A new item on the agenda for Kulturnatten was the Quantum Room with demonstrations on quantised energy levels, superconductivity, quantum optics, quantum computing, and much more. Armin Tavakoli gave a lecture on 100 Years of Quantum Mechanics.
Alongside the Quantum focus, NanoLund also engaged in the Kulturnatten activities at Fysicum as well as MAX IV. Lab tours at Lund Nano Lab offered the audience to explore the Nanoworld, starting with an introduction to science at the nanometre scale and then continuing with a walk through the cleanroom facilities.
At MAX IV Open Day, NanoLund participated presenting ongoing science, and by showing a movie made in collaboration with Teater Sagohuset, and performing experiments from the project “Hur vet man det” (“How do you know that?”) – a project designed to activate children 10–12 years to think of and question information they are fed from different sources. In the project, recent science, culture, and performing arts unite in a new concept for participant-based learning.
One of the experiments involved microfluid channels, where the children could inject colours forming letters and different patterns. This was financed with the support of NanoLund, the Sten K Johnson Foundation, and the Foundation Oscar och Maria Ekmans Donationsfond.
The proud winner of the yearly Physics Science Slam, with participants from all across the Physics Department, was Ph D student Harald Havir. The contestants had only five minutes each to present their research, and the audience then voted for their favorite.
The movie ”Nanopartikelns hemlighet” (the secret of the nano particle) on YouTube
