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The XVII edition of the 2016 Stages Estivi e Residenziali is approaching fast. They’ll be back this year with three different programs addressed to high school students from all over Italy. The 132 students will have a chance to get hands-on training in the different management and research fields at LNF, alongside the actual experts. For more information about our Stages visit our website: http://edu.lnf.infn.it/stages-estivi-residenziali-2016/

Registration is now open to the refresher course in Modern Physics for high school teachers and scientific journalists from all over Italy, organized by the National Laboratory of Frascati. This year the course gets a full makeover, starting from a new educational offer. Thise who are interested shall choose among two different paths, based on different level of analysis: – IDF 2.0 (e-learning formula + attendance) – IDF with attendance at the LNF.

Saturday 14 may, at 10 pm, the traditional National Laboratory of Frascati open day successfully came to an end. 2500 visitors of every age, whole families and children, students, an interested and curious public. 116 Students in Staff coming from 15 high schools from surroundings of Rome, involved in a stage dedicated to the organization of the event. 150 employees, associated personnel and LNF guests who took care of welcoming our guests and communicating with enthusiasm their research activity in the welcoming and stimulating environment of our Laboratory.

C’è tempo fino al 29 maggio per compilare l’iscrizione sul sito web di Frascati Scienza e proporre la propria idea per WIRE16 – Workshop Impresa, Ricerca ed Economia. Il workshop si propone di riunire imprenditori, ricercatori e finanziatori per discutere di ricerca, innovazioni nel campo del design, tecnologia e informatica, idee per creare infrastrutture, laboratori e opportunità di lavoro per i giovani.

Protons have started colliding again in the super-accelerator LHC at CERN in Geneva. A new phase of data taking will allow physicists to continue the exploration of the Universe, of the bricks of the matter and of the fundamental laws. LHC has already shown its big potentialities bringing science to the frontier of knowledge. The measurements foreseen will bring us to a deeper understanding of physics.

Anche quest’anno i Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati offrono la possibilità, nel periodo estivo, a 5 studenti universitari o neolaureati di svolgere attività di ricerca all’interno di un gruppo sperimentale. Le borse riguardano settore scientifico, tecnico-applicativo e gestionale-amministrativo. I dettagli del programma e le modalità per partecipare alla selezione sono disponibili al seguente indirizzo: http://www.ac.infn.it/personale/borsedistudio/pdf/getfile.php?filename=18041.pdf

“Spring School Colloquium” dei Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati – INFN: The SETI Project. Explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the Universe Martedì 10 Maggio 2016, ore 18.00 Via E. Fermi 40 – Frascati (RM) Seth Shostak (Senior Astronomer and Director, Center for SETI research)

Saturday, May 14th, 2016 INFN – Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati Via Enrico Fermi, 40 – Frascati (RM) FREE ENTRY 10:00 – 21:00

“Seeing” a high energy particle requires special detectors exploiting peculiar phenomena of interaction of particles with the matter. The Cherenkov effect is one of such phenomena: when a high energy particle crosses a material (a “radiator”) flashes of blue (or even ultra-violet) light are emitted. Such emission happens whenever the particle crosses the radiator with a speed larger than the light speed in that same material, an analog of the supersonic “boom” of the aircraft when they moves faster that the speed of sound.

Getting ready for the 2016 OpenLabs, the LNF Staff welcomes 110 new membres: the Studenti in Staff participants, coming from several schools of the area that established an Alternanza Scuola-Lavoro agreement with the Laboratory.