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Satrosphere Science Centre in Aberdeen is soon to play host to a free day-long packed programme of events to celebrate Scotland's Year of Homecoming. Visitors will be able to meet with University experts in areas including nutrition, energy, engineering and medicine and get hands on with some of the latest advances in science, engineering, technology and medicine.
Throughout the day, Dr Ken Skeldon of the University of Aberdeen will be presenting "Great Minds" - a demonstration packed science show celebrating Scotland's reputation as a pioneering and inventive nation. Visitors will be able to see high-voltage engineering close up and view their friends with a mechanical television system like those pioneered by John Logie Baird.Meanwhile, Dr Sue Bird and colleagues from the Rowett Institute for Nutrition and Health will be showcasing their new exhibition "Stone Age to Obese Age" inspired by Darwin Year which runs through 2009.Also present to meet with visitors will be Dr Beth Scott and Tamsin Smith of the University of Aberdeen, along with their colleague Dr Alan Owen from The Robert Gordon University. Their research has been chosen to feature in a specially commissioned Homecoming touring exhibition that will be on display, before touring round other science centres in Scotland.The diversity of research that goes on in Universities will be highlighted by University Research students while engineering undergraduate students from the group TAU Racing at the University of Aberdeen will be displaying their award winning formula style racing car, which they have designed and manufactured themselves. The car recently competed in the Formula Student competition at the Silverstone race circuit against teams from across Europe and the world; they won three awards, best newcomer, best teamwork and most fuel efficient.The day will culminate at 4pm with "Skeletons Under the Microscope" - an interactive talk in the Tramsheds Café featuring Professor Miep Helfrich of the University of Aberdeen's Bones Research group at Foresterhill. Miep will discuss why our bones are so important with the help of fantastic images from an electron microscope before taking questions from the audience. Complimentary teas, coffees and cookies will be on hand to help the discussion flow.The event is free and open to all.