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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Bageshri Savyasachi

What young science minds are most excited about, afraid of in the future

we had a lecture with son the other day, so there were engineers, physicists, chemists, you know, a bunch of different people from a wide range of professions to work on. Particle Accelerator.

"The part that has intrigued me the most is working with other people from other professions ... to solve a singular problem," Hyunh said.

He is among 250 students all over the country who are visiting the capital this week to soak in the world

National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) Year 12 students, Radhi Patel, Emily Farrah, Sarah Bui, Haydan Hyunh, Lucy Saul, and Jacob Lourens, get a tour of the super computer at the NCI (National Computational Infrastructure) in the ANU. Picture by Elesa Kurtz

Chief executive of the National Youth Science Forum Dr Melanie Bagg

She was proud to say this year's program had seen about 65 per cent of female participation and attracted bright students from locations like the Solomon Islands, Darwin, Broome and far north Queensland.

This is NYSF's 40th year with 15,000 students having completed the program since it first began.

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