Aug 26 – 28, 2024
America/Sao_Paulo timezone

Visit to Sirius light source

 

Sirius is the most brilliant star in the night sky.


 

The National Laboratory of Synchrotron Light, one of Brazil's leading science laboratories, is home to Sírius, the Brazilian synchrotron light source, the largest and most complex scientific infrastructure ever built in Brazil. This large equipment uses particle accelerators to produce a special type of light called synchrotron light, which is used to investigate the composition and structure of matter in its most varied forms, with applications in practically all areas of knowledge.

Sirius is an open infrastructure available to the Brazilian and international scientific community, developed at the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) – a private non-profit organization under the supervision of the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovations (MCTI). Sirius is funded by MCTI and designed by CNPEM researchers and engineers in partnership with the Brazilian industry.

Sirius allows hundreds of academic and industrial research projects to be carried out annually by thousands of researchers, contributing to the solution of great scientific and technological challenges, such as new drugs and treatments for diseases, new fertilizers, more resistant and adaptable plant species, and new technologies for agriculture, renewable energy sources, among many other potential applications, with profound economic and social impacts.

On Thursday, August 29, there will be a tour of Sirius just after LIDINE ends. Details will soon be announced.