Several Técnico researchers will attend another edition of the European Researchers’ Night sharing their work with the event’s participants.

On 27 September, the Marina de Oeiras, the National Museum of Natural History and Science (MUHNAC), and the Pavilion of Knowledge will open their doors at 4 p.m., 5 p.m., and 6 p.m. respectively, inviting the public to learn about the scientific work being done in the country

Below is a list of activities that Técnico researchers will be presenting at each venue:

Marina de Oeiras

• Biosignals like you’ve never seen them before – Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT)
• How to navigate a world of disinformation – Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (LIP)
• ‘Geometry Friends’ collaborative game – Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores – Investigação e Desenvolvimento (INESC ID)
• iPROLEPSIS: Innovative Serious Games and Digital Interventions – Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores – Investigação e Desenvolvimento (INESC ID)
• Playing for real: psychology and teamwork – Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores – Investigação e Desenvolvimento (INESC ID)
• Social robots: how to improve interactions? – Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores – Investigação e Desenvolvimento (INESC ID)
• ScientISST – Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT)
• TechExplorers – Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores – Investigação e Desenvolvimento (INESC ID)
• Activity by the research unit Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability (CERIS)

National Museum of Natural History and Science (MUHNAC)

• The age of insects is here! – Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE)
• The mathematics of things – Centre for Mathematical Analysis, Geometry, and Dynamical Systems (CAMGSD)
• Bioengineering and biosciences: innovation at the service of society – Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB)
• Biopolymers and microencapsulation: sustainable solutions – Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente (CERENA)
• Is it possible to bottle rays of sunlight? – Mechanical Engineering Institute (idMEC)
• Crystallography: unlocking the secrets of crystals for 21st-century solutions – Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE)
• Sustainability dilemmas: what’s your footprint? – Centre for Management Studies at Instituto Superior Técnico (CEGIST)
• LHC/CERN Physics at the National Museum of Natural History and Science – Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (LIP)
• Alternative water sources: water shortages and reuse – Técnico Water Testing Laboratory (LAIST)
• Future and materials – Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE)
• Geometry, gravity, and light – Centre for Mathematical Analysis, Geometry, and Dynamical Systems (CAMGSD) and Center for Astrophysics and Gravitation (CENTRA)
• HidroQapa: waterproofing bioplastic made from chitosan extracted from shrimp shell waste – Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE)
• Lisbon and the Tagus estuary: building the city of 2050 – Centre for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism and Architecture (CiTUA)
• The future of the aeronautics and space industry in Portugal and Europe – Mechanical Engineering Institute (idMEC)
• I think, therefore I…cure! – Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE)
• Radiation for global challenges – Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (C2TN)

Pavilion of Knowledge

• How to purify blood? – Center of Physics and Engineering of Advanced Materials (CeFEMA)
• Scientific “desgarrada” – Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR)
• What is green hydrogen? – Center of Physics and Engineering of Advanced Materials (CeFEMA)
• Twins and the genetic therapy – Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB)
• A pause in research – Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR)
• Cosmic rays at the Pavilion of Knowledge – Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (LIP)
• A well printed fish, please – Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB)