Three days to discover the progress in materials science and the contribution of synchrotron radiation to leading-edge research.
New materials offer an immeasurable source of new technological innovations.
Such technological breakthroughs have been made possible by the increasingly fine-tuned research by physicists into the structure of atoms and molecules. It has the most powerful source of synchrotron radiation in the world. In cooperation with the main European laboratories specialised in this leading-edge field, the ESRF, during the European Week for Scientific Culture, will give the general public an insight into the latest discoveries and research in the field of materials science. A first day, intended for students, industrialists and journalists, will consist of a series of talks by renowned scientists on the materials of the future and the industrial applications of synchrotron radiation. Two open-door days will then enable a wider public to visit the ESRF's installations.