Category: Audience:Broad Public
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Urknall Unterwegs: a mobile LHC exhibition in Germany
Institute outreach efforts usually leave out people who don’t have an inherent interest in the subject to start with. The proposed solution is a mobile outdoor exhibition that travels to locations frequented by the public, such as marketplaces, parks, and public squares.
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An Art-Science exhibit for the LHCP19 conference (Puebla, Mexico)
In preparation for the LHCP Conference, few LHC scientists interacted remotely with a group of art students. The resulting exhibit was shown on the BUAP campus, in parallel with the conference.
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Physics Cakes
Using cake to engage new audiences with particle physics both at in-person events and with online platforms such as social media and virtual science fairs. This innovative approach using the juxtaposition of cake and physics makes for a fun and memorable experience, and has been demonstrated to engage new and low science capital audiences and…
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INFN Experience at the European Researchers’ Night
The European Researchers’ Night is a festival that takes place for one night across Europe, featuring hands-on activities and science demonstrations organized by the INFN, as well as an escape game called HEPscape! They also host a series of events during the months before.
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INFN Exhibition – Quantum. The revolution in one leap
From the classical physics of Galileo, Newton, and Maxwell to the Big Bang, the exhibition focuses on quantum mechanics and the revolution that it has brought to scientific thought, culture, and technological development.
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CERN 70
The CERN70 celebration attracted participation from not only the scientific community but also the wider public across numerous countries and platforms. CERN hosted many large public events, always broadcast live on CERN’s YouTube channel, while associate and member states organized 126 institutional and public events in 74 cities. Also, a wide range of materials was…
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INFN ScienzaPerTutti: twenty years of science for society
ScienzaPerTutti is the INFN official website for communication and dissemination, born in 2002 with the aim of raising (or increase) interest and curiosity in people towards scientific topics, focusing on physics and INFN-related research topics. The project evolved, expanding its “offer” and involving schools and the public.
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VR initiatives across the LHC experiments
Virtual reality generates a virtual 3D environment, recreating the detector and its caverns with 3D models. It enables immersive and interactive visits, and is usable even during data taking and remotely.
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CIEMAT Science Week Conferences (Madrid, Spain)
Lectures on the fundamental structure of matter, on Dark matter and on the Cosmos, bringing together research from the very small to the very large on the occasion of the “Jornadas Científicas” organized by CIEMAT (Madrid, Spain) are combined with lab visits and presentations of nuclear fusion and innovation.
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The dawn of neutrino astronomy
This is an informative e-book about the Cosmos, which can be downloaded in pdf version, written in Spanish by various authors, reputed scientists and excellent popularisers in their different areas of work and study. A chapter is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos.