We Tanzanian scientists are all equally passionate for our country. - Evelyne Isaack Mbede

I did not expect it at all, I was surprised when I got the notification, because I felt that my career was similar to that of other colleagues:

My father was a primary school teacher. We used to listen to BBC programmes and read scientific and geographical magazines. It was then that I started thinking that I should be able to go to a scientific university.

This ability to liquefy at such low temperatures makes helium a superconductor of electricity. For example, liquid helium is used as a coolant in magnetic resonance imaging, a breakthrough technology that generates high-resolution images of the human body, avoiding the need for radiation.