This is your last news to see this monthDon't settle for the headlineAlready a subscriber?Log inYou have news to see this monthYou have 1 news left to see this monthIt is worth being informedAlready a subscriber?Log inChildren have taken over from adult researchers in their lab coats./ MIGUE FERNANDEZFor the eleventh time, Malaga becomes a great space where science takes center stage.The European Night of Researchers, promoted by the European Commission and organized by the University of Malaga, has returned this Friday with a multitude of workshops and experiences in the Paseo del Parque, with micro-lectures at the Rector's Office of the UMA and tables of experts in the Eduardo Ocon Auditorium.An event that has returned to the streets of the capital after two years where they could not be held in person due to the restrictions that marked the Covid-19 crisis.Since six in the evening, the children have taken over from the adult researchers in their lab coats.Scores of tents have received the little ones from the hand of their parents to participate in the workshops and experience science in a very fun way.The stalls have dealt with very general topics such as chemistry, history or biology to other specific ones in which they have talked about Alzheimer's, the effects of stress or tuberculosis of the olive tree.Among the activities, the children have been able to examine the human and animal brain through a microscope, play the 'Gymkhana Plant Prix' focused on the investigation of plants, do a crossword of the periodic table or know how it affects volcanoes to the weather."Science is a game that serves to discover the world, it has no ages", pointed out the rector of the University of Malaga, José Ángel Narváez Bueno at the opening of the event that took place in the hall of the Rectorate at 7:00 p.m. .The Provincial Secretary General for Education and Sports, María Lozano Íbero, has expressed the importance of beginning to bring science and research closer from primary education: "We must awaken that enthusiasm for science from a young age."The General Director of Innovation and Urban Digitization, Víctor Manuel Solla Bárcena, for his part, highlighted the relevance of Malaga, as a 'reflection of Europe', in the advancement of science.After the opening of the event, the Rector's Office began its outreach activity with 'Science in small doses', in which 20 micro-lectures on multidisciplinary scientific advances were given simultaneously, both in the Board Room and in the Room of Rectors.In the Eduardo Ocón auditorium, five expert roundtables have been offered, called 'Speaking, Science is understood', in which they have delved into the most current research on the link between science and art, acquired brain damage, advances in biomedical research and on cardiovascular research, or the most relevant information on the James Webb Space Telescope.Throughout the activities, the little ones have run from 'stand' to 'stand' to discover the curiosities that science hides.And, as on another occasion, science and technology have been seen outside the laboratory.The youngest, and those who are not so many, have put themselves in the shoes of the researcher for one night, demonstrating once again the people of Malaga that they are committed to giving science and research the relevance it deserves.