STEM ambassadors tie themselves in knots...

Dr Richard Elwes from Leeds University  came into Park to talk to the STEM Ambassadors about the maths of knots.  In this hands on session, they had the opportunity to learn about when a knot is a knot and when it isn’t: an unknot apparently (who knew?). They also earned about why studying knots is important in applications in Biochemistry (e.g. entanglement of DNA) and Quantum Physics. The students had some great questions for Richard and were fascinated by the discussions.