The next edition of the Science Picnic will take place on Saturday, 15 June 2024, at PGE Narodowy in Warsaw. The theme of the event: Unbelievable!

At the stand of the Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, researchers will explain, using the example of a spectacular glow discharge, what plasma is and what the knowledge about it can be used for. This information will help us understand not only the nature of stars, but also the basis for the operation of future energy sources based on nuclear fusion.

In the next demonstration, the phenomenon of nuclear fusion will be explained in a simple and illustrative way using a device called fusor. Participants, under the supervision of an instructor, will be able to adjust the parameters in the device (e.g. pressure, voltage of the electrodes) that affect the resulting plasma.

The third demonstration will be related to the unusual phenomena that occur when laser light meets matter. These will include the phenomena of absorption, fluorescence, light scattering and the spectacular phenomenon of birefringence, in which a calcite crystal will be used.

The IPPLM stand will be located in the Future Zone, tent number B14.

Link to the interactive map: https://mapapiknikunaukowego.kopernik.org.pl/

We invite you to join us from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

There is no charge for the admission to the event.

The Science Picnic, organized by the Polish Radio and the Copernicus Science Centre, is Europe's largest outdoor science-themed event. Its aim is to disseminate knowledge from various scientific disciplines by presenting interesting experiments. The Picnic allows you to understand science, showing it as an extremely exciting and fascinating area of life, and by presenting the researcher’s methods and techniques, it encourages and inspires the participants of this event to undertake independent research activity.

For more information about the 27th Science Picnic please visit: https://pikniknaukowy.pl/