ICD – Become a Scientist for a Day. Discover the world of cosmic rays like an astroparticle physicist
On Thursday 29th November 2018 the seventh edition of International Cosmic Day will take place: students from all around the world will participate to activities concerning Cosmic Ray Physics, guided by researchers working in this field. The initiative is organized by the Desy Research Center, and involves an ever increasing number of students coming from schools […]
EEE Project to Researchers’ Night
On September 28th la “Notte dei Ricercatori” (Researchers’ Night) took place from 4 pm until after midnight, an appointment that , since many years, involves institutions and cities of all Europe. Centro Fermi and the Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project were present in via Zamboni in Bologna, in Cagliari, in the restored Piazza Garibaldi, and […]
PolarquEEEst detectors have departed for their final destinations!
The PolarQuEEEst detectors finally left CERN to their final destinations! Last week their configurations have been optimized and a set of tests have been performed. The results is striking: their efficiency is equalized at the per mille level, opening to the identification of cosmic ray flux differences between the three sites. On June 28th the […]
“Us and the Universe”, 10 years of the EEE Project in a volume edited by the IISS “Staffa” of Trinitapoli
On 5th June 2018 at 8 p.m. at IISS “Scipione Staffa” in Trinitapoli there was the presentation of the book “Noi e l’Universo dieci anni di ricerche” written down by Giacomo di Staso and Margherita Lafata. The Mayor of Trinitapoli, the lawyer Francesco Di Feo, The Headmaster Prof. Carmine Gissi, Prof Marcello Abbrescia, EEE Project […]
Mission accomplished for PolarQuEEEst
Mission accomplished! 23 students from high schools in Italy (Liceo Marconi Foggia, Liceo Marconi Parma, Liceo Scacchi Bari, Liceo Duca degli Abruzzi Treviso, Liceo Galileo Ferraris Torino e Liceo Giolitti-Gandino Bra), Norway (Licei Horten, Nesodden and Sandnes), and Switzerland (Collège Voltaire from Geneva) were the main actors in the construction of two detectors which will […]
EEE Cosmic Boxes sail on Adriatica in the Sea of Sardinia
The event “Lab boat 2018” (http://www.labboat.it), the circumnavigation of Sardinia on board of the sail ship Adriatica, with the goal to involve high school students in scientific lectures and workshops, came to its end last May, 9 at Cagliari. This 21 meters sail ship had become famous thanks to the TV show “sailors by chance”. […]
Science in the hearts of young people, seminar at ITIS “Cannizzaro” in Colleferro
On Friday, April 20th, at the ITIS “Cannizzaro” in Colleferro (Rome), Dr. Daniele De Gruttola researcher of Centro Fermi, held a seminar entitled “Extreme Energy Events: cosmic rays and science in the hearts of young people”. The seminar was included in the third edition of the “Week of Dissemination of Scientific and Technological Culture”, an […]
EEE among the Stars
The national contest of 16th Italian Astronomy Olympiad took place from 18th to 20th April 2018 in Bari. On April 19th, 80 students (14 to 17 years old) from Italian high schools took part to the competition at the Liceo Scientifico “A.Scacchi”, that is involved from many years in the EEE Project. While students were […]
“Augusto Righi” high school of Rome at the CERN
During the week 03/18-23/2018, five students from the “Augusto Righi” Scientific Lyceum in Rome travelled to the Geneva Cern to participate in an initiative of the Extreme Energy Event (EEE) Project, which allowed them to experience first-hand work in a practical physics lab. The small group of students, which was accompanied by the Physics professor […]
Cagnazzi high school of Altamura at the CERN
Thanks to the EEE project, ten students attending the 3th year at Liceo “Cagnazzi” in Altamura (Bari, Italy) with their Math teacher Maria Rosaria Cornacchia (tutor), had the opportunity to carry out school-work alternance activities from 18th to 23th February 2018 at CERN, in Geneva . After several preparatory lessons at school, the students built […]