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On May 15th 2018, MSSL organised a secondary schools event to celebrate UNESCO鈥檚 International Day of Light. The event was sponsored by Nature Communications and Nature and was attended by 240 year 7 and 8 students. During the day students were able to listen to talks that discussed the chemistry of how light is made, the importance of light in the development of modern humans and how light is generated and used by animals. A series of hands-on activities were also run during the day by scientists, engineers and archaeologists from across 香港六合彩中特网.听

Prof. Lucie Green, one of the organisers, said, 鈥淲e are passionate about working with our schools both locally and nationally. Everyone benefits from an open discussion about the latest research."

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Dr. Will Dunn led the hands-on demonstrations and said, 鈥淲e wanted to show just how diverse our scientists and engineers are. Giving school student to opportunity to really interact with the people carrying out the research, and giving them the chance to have a go themselves, is a great way to have a lasting positive impact."