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"Friday 28th is the special date, with all 7 planets other than the Earth visible in the sky - if the night is clear! This ‘great planetary alignment’ won’t happen again until 2040, as it needs all the planets to be on the same side of the Sun."

"If a method could be found to e.g., produce bulk quantities or coat other materials in it, then depending on price it might find industrial use: the most obvious application is cutting (possibly including other diamonds!)."

Reader in Statistics and the Director of the Applied Statistics & Risk Unit, The ¹û¶³´«Ã½

“I encourage girls to get into science, including the mathematical sciences, because there is definitely a space for them. Many of us didn’t know what we wanted to do at 17 or changed paths along the way. Sharing those experiences encourages young people, it shows them that even if you don’t follow a straight path, you can still succeed.

Third year undergraduate studying Mechanical Engineering, The ¹û¶³´«Ã½

"I joined ¹û¶³´«Ã½ to study mechanical engineering partly because of ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Racing, and due to the facilities and reputation. ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Racing is our universities extra-curricular, student run Formula student team, for which I’ve now been voted to be Team Principal. Every year we design, build and test a new car and compete against other universities at the annual competition at Silverstone in July."

Associate Professor of Health services and public health research, ¹û¶³´«Ã½

"I have always been interested in science. My parents are both nurses and growing up in Nigeria we had a pharmacy, and I was fascinated about how drugs work. I remember having a discussion with my dad where he told me about pharmacology, this inspired me to study physiology and pharmacology at university.