Students who represented Malta at this year’s EU Contest for Young Scientists in Milan are presenting their projects today at St Aloysius Sixth Form Hall at 6.30pm.

“Today more than ever, we need our youngsters to study and be imaginative; we need them to think global, yet to have an impact on their communities; in the meantime if they are asking themselves how they can make a difference in society, these youngsters should consider science as the ideal way,” said Italian Minister of Education, University and Research Stefania Giannini which summed up the 27th edition of the contest held in September.

The winner of the contest, Enrico Zammit Lonardelli, will give a presentation entitled Can an Apple a Day Keep Asthma Away?, explaining how the effects of the common house dust mite, one of the major causes of year-round asthma, can be dealt with and how to prevent this respiratory condition from developing in the lungs.

Gabriel Tabone and Laura Farrugia’s presentation, Can Electromagnets Cure Cancer?, will give an insight into how a system can alleviate predetermined cancerous cells. Nicole Grech Flores and Jessica Bonnici’s project entitled An In-Vitro Study to Measure Antioxidants Activity concludes that those living on plant-based, pescetarian (fish) diets are at a lesser risk of certain fatal diseases and have increased life expectancy as a result of these antioxidant components.

The event is free and open to the public. For bookings, send an e-mail to euromediaforum@gmail.com or call 9905 2482.