Iran stands second at world physicists contest

Tehran, April 28, IRNA- Iran and Slovakia shared the second place in the 16th Austrian Young Physicists’ Tournament (AYPT). Iran stands second at world physicists contest Austria held the trophy at home in a competition with 13 teams at University of Leoben. Iran’s Aryan Institute of Young Creative Thought chairman, Dina Izadi told IRNA that the team is scheduled to visit Britain in summer – the venue of Physics World Cup. The AYPT is a team-oriented scientific competition among teams of secondary school students. At this tournament the participating students present and discuss their solutions to scientific problems which they have prepared over a period of about half a year. The presentation as well as the defense in the discussion is graded by a jury consisting of internatinal experts. end