'You cannot have a functioning society without science,' says Dr Åsa Jämting, a nanometrology scientist working in the National Measurement Institute (NMI). 'If you have a lab full of toys like I do, you end up doing things that really makes a difference.'
As a measurement scientist, she knows firsthand that 'if you can't measure it, you don't know that it's there'.
Our scientists are incredibly passionate about the work they do. So this National Science Week we asked them to talk about why science matters and what they love about their work.
'I love science because I am a curious person,' says Dr Winston Yan, an electrical engineer at the National Measurement Institute (NMI). 'I like to know what's happening behind the natural phenomenon.'
Dr Wenwen Lei, a humidity standards scientist at NMI loves solving problems. 'When I was doing PhD, I feel it's very fascinating when I'm facing one problem, then I find a way how to find the solution… you feel excited when you really know [the] answer,' she says.
At NMI, our scientists can start their day doing fun stuff, and by the end they know they have done something really meaningful.
