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Picture 20,000 individual LED lights illuminating a tunnel that you can walk through. Now imagine being able to manipulate those lights to follow your every movement.
This year’s winning and commended images are on show at Museon. More than 100 prize-winning photographs from 18 competition categories are displayed in large format.
More than 120 participants from 10 Arab countries are scheduled to participate in Intel Science Competition Arab World (ISC-AW), which is the Arabic version of Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in the United States every year (Intel ISEF). Contestants from Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia und the United Arab Emirates will showcase their distinguished science projects in various scientific and social specializations to compete for financial awards totaling $20,000 and scholarships from top Arab universities.
“Courtyards in bloom” has been organized by Archeoclub – Camerino section, in collaboration with the University Natural Science Museum, the Civic Museum, The University Botanical Garden, the Municipality and the Local Trade Association.
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At Universcience, Paris, France. An exhibition that masters the power of fire.
The exhibition Feu explores how humans have tried to control fire through time. This theme was chosen following a fire that took place in 2015 at the Cite des sciences et de l’Industrie. It was developed in partnership with Paris fire brigade.
What looks like an oversized walnut and has the same consistency as tofu? Surprisingly, it is the human brain. Despite its unusual appearance, we certainly should not underestimate this highly complex command centre in our head. It can perform incredible things – and even runs at full speed when we are sound asleep. Take a closer look at the fascinating world of the human brain! Hüttinger designed, developed and built Super Brain.
The winners of the 2018 Mariano Gago Ecsite Awards have just been announced at the Opening Ceremony of the Ecsite Annual Conference. The Tycho Brahe Planetarium (Copenhagen, Denmark) won in the ‘Sustainable Success’ category and Exploratório – Ciência Viva Science Centre of Coimbra (Portugal) won in the ‘Smart and Simple’ category.
Hosted on 14-16 November by the Natural Sciences Museum of Barcelona and Barcelona Ciència in Barcelona, Spain. Senior Managers of Ecsite Full member organisations will be coming together for 2.5 days of networking, high-profile talks and workshops and peer learning.
The 2020 Ecsite Conference will be taking place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 11-13 June 2020. It will be hosted by the Kersnikova Institute.
The 2021 Ecsite Conference will be taking place in Stavanger, Norway, on 10-12 June 2021. It will be co-hosted by Jærmuseet and the Norwegian Petroleum Museum.
We’re looking for a Researcher Engagement Coordinator to join our fabulous public engagement team at the Wellcome Genome Campus near Cambridge, which is home to the world-leading Wellcome Sanger Institute and EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute.
The International Centre for Life (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) is looking for a Senior public engagement officer. Apply by 1 June.
The International Centre for Life (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) is looking for a Science Events Manager. Apply by 18 May.
One vacancy at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester (UK). Apply by 13 May.
In Spring 2017 we were contracted to develop, design and build hands-on exhibits for the Da Vinci Workshop at Discovery Museum Acton. Within twelve galleries there are intimate, immersive experiences for the youngest learners and new galleries of STEAM experiences for all ages. All exhibits are hands-on, low-tech, open-ended, and interactive, to encourage play and exploration.
in cooperation with: POW! Paul Orselli Workshop, Inc.