last hosted the international event in 2005. Des Whelan, Tall Ships Race Waterford chairman, said: To coincide with the tall ships being in port, there will be a, family-friendly festival programme featuring the very best of Irish music, food and street theatre. Picture: PA Tall ships ahoy! UCD leading way in cyber crime fight By Sarah Stack IRISH law enforcers and researchers are leading the way in fighting cybercrime gangs around the world. The University College Dublin Centre for Cybercrime Investigation (CCI) is the only facility in Europe to educate specialist officers to unravel complex online abuses. The heads of cybercrime at Interpol and Europol hold masters qualifications from the facility, which may become an EU hub for centres of excellence in IT forensics. UCD professor Joe Carthy said Mafia- type gangs are no longer getting their hands dirty but are making huge amounts of money with online clean crime. He said garda were at the forefront in tackling theft, money laundering, con- sumer fraud and child protection. The Irish police force is the jewel in the European crown when it comes to cybercrime, said Prof Carthy. They are leading the way in Interpol and Europol and are held in the highest esteem. After a decade of cybercrime research, education and collaboration with agen- cies, the CCI was formally established in 2006 and has since delivered masters qualifications to 125 investigators from 25 countries worldwide. It teaches specialists how to find and recover mobile phone and computer data, examine skimming devices and track child pornography and financial fraud. The CCI gives training and research to banks, credit card companies and finan- cial houses on how to protect themselves from organised gangs targeting the in- ternet. Justice Minister Dermot Ahern said centres such as UCD are at the cutting edge in tackling the growing menace of cybercrime and play a leading role in training both garda and Europol police. He said the university has succeeded in securing 4.5million funding from the European Commission for a project called 2Centre, which will look at estab- lishing a cybercrime investigation unit, based on the UCD model, in each EU country. SCIENCE & DISCOVERY IN BRIEFMINICOSM If you have a story for MiniCosm please e-mail us at news@metroherald.ie HUMAN SCENT: What do frogs eggs, fruit flies and mosquitos have in common? Noses. Scientists have managed to unravel 27 odour receptors on the mosquitos antennae its nose by transplanting it into frogs eggs and flies. The receptors are turned on by human sweat, helping spread deadly malaria. By decoding these receptors, US researchers hope either to develop traps to lure mosquitos or block the insects nose to mask the scent. MilkiNg iT: Giving cows more freedom can mean they produce less milk. But cows which are not tied to stalls could have more calves and suffer fewer teat injuries and metabolic diseases, according to Norwegian research. It may be that cattle which are free to move around spend more time fighting and less time feeding in small free-stalls, said Egil Simensen, from the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science. HOT STUFF: The cauldron-like temperatures which filled the universe just after the Big Bang have been re-created in the lab for the first time. Atom-smashing collisions of gold ions have created a perfect liquid of 4trillionC about 250,000 times hotter than the centre of the Sun. The measurements, obtained by Brookhaven National Laboratorys heavy- ion collider in New York, shed fresh light on what holds all the protons and neutrons of the universe together. 2010: 5bn mobile phone subscribers THE number of mobile phone subscriptions worldwide has reached 4.6billion and is expected to increase to 5billion this year, the UN telecommunications agency yesterday revealed. Mobile phone providers in rich countries offer advanced services and handsets, while people in developing countries increasingly use the mobile phone for health services and banking, said the International Telecommunication Union. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html