SHARPER Researchers' Night 2025
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Once again, Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste took part in the 2025 edition of the European Researchers’ Night, contributing to the activities of the SHARPER project—an event that showcased science and the world of research. A wide range of activities unfolded over the course of about ten days. As part of the format “An Hour (in Class) with a Researcher”: On 23 September, Laura Badano, researcher with the FERMI Accelerator Group, held the interactive lecture “From Mummies to the Mysteries of the Universe: The Adventure of Particle Accelerators” for students of classes 3B and 3F at Dante Lower Secondary School. In her session, Badano explained the importance of particle accelerators—from applications in medicine and scientific research to large-scale facilities such as CERN and the Elettra and FERMI light sources in Trieste—unveiling their secrets and sparking great interest and participation among the students. On 29 September, Giuseppe Penco, Head of Operations at the FERMI Free-Electron Laser, spoke at Galilei High School, and on 1 October at ITIS Volta, giving the talk “FERMI: Extreme Light to Explore the Invisible” to four classes. Penco guided students through the discovery of the FERMI free-electron laser, explaining how this unique tool enables the study of matter under extreme conditions and on ultrafast timescales impossible to reproduce on Earth. The students followed both the theoretical aspects—on its applications in different scientific fields—and the practical activity with metronomes with great curiosity and engagement. For the “Street Science” initiative promoted together with SIS FVG: On Friday 26 September, Michele Manfredda, researcher at FERMI, entertained passers-by with his monologue “A Day at the Synchrotron.” With humor and energy, he transformed the daily routine of a synchrotron researcher into a witty and captivating performance. Thanks to Alessandro Baraldi of the University of Trieste and the Immaginario Scientifico, the video “The Third Dimension of the Periodic Table” was produced and filmed at Elettra. Another new video, created for the occasion by Immaginario Scientifico together with the Department of Physics of the University of Trieste, Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, and the Nanoscale Materials Laboratory, explores the fascinating world of nanoclusters—tiny aggregates of just a few atoms with unpredictable properties. Thanks to ENAC, an innovative machine developed in Trieste, it is now possible to create materials that have never existed in nature, opening the door to advanced solutions in crucial fields such as the environment. |
Last Updated on Friday, 03 October 2025 17:04
