The secrets of matter

Come explore the secrets of matter, from elementary particles to innovative materials and living matter, through atoms and molecules.

Discover the amazing properties of all these components and how to study or manipulate them to understand our Universe, create light, produce energy, or obtain new drugs. Through demonstrations, laboratory visits, conferences or shows, explore the periodic table of elements and their properties, dive into into the quantum world, or visualize atoms with high resolution microscopy, …. Matter is full of surprises!

The following activities are offered on the first floor of the CE building:

  • Et l’Homme créa les cristaux – Conference on the formation des of crystals and their applications
    Auditoire CE 1,
    Saturday 13h-14h
    Sunday 14h00-15h00

  • La magnifique aventure de la physique quantique : des bases aux applications modernes – Conference on quantum mecanics
    Auditorium CE 1,
    Saturday 15h-16h
    Sunday 11h30-12h30

  • Le Soleil sur Terre – Conference on plasmas and fusion
    Auditorium CE 4,
    Saturday 11h-12h, 14h-15h, 16h-17h
    Sunday 10h30-11h30, 13h-14h, 15h-16h

  • La chimie pleine d’énergie – Chemistry show
    Auditorium CO 3 (be careful in building CO)
    Saturday 10:15, 12:00, 13:45 et 15:30
    Sunday 10:15, 12:00, 13:45 et 15:30

  • L’Energie demain : rêve ou cauchemar ? – Physics show
    Auditorium CE 3,
    Saturday 11h-12h, 14h-15h, 16h-17h
    Sunday 10h30-11h30, 13h-14h, 15h-16h

  • A la découverte des labos de chimie – Tour through the chemistry laboratories
    Registration/departure from the Chemistry stand
    Saturday and Sunday

  • Plongée dans l’espace nucléaire / Meet the neutrons – Visit of the Laboratory of Reactor Physics and Systems Behaviour
    Registration/departure from the Physics stand
    Saturday 10h, 11h, 13h30, 14h30, 15h30, 16h30
    Sunday 10h, 11h, 13h30, 14h30, 15h30

  • Des atomes et des ondes – Demonstration of high-resolution electron microscopy
    Auditorium CE 2

  • La lumière dans tous ses états – Demonstration of LED lamps, laser light, and quantum properties of light
    Room CE 100

  • La physique des particules, les accélérateurs, et les rayons cosmiques – Demonstration/exposition on particle physics, with fun experiments
    Room CE 101

  • Théorie Quantique des Champs : ce qu’on sait et ce qu’on aimerait savoir en physique des particules – Stand on the application of quantum field theory to particle physics
    Hallway (in front of room CE 101)

  • Et l’Homme créa les cristaux – Observation of crystals and their structure
    Room CE 103

  • ADN: la molécule de la vie révélée par imagerie à force atomique – Observation of DNA with Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
    Room CE 103

  • Dans le cerveau d’un ver – Observation of the brain of worms with microscopy
    Room CE 103

  • Terahertz – Demonstration of TeraHertz waves and their applications
    Room CE 103

  • La formation de chimiste et ingénieur chimiste à l’EPFL – Stand on education
    Hallway (in front of room CE 100)

  • La formation de physicien à l’EPFL – Stand on education
    Hallway (in front of room CE 100)