After a short introduction to the work of the SNI and Omya, all participants were given an exciting guided tour of the Omya labs. The company mainly produces calcium carbonate and is researching a wide range of new applications for customers from very different sectors in excellently equipped laboratories. In the Nano-Argovia project KOKORO, for […]
Every year, SNI members meet for their annual event in Lenzerheide. In 2021, the event was special because we were able to meet in person again after a long break. During the event, Prof. Dr. Henning Stahlberg (EPFL) was appointed as SNI honorary member. He has been very committed to nanoscience in general and to […]
The twentieth anniversary of the annual Science Days event at Europa-Park in Rust (Germany) was not what the organizers had originally planned. Like so many other events, this year’s edition had to be held digitally. From 19 October to 29 November, research institutions, associations and companies put on a diverse program of activities aimed at […]
The children attending the UniKidsCamps and pupils from various schools were not the only visitors to the SNI in recent months – we also hosted the board of directors of the Hightech Zentrum Aargau (HTZ), which convened in Basel to learn about the SNI and its research activities. In the laboratories of professors Ernst Meyer, […]
The outreach team and other SNI members started the year with a busy few months, taking part in numerous events aimed at students. One of the highlights was tunBasel, which took place from 8 to 17 February, 2019, as part of the recent Mustermesse Basel trade fair. Four partners The joint stand at tunBasel, […]
In late April, the SNI hosted Dr. Florian Kehl, a Life Detection Technologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). In the lunch talk and the SNI lecture, he shared some fascinating stories about his work and career so far. A chat with students To begin with, Florian Kehl met with over 30 students from the […]